Any way to fade stretch marks?

NerwenAldarion
NerwenAldarion Posts: 21 Member
in Goal: Maintaining Weight
After losing over 50 pounds (before I joined this site) I have ugly stretch marks on my stomach. Anybody know a way to help make them fade?
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  • BetterKimmer
    BetterKimmer Posts: 178 Member
    I am using Bio-Oil. It was recommended to me. I get it at Costco for $20 for a big and small bottle in a package. It has independently backed up claims of helping prevent and helping relieve stretch marks. I am using it for helping to prevent loose skin after weight loss and intense moisturizing . The instructions tell you the best results are after 3 months of continual use as directed. So far, after a couple of months, I do like what I see. Give it a try and tell me what you think for the stretch marks.
  • witchtea
    witchtea Posts: 10 Member
    I'm not saying there isn't a way to get rid of them, but I haven't had any luck personally. :( What I do is get some sun in the summer which seems to mask them a bit, and when I'm in a bathing suit I use a tinted moisturizer and forgetaboutit! ;)
    Some folks say that creams help but I have my doubts...
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
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  • michable
    michable Posts: 312 Member
    Time
  • monbot
    monbot Posts: 97 Member
    I am using Bio-Oil. It was recommended to me. I get it at Costco for $20 for a big and small bottle in a package. It has independently backed up claims of helping prevent and helping relieve stretch marks. I am using it for helping to prevent loose skin after weight loss and intense moisturizing . The instructions tell you the best results are after 3 months of continual use as directed. So far, after a couple of months, I do like what I see. Give it a try and tell me what you think for the stretch marks.

    I used bio oil on a scar on my face after i split my upper lip. Worked a treat! Haven't used it on my stretch marks though.
  • crevices
    crevices Posts: 226 Member
    this probably isn't helpful at all but i was the opposite, i had horrible stretch marks before losing weight and once i lost it they started to fade from red to pink and now they're white/hardly visible.. i've used vitamin e oil in the past but that's supposedly to "prevent" them so i have no clue
  • Chris_B62
    Chris_B62 Posts: 63 Member
    Using Triple A Antibiotic will help minimize the scar of a healing wound. It may or may not help with stretch marks. You might google it and see if there is any info out there on this. Good Luck
  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
    They eventually fade to a silvery colour like all scars do, but they won't go completely. I use tanning lotion to blend them in a bit if im wearing shorts or a bathing suit. Scars don't tan so a regular tan just contrasts against them more.
  • Bobbie8786
    Bobbie8786 Posts: 202 Member
    I have been using Palmers Skin Therapy Oil. It is about half the price of Bio-oil (mine was $8) and it actually seems to be working a bit on stretch marks and leaves my skin silky smooth.
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    I wonder why some stretch marks are light (like mine) and some are dark?
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
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    Elastin 3. This stuff worked amazingly well for me. It's not cheap, but it worked. It's about $50/bottle, and I'd recommend getting two bottles, of you have stretch marks on more than one are of your body, like belly AND thighs. You'll run out before both areas completely fade. I learned that the hard way.
  • 1debbie123
    1debbie123 Posts: 19 Member
    aloe vera gel from the plant does wonders for anything ...I use it for moisturizing my face body whatever ..it is very refreshing a rejuvenates me...I put it on before bed, let it dry and wash off in the morning....I haven't lost the weight yet but do have some marks from my 22 year old and wish I had of done it back then...hasn't faded them but I haven't been diligent doing it either ...whenever I can at night I try. I have a big plant in the sun room and take a leaf as needed. A friend of mine said his mother use to take the leaf put it in a baggy in fridge it get's all yellow and disgusting and take it out as needed, if you leave it out it drys up quicker.
  • jeffhalter
    jeffhalter Posts: 1
    bodybuilders use to use vitamin e lotion and add extra vitamin e to it by cracking open vitamin e capsuls.
  • ThatSoundsHard
    ThatSoundsHard Posts: 475 Member
    2 kids has taught me nothing but time will fade stretch marks.
  • Seesawboomerang
    Seesawboomerang Posts: 296 Member
    Whether or not you gain/keep stretch marks is more to do with your genetics, I've heard.

    That said, I used cocoa butter throughout pregnancy and didn't get any.

    I also find bio oil really good conditioning for the skin so even if it didn't fade your stretch marks, it will feel nice anyway.

    While I didn't get stretch marks, I've had some deep scarring from chicken pox in adulthood and they are -slowly- fading.
  • ElegantSlenderChic
    ElegantSlenderChic Posts: 41 Member
    Bio oil really does work. I used it throughout my pregnancies and still do. I have stretch marks but they are very faint and almost pretty :blushing: You earned your tiger stripes, wear them with pride.:flowerforyou:
  • ElegantSlenderChic
    ElegantSlenderChic Posts: 41 Member
    I forgot to add- well done for losing the big 5.0. you should be thrilled with yourself!!
  • Tish
    Tish Posts: 34 Member
    Bio oil is amazing but so is coconut oil, smother yourself in these as much as ya can, they might go completely but will definitely help.
  • donthesitate
    donthesitate Posts: 255 Member
    Cocoa butter, but honestly who cares? Everyone has em, guys girls, big or small we all still get em
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    Don't waste any money on any oily stuff.

    Stretch marks occur when the connections in the dermis, the inner layers of the skin, break. It doesn't matter what you rub into the outer layers of your skin, the damage has occurred under that layer.

    It would be like spending money on oil to rub into your skin to fix a broken leg.
  • THECaptainObvious
    THECaptainObvious Posts: 399 Member
    Neutragena oil with cocoa butter, shea and vitamin e.. and time of course. They won't go away completely but they will fade.
  • proudjmmom
    proudjmmom Posts: 145 Member
    I also agree with time! I think some people scar better then others too, genetics and complexion. My youngest is 6 and mine are finally faded to the point that you can't see them unless you are up close and looking for them. I have some really deep grooves going on, and unless i am feeling around for them, I can't see them.
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    blah blah blah, and time. Disregard the blah.

    I appreciate the fact that some people will feel better if they rub stuff on themselves. They have a problem and they feel better if they think they are doing something about it.

    The reality is that rubbing stuff of the outside of the skin will not cure damage that has happened under the outer layer.
  • linzchapates
    linzchapates Posts: 135
    Time! took 5 years for my pregnancy stretch marks to fade. They were bad- real bad, but now they're clear, my skin just looks textured because of them.
  • feadzy
    feadzy Posts: 22
    When I was in 'Fat Camp' (don't know to the corect term [something like a medicinical health resort]) when I was younger, one of the therapys was to dry brush your body for about 10 min with a body-massaging-brush to increase the bloodflow.
    Besides other health benefits it also helped to fade stretch marks after a couple weeks. Can't promise anything, but it worked for me back then and it sure will not hurt you.
  • nicoleisback
    nicoleisback Posts: 184
    I have found the only thing that reduces mine is Cussons Mum and me stretch mark fader, but it only works while using it. That being said, it did affect the look of my stretch marks quickly (about 1/3 faded in 3 weeks) but when I stopped with it, the red came back. If you want something that works quickly, be prepared to keep using it until the damage deep in the skin heals (years)
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    I have found the only thing that reduces mine is Cussons Mum and me stretch mark fader, but it only works while using it. That being said, it did affect the look of my stretch marks quickly (about 1/3 faded in 3 weeks) but when I stopped with it, the red came back. If you want something that works quickly, be prepared to keep using it until the damage deep in the skin heals (years)

    You say Cussons was the only thing that worked.

    What other products did you use? How long did you try them for?

    How is something that works quickly a product that we have to use for years?




    Don't be dim, sisters.
  • livingfree44
    livingfree44 Posts: 20 Member
    Coconut oil...mixed with almond oil...keep in fridge as it liquefies....a natural cheap alternative that lasts a long time.
  • emergencytennis
    emergencytennis Posts: 864 Member
    Gawd. I give up.
  • TrishaLeighNelson
    TrishaLeighNelson Posts: 258 Member
    I wonder why some stretch marks are light (like mine) and some are dark?
    Because some areold and some are new

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