STRETCH MARKS

My wife got insane stretchmarks on her belly from my kids. She used to have the ideal stomach...like magazine cover worthy but now its scarred up. I don't mind, I still love it...they are battle scars. I've got them too. Luckily they are on my *kitten* which nobody ever sees and on the inside of my bicep towards my armpit. but thats cool cuz that means my bicep is just too big for my skin to handle! lol

Battle scars happen...I don't think there is anything over the counter that will decrease them. If i'm wrong I hope someone lets me know. But i think all the cremes and ointments are just a bunch of crap. We've used a few of them without a hint of a difference.

I've heard you can grind up coffee beans and make it into a paste with like olive oil and massage it into the skin. Havent tried it though.

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula For Stretch Marks Lotion.
Gold Bond Coq10 Restoring Skin Therapy Lotion.
Jergens Skin Firming Daily Toning Moisturizer.

I've used all three and I feel like they've really helped with my skin and my stretch marks!

Yeah, I have some new stretch marks on my shoulders that appeared since I started losing weight (that's weird though, usually, stretch marks come with putting on weight, but anyway). My wedding is at the end of september and I would love them to be discreet by that time.

I'll take any tips you have.

Coconut oil! It will prevent new stretch marks and reduce the appearance of "red aggressive" ones to a silvery color. They're not gone, but they're much less noticeable.

I use this! Mine have faded so much they are barely noticable except in a few spots Who knows if it is just time ot the cocunut oil but I use it

Honestly if you get a tan it helps a million!
I don't know if you are into tanning beds! But I lost 80 pounds after putting about 35 on in ONE MONTH so had tons of stretch marks!
When I went tanning you couldn't hardly see them!

There are two things I know: lumiere de vie fading fluid or pentaxyl . try one of those, it will help. Or go cheap :Cream with vitamin e and aloe from walmart.

I would love to share a story with you!

Once upon a time Asa flew to Dallas for a job interview.

She LOVED shopping at Bath & Body Works, and knew that North Park Mall in Dallas had a flagship store.

I went to said store and purchased a $60 bottle of lotion by Biotherm for the strechmarks.

I was very much so in doubt that it would work, but I am very familiar with B&BW's return policy, to the extent that I had already planned on using it, being terribly disappointed, and returning it when I got back to Norman for a full refund. But in the meantime, I'd treat myself to a big purchase in the flagship store.

The night after my interview I knocked back a couple beers in my motel room and applied the lotion.

When I woke up the next day my purple stretch marks were white.

I was absolutely through the roof with excitement and I literally started calling my friends and family.

I literally jumped up and down and cried.

Purple stretch marks are not freaking cool.

White stretch marks are still stretch marks, but they don't look like stripes, and you can't see them in certain light.

Needless to say, I never returned the bottle.

My dad used it, and his crusty old purple stretch marks dramatically improved, to white, over night, as well.

I found later on that you could get bottles way cheaper on Ebay.

But seriously... nothing will make them go away for ever, but if you want to lose the stripes and have a nice silvery white mark instead, try this product.

No, I don't sell it.

I haven't even bought it in years, I had my baby a decade ago, my marks are almost completely invisible by now.

Here's a link to the Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias=beauty&field-keywords=biotherm+stretch+mark+cream&sprefix=biotherm+stretch,beauty,221&rh=n:3760911,k:biotherm+stretch+mark+cream

You can buy it directly from biotherm, or on Ebay or Amazon.

Bath & Body Works doesn't carry it... they only had it for a short period.

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I think they're badass.

Hi

I think they're badass.

Can I marry you?

You don't gain stretch marks by loosing weight, they can just become more/less apparent when you loose weight(you probably notice them more because you are looking at yourself in the mirror more often). That said lotion can help as it hydrates your skin and encourages healthy skin cells. They will become less apparent over time as the layers of your skin replacate themselves.

On an anecdotal note in my experience all girls have them. Even very tiny/skinny girls who have been thin their whole lives have stretch marks on their *kitten*, hips and thighs.

Fairly quickly (3 months?) mine went from being dark marks to now being texture rather than color. That is somethingI I used tons of Palmer's Cocoa Butter and also tried to stay as well hydrated as possible because that was the advice I saw repeated over and over. I have also heard that regaining and re losing weight will make them even worse, so perhaps the best thing you can do for them is be sure not to gain.

You don't gain stretch marks by loosing weight, they can just become more/less apparent when you loose weight(you probably notice them more because you are looking at yourself in the mirror more often). That said lotion can help as it hydrates your skin and encourages healthy skin cells. They will become less apparent over time as the layers of your skin replacate themselves.

On an anecdotal note in my experience all girls have them. Even very tiny/skinny girls who have been thin their whole lives have stretch marks on their *kitten*, hips and thighs.

Wrong! Stretch marks occur when there is a sharp change in your boy, whether gaining or losing such that your skin can't handle the sudden change causing the dermis to tear and hence forming a scar.

Palmers and time

Wear the bikini, a tan helps.

I have horrible strech marks on my thighs, hips and boobs. Some have faded by using bio oil and Mama Bee Belly Butter. I don't even mind them that much, but I do want to prevent getting any more.