LAdies.. help

syiyi
syiyi Posts: 341 Member
edited September 24 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone know whats a good lotion for stretch marks??? thanks!

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  • Nikkerz620
    Nikkerz620 Posts: 212 Member
    Bump :) I'm wondering too. :) Everything I've tried hasn't helped much.
  • rebecky27
    rebecky27 Posts: 842 Member
    stretch marks are a tough one...they are actually scars in our skin from tears. If they are recent ones, I heard cocoa butter does a good job, as well as making sure you are getting a lot of vitamin E in your diet.

    Good luck!
  • I don't think there is anything we can do. I go to the tanning bed though and that helps a lot.
  • kmalex
    kmalex Posts: 39 Member
    Mary Kay makes a Night Solution (for faces) that I use on my stretch marks everywhere. Kind of expensive but it seems to work well for me. :-)
  • aymetcalf
    aymetcalf Posts: 597 Member
    I use BioOil. it's a little expensive but i like it... :flowerforyou:
  • hop3
    hop3 Posts: 61 Member
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    Vit E oil direct onto the scars will help lighten them.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    I don't think there is anything we can do. I go to the tanning bed though and that helps a lot.

    the tanning bed will cause more damage later in other ways, though.. so be careful about that. for some people the risks are worth it.

    i've learned to love my body just the way it is, but if stretch marks are bothersome to you, then you might consider some avocado butter? or cocoa butter? or even coffee butter! they may or may not work, but what a delicious effort! :)

    try to get organic no matter what you end up trying because you're putting it on your skin. i hate to even mention it, but i think it's important.

    you should be able to find natural or organic body butters through an herbalist or a naturopath. in southern new england, we use seven arrows (attleboro, mass). you can search them out if you want - they might do mail orders.
  • I don't think there is anything we can do. I go to the tanning bed though and that helps a lot.

    the tanning bed will cause more damage later in other ways, though.. so be careful about that. for some people the risks are worth it.

    i've learned to love my body just the way it is, but if stretch marks are bothersome to you, then you might consider some avocado butter? or cocoa butter? or even coffee butter! they may or may not work, but what a delicious effort! :)

    I go in the winter, if I don't I'll get severe seasonal depression. I don't go initially for the tan I go for the therapy. The sun the light the heat. BUT the tan is good!

    You can't love your body "just the way it is" or you wouldn't be trying to lose weight. Everyone has little things they want to change. Stretch marks, hair color, waste size. Tiny things like that aren't extremely vain. They make us feel better.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    I go in the winter, if I don't I'll get severe seasonal depression. I don't go initially for the tan I go for the therapy. The sun the light the heat. BUT the tan is good!

    there's no need to explain yourself. you can do whatever you like, it's just important to note that for many people the risks outweigh the benefits.
  • syiyi
    syiyi Posts: 341 Member
    I use BioOil. it's a little expensive but i like it... :flowerforyou:

    thanks i'll look into it.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    You can't love your body "just the way it is" or you wouldn't be trying to lose weight. Everyone has little things they want to change. Stretch marks, hair color, waste size. Tiny things like that aren't extremely vain. They make us feel better.

    i think you can love the body just the way it is, while caring for it. i'm not really trying to change it, myself. i'm just trying to figure out the best way to care for it. but thank you for your words, i think they're really important for discussion.
  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    and i don't think there's anything wrong with a little vanity, either ;) i just try to keep t safe. there are a lot of people in the world willing to capitalize on the anxieties of consumers.

    i absolutely despise that.

    so what i was getting at about loving my body the way it is, is to not worry about it so much, but be proactive if it's important to you. that's all. no worries, no judgment.

    k
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