Ladies, any advice for how to get rid of streach marks?

Cosmetic surgery.

They're scars. Though products can reduce the appearance, they won't go away unless you cut them out.

Time. Sorry, but that's all I have found to work. They do fade in time.

I agree that they fade but never completely go away no matter what you do.
Embrace them, they are a part of you and tell the story of your life.

When i was pregnant i asked my dr what i could do to help with mine and he said "have different parents". If uve got em, theyre gonna stay there bc it's genetic. I've heard of some ppl that have had theirs fade somewhat so id like to know if anyone has had any luck with a particular product also. Sucks what pregnancy does to a body:(

get fat!

You'll never get rid of stretch marks, your skin is stretched, collagen is lost and you will have to wear those marks with pride. You can diminish the severity with some creams, or bio oil, but they will be ever present.

I've never been pregnant but I got stretch marks on the outer sections of my thighs when I first gained weight in college 12 years ago. They were BRIGHT red and there were a lot of them. Since then, they've faded for the most part, but I can still feel the indentations in my skin. I don't wear them with pride. Every time I look at them or feel them, it reminds me of what I did to myself by being irresponsible with my eating. I would've much rather gotten them from something more rewarding like having a baby.

I've just accepted that I'm stuck with them and am glad they have faded as much as they have.

there are no magic remedies. and people who say that a cream faded them, may have just been time.

i had horrendous big purple red ones all over me, and after a few years they have all faded to white, but the more weight i lose the more pronounced the craters become... it's a MESS!!! i religeously used cocoa butter and bio oil through both of my pregnancies, even before i got my first mark (twice a day) and it done nothing.

I did research lil while ago and here are some things I found, so far I have been exfoliating the areas with sponge and exfoliating body scrub and I put on lotion with cocoa butter, elastin, with bunch of other vitamins/contents that help the skin. if you're going to use lotion you will have to apply at least 3-4 times each day. I just started doing above but I bet eventually I will see good results. Exfoliating does a big deal with taking of dead skin which in turn makes stretchmarks/scars fade awat, and combined with lotions it will help revitalize the skin.

Here are things you can do:
Skin Creams and Lotions with some of the following:
• Cocoa butter (this is big +)
• Rose hip oil
• Emu oil
• Jojoba oil
• Castor oil
• Shea butter
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin C


Massage the area with stretch marks three or four times a day with moisturizers that contain cocoa butter as a prime ingredient.
Apply self-tanner. It will help minimize the appearance of stretch marks. Exfoliate beforehand for best results.

Wheat germ oil - may help improve stretch marks in their early phase (this is great for the red ones, you can get rid of almost completely if they are still in red color stage).

Vitamin C - certain formulations might increase collagen production, but they'll only help with early-stage stretch marks; for best results, combine the vitamin C gel with glycolic acid; taking 500 mg of Vitamin C supplements three times a day may also help.

Exfoliate daily with loofah or scrunchy

Apply Vic’ Vapor Rub, it supposed to help a lot!

Hot Baths and Massages (increase circulation around scarring)

Vitamin E Gel Pills: break open and apply

If you get smaller they diminish but not disappear. Dark tan helps too. :ohwell:

tan!! they are less noticeable when you are more tan! as for getting rid of them? nothing except surgery. you can minimize the appearance by using creams, but they will always stick around. I know, i hate them too. I didn't have them until i was 37.5 weeks pregnant! i was sooo mad when they first appeared. What can you do