Stretch Marks~! Gosh BIKINI dream Gone

ellefun
ellefun Posts: 21
edited October 4 in Introduce Yourself
after having my baby... i had terrible stretch marks all over my belly. and though is lighter but yet is still dark brown in colour and very visible. no matter how much lotion and stretch marks oil ive tried putting on ( i practically can fry myself ) before and after pregnancy, is not much use.

sad.... i wonder is there anyway i can salvage the situation ... i so want to get into a bikini. but now even if i have the body i won dare to walk out with it ....HElP:cry:

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  • persephone87
    persephone87 Posts: 220 Member
    I'm not sure if you have tried bio-oil its very good, I have stretch marks too and it has helped reduce them. Apart from that your lookjing at surgery, lasers at first though they aren't always successful and then after that there are various cosmetic surgeries you can do to reduce them I did look into them but you are talking thousands of pounds (or dollars wherever you are). There are a few that are really meant to help but off the top of my head I cant remember the name of them. Its something I'm saving up for once I have children :) hope this is of some help. If your in the UK you can get laser treatment on the NHS I got it for me but it didnt help in my case.
  • asyouseefit
    asyouseefit Posts: 1,265 Member
    They'll fade out eventually. I'm afraid there is no solution to remove them completely (no miracle cream) except surgery.
  • blackchic35
    blackchic35 Posts: 1
    Hey Ellefun, this is blackchic35 i also have that problem and found no solution but to buy a one pieces, i spoke with a doctor and they suggested a tummy tuck. Now i dont know how bad you want to be in a bikini but i didnt want it that bad. Hey girl look, get the body you desire and it really is not gonna matter what swim suit your in cause your gonna look great in any one. they also have wrap skrits to if ya still want to rock a 2 piece. Alright dont get discourage reach your goal cause your still sexy and you know it .WORKING OUT GIRLS ROCK SO KEEP ROCKING!
  • Neliel
    Neliel Posts: 507 Member
    None of us are perfect... we all have things about ourselves that we'd love to change! I say stop hating your 'imperfections' and wear the bikini anyway. Is anyone really going to point at you and go 'wow, stretchmarks!' No. I have loads of stretchmarks everywhere and I know there's nothing I can do about them. So i'm just going to live my life with them and wear the damn bikini anyway (when I reach my goal)
  • AliDarling
    AliDarling Posts: 373
    im right there with you. even at my biggest, 230 (befor prego) i never had streach marks. got down to 204, then got pregnant. at a huge 260, i thought about getting hell tattooed on my stomach, that way the streach marks would look like fire in an effort to hide them. didnt do that lol. my baby is 15 months now, and i am back in the 2 hundrend teens area, and they are fading. not as much or as fast as i want, but i've been asking how to make them dissapear. i've had comments about cinnimon oil to olive oil. all kinds of lotions, but sadly, they havent worked. i am going to try that bio oil. so far everyone that has answered me the majority have used and seen results with bio oil
  • natika33
    natika33 Posts: 154 Member
    I'm not sure about the supplements, oils and lotions, but they will fade with time. They likely won't tan like the rest of your skin though, so if you one day wear that bikini, be aware of that.
  • ellefun
    ellefun Posts: 21
    im using cocoa butter and also bio oil. but nothing is working. i guess i have to live with it. Hopefully when i have a hot body then no body will notice my tiger looking stripes on my body. Perhaps i should get a Tiger print Bikini. maybe that will camouflage the stretch marks LOL

    Anyway thanks for all the suggestions !
  • hannahlbur
    hannahlbur Posts: 221 Member
    im using cocoa butter and also bio oil. but nothing is working. i guess i have to live with it. Hopefully when i have a hot body then no body will notice my tiger looking stripes on my body. Perhaps i should get a Tiger print Bikini. maybe that will camouflage the stretch marks LOL

    Anyway thanks for all the suggestions !

    Good plan on the tiger print! I have them too and hate them, but I have realised that most women and some men have them. Trying bio oil but don't know if that will actually do anything!
  • vsmith1981
    vsmith1981 Posts: 44 Member
    If it is really giving your self esteem a run for its money, I'd recommend saving up for laser removal. Yes, cosmetic procedures are expensive but if they give you comfort in your body, they are worth it.
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