Do stretch marks go away with weight loss?

Tenoreo90
Tenoreo90 Posts: 329 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Specifically marks from pregnancy, not general weight gain/loss. If I'm losing weight with healthy diet and exercise, is it possible that the map of Narnia on my belly will go away? :[

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  • MrsSpinks
    MrsSpinks Posts: 274 Member
    My pregnancy stretch marks on my side (love handle area) have shrunk from approx 6 inches in height to 1 inch as I have lost weight! I need to invest in some Lavender Oil to rub into them though as apparently it will help them fade over time!x
  • LolaGotThin
    LolaGotThin Posts: 111 Member
    I don't know from experience but from what I have gathered, they may become lest noticeable but will not go away all together without either laser treatments or creams, depending on how bad they are. Since you're not actually getting rid of skin, just the weight beneath it, I think the marks on the skin itself are going to stay put, despite what may go away.
    I wish they did though. I just realized the other day that I have a few on my tummy. Made me sad. I don't even have kids.
  • Tenoreo90
    Tenoreo90 Posts: 329 Member
    My pregnancy stretch marks on my side (love handle area) have shrunk from approx 6 inches in height to 1 inch as I have lost weight! I need to invest in some Lavender Oil to rub into them though as apparently it will help them fade over time!x

    That's awesome! Congrats! I was just thinking about how it seems like stretch marks are more noticable on bigger women...I wasn't sure if it was because they have more or if it really does diminish with weight loss. Of course I should've specified that I realize they never FULLY go away...which is okay, I just am sick of looking down and going UGH!
  • darthbambi
    darthbambi Posts: 32
    My pregnancy stretchmarks on my stomach and hips have decreased in size a little bit since I started losing weight; however, they're s till as red as they were at the beginning. I massage them with a bit of oil after every shower and I'm hoping the colour will fade over time. I suppose it also depends on your skin type. when I get a scar, it always takes quite a bit for it to go back to my normal skin tone.
  • adlwilmot
    adlwilmot Posts: 117
    Palmer's, Palmer's, Palmer's!!!! Your stretch marks are relatively new as were the random ones that appeared on my hips a few years back. I used Palmer's Stretch Mark oil and they disappeared COMPLETELY within a couple of months. They were bad, I'm telling you; red raw and massive to start with, and then calming down and scarring up nicely (i.e settling down to stay!). Really not good. Anyway, the oil absolutely did the trick and there is no trace of them whatsoever now.

    Palmer's Scar Serum. It stinks from the fish oils in it, but it works! http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=92679&catid=182918
  • Angel1066
    Angel1066 Posts: 816 Member
    Bump.... I'd like to know too
  • MrsSpinks
    MrsSpinks Posts: 274 Member
    Palmer's, Palmer's, Palmer's!!!! Your stretch marks are relatively new as were the random ones that appeared on my hips a few years back. I used Palmer's Stretch Mark oil and they disappeared COMPLETELY within a couple of months. They were bad, I'm telling you; red raw and massive to start with, and then calming down and scarring up nicely (i.e settling down to stay!). Really not good. Anyway, the oil absolutely did the trick and there is no trace of them whatsoever now.

    Palmer's Scar Serum. It stinks from the fish oils in it, but it works! http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=92679&catid=182918

    Will be getting me some of this!
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    No
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Stretch marks fade with time. The only thing that will make them disappear is surgery.
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