Hey guys

Does anybody know how to prevent stretch marks and fade the existing ones?

Ive used Cocu Butter and it is nooo good.

thanks for any help.

Yea I'd like to know that too .. anything good for boobs? lol since being pregnant well I went up about a cup size maybe more and yea I got some strethc marks not very attractive. So does the same stuff for your stomach work? All I see is cocoa butter but does it actually work?

no Cocu Butter is rubbish. I have heard god stuff about Olive Oil though. but i'm waitin for my opinion

TO PREVENT stretch marks during pregnancy, I used to take warm baths with baby oil and I used tons of the palmer stretch mark lotion for pregnancy. I barely got any but I was beginning to get a few right before I delivered. I think the key is keeping skin as moisturized as possible but steer clear of the "skin firming " types of lotions during pregnancy since you want your skin to be able to expand.
TO FADE stretch marks, I suppose the verdict is still out but it seems I read retin-a as well as peels such as glycolic may work since these marks are into the skin like scars.

Unfortunately I already have stretch marks not on my stomach tho and Ik now the brest area is very sensitive, so does anyone know what I could use as a treatment in that area. Currently I am using a moisturizer but for the ones I alrdy have I would like them gone

I always rubbed my entire abdomen area with some lotion after my shower each day when I was pregnant.
I've had two kids and have no stretch marks at all.
I didn't use anything special, just one of those Suave lotions from Walmart.

I don't know of anything that will get rid of them once they're already there though.

Can't get rid of them. They'll only fade, theres lots of lotions recommended but i'd recommend a google search. ie. vitamin e, cocoa butter, etc etc.

I got tons ...(bodybuilder).

My question is more this--how exactly does one get stretch marks in the first places?

I'm a guy, 20 and a half years old, and have them on the uppermost part of my leg near my waist. I got them when I was 13 for no apparent reason. They faded over the course of a year. It's interesting to note that I get leg pain there sometimes as well.

As for the redness, give it some time and it will turn sort of white. It's like a scar you'd get after falling off your bike but not raised and not as noticeable.

Your skin stretches faster than it can handle - essentially tearing the skin. **Ususally from growth (ie. weight gain, pregnancy)

Yup, that was right in the middle of my growth spurt! Glad to know it wasn't anything I did!

bio oil

I also want to get rid of my stretch marks! Has anyone tried strivectin cream?

There is no cream to change a stretch mark because it's a tear in the skin below the surface that results in scar tissue.

I have had some success with needling (basically damaging the skin to encourage it to heal and breaking up the scar tissue using sterile micro lances). I found that making a lot of stabs with needle, but very superficial (not deep at all) works best. It will bleed a little and take 2 weeks to heal, looking bad for around the first 5 days in my case. Like a tattoo it feels like sunburn the first few days. It doesn't hurt actually doing it.

I wouldn't want to recommend anyone does that, but if you do try, use sterile needles, change regularly in the procedure, use alcohol swap before you start and antiseptic cream regularly after.

I suggest trying on just one mark first and waiting a few weeks before assessing progress.

what kind of stretch marks?

you can get stretch marks from working out, etccc

but what kinddddd?



vitamine E and coco butter works.

im sure bio oil is for stretch marks

i posted this on the fraxel thread. but there has been much success with stretch marks using the fraxel laser. there was as a 2007 clinical study showing 50-75 percent improvement. and yes it has pictures.

google "stretch marks" and "fraxel" you will get a few doctors websites with pictures showing dramatic improvement on stretch marks.

also google "striae" and fraxel. striae is the medical term.