What is good for preventing stretch marks?
quozy asked:
Myself and all my sisters get really bad stretch marks, to the extent that we look like we have been clawed on our hips or lower back. All my sisters have had babies and their tummies have really suffered from stretch marks. I am in my late twenties and i want to ensure that should my body change or should i become pregnant, that i don’t suffer the same. I would appreciate any advice or product i could use at this stage to prevent rather than treat. I know bio oil can be good. Any other ideas?
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Myself and all my sisters get really bad stretch marks, to the extent that we look like we have been clawed on our hips or lower back. All my sisters have had babies and their tummies have really suffered from stretch marks. I am in my late twenties and i want to ensure that should my body change or should i become pregnant, that i don’t suffer the same. I would appreciate any advice or product i could use at this stage to prevent rather than treat. I know bio oil can be good. Any other ideas?
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:40 am
butter milk lotion
February 27th, 2009 at 1:52 am
massage (don’t just rub, otherwise your skin gets oily) baby oil into places that you get the strech marks
March 1st, 2009 at 12:31 am
i have heard cocoa butter kind of prevents them i am not saying you wont get any at all but it might help.
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 am
bio oil, palmers cocoa butter are supposed to be good.
maderma is good at fading them once they have already appeared. good luck.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:34 am
coco butter… thats what everyone says!
answer mine>?
March 6th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
rub vitamin e lotion 3 times a day
dont scratch..people are going to tell you cocoa butter but it doesnt work and its stinks..
and drink alot alot alot of water..
and eat stuff with alot of antioxidents
make sure the vitamin e lotion has a high amount of vitmin i.u.
for example 42,000 i.u. is a okay amount..
please dont listen to butter that cause you to get burned in the sun!
March 8th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
moisturise your body as much as you can and your skin will be supple and will stretch more easily and you might not get such bad stretch marks!
March 8th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
coco butter is fabulous..you can buy this from any chemist..ensure you moisturise your body thoroughly with the cream..but once you have stretch marks their really is no cure..bio oil fades the marks but prevention is better than cure..
try coco butter..
March 9th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Unfortunately the tendency to get stretch marks is genetic.
If your sisters have them on their abdomen after pregnancy then the chances are that if you go through pregnancy then you will get them too I’m afraid.
On the up side, once you have children then the importance of stretch marks will fade, along with the stretch marks themselves. They become much less visible over time.
Try some lotions and potions if it makes you feel proactive about it, but it will only be wasting your money.
Sorry if it sounds harsh, but it’s the truth. Advertisements will try to tell you different in order to get your cash though.
March 9th, 2009 at 5:48 am
any mositurizer with vitamin e in
cocoa butter, baby oil, vaseline. make sure that your skin doesnt dry out, for example use a good coca butter moisturizer and put vaseline on top at night so it doesnt dry 
March 12th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
i use and used through my pregnancy body shop’s Vitamin e range
body wash
creme lotion
body butter and many more are available
it helps to restore collagen and elastin in the skin and of course it smells great
it ain’t to expensive and the body shop do a loyalty card that gives you 10% discount and free gifts when you spend amounts and a gift for your birthday
also Palmer’s body creme is very good
good luck
March 15th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Bio oil is good. I also tried a firming gel by Botanics which is ok. It doesn’t make them disappear but they faded after using them both.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:47 am
I would use Bio Oil.