swollen stretch marks?

EDWHIP

Any remedies?

 My stretch marks are elevated, puffy, and itchy!

 The paneled maternity pants might play a role in the itchiness...but I can't go to work naked!

Amber68W

Lotion will help the itchiness but I'm not sure what could help the puffiness. Sorry!

JaneBeam

EDWHIP:

...but I can't go to work naked!

hahaha!  I just thought about going to work naked, so silly!

Chickandtaco

I'm having the same problem. The nurse at my NST actually cringed when she saw my belly today!  (not nice!)  She said aloe Vera or lotion but she said it's important to keep it hydrated, although it will still itch.  They told me I could use hydrocortozone cream for the itch.  Honestly, try NOT to scratch cause once you start then you just want to claw through your skin the itchyness gets so much worse!

ckolak:-)

Sounds like it might be PUPPPS...try putting some hydrocortisone cream on it and taking a benadryl at night. That's all that helped me when I had it with DS and when I get stretch mark rashes this time. Good luck!

BalletPink81

I find that the panel on all my maternity pants is really itchy against my skin.  I put on the Bella Band first and then pull my maternity pants over the band, or I layer a tank top underneath the panel so that the panel isn't against my skin and itching me.