please rec your stretch mark prevention technique

mrsin2006 · December 2010

i have just been using cocoa butter so far but is there anything else you use to prevent stretch marks?

Mrs.McLovin · December 2010

You need good genes! Otherwise, nothing you can do.

BetchySprout · December 2010

Be born into a family who doesn't have the gene for stretch marks.

Luma88 · December 2010

This is what I heard!

But my friend gave me a bottle of Almond Supple Skin oil from L'Occitane that she used during pregnancy because she didn't get stretchmarks. I use it because it smells really good and feels good to massage on! I will let you know in 5 months how it went

Luma88 · December 2010

Mrs.McLovin:
You need good genes! Otherwise, nothing you can do.

This is what I heard!

But my friend gave me a bottle of Almond Supple Skin oil from L'Occitane that she used during pregnancy because she didn't get stretchmarks. I use it because it smells really good and feels good to massage on! I will let you know in 5 months how it went

shaysmom05 · December 2010

The only thing you can do is use oils and creams for itching. Nothing will prevent them or make them go away.

jenerally? · December 2010

I hear if you take a 100 dollar bill, shred it, make a paste out of it with lemongrass during a full moon on an odd year in a month that ends in Y, and rub it on your skin, you will never get stretchmarks. Nor age.

ccorso · December 2010

jenerally?:
I hear if you take a 100 dollar bill, shred it, make a paste out of it with lemongrass during a full moon on an odd year in a month that ends in Y, and rub it on your skin, you will never get stretchmarks. Nor age.

Oh - ya made me giggle!

shaysmom05 · December 2010

jenerally?:
I hear if you take a 100 dollar bill, shred it, make a paste out of it with lemongrass during a full moon on an odd year in a month that ends in Y, and rub it on your skin, you will never get stretchmarks. Nor age.

I wanna be just like you when I grow up!

MommaA117 · December 2010

keep hydrated to keep it pliable avoid the elastin snap . Don't spend $$ on a miracle cream. Coco butter is fine. Your genetic really determine if it will happen. No miracle cream will do it.

Mrs.Saxy · December 2010

Mrs.McLovin:
You need good genes! Otherwise, nothing you can do.

ditto, my mom and I have stretch marks in the exact same spots and got them at the same time....right at the very end.

Scout05 · December 2010

Luma88:

Mrs.McLovin:
You need good genes! Otherwise, nothing you can do.

This is what I heard!

But my friend gave me a bottle of Almond Supple Skin oil from L'Occitane that she used during pregnancy because she didn't get stretchmarks. I use it because it smells really good and feels good to massage on! I will let you know in 5 months how it went

I'm sure it's a nice cream, and it will help keep your skin hydrated.

But it's not the reason your friend didn't get stretch marks. She just didn't get them, and happened to use this cream. The two are not related.

normajeane6126 · December 2010

Good genes.

nici84 · December 2010

There is nothing really you can do. But if your worried that you havent done enough to try to prevent them, Vitamin E oil is suppose to be good, you can also get Vitamin E capsules and break them open. I use a lotion with cocoa butter nad something else in it I got from Motherhood Maternity. at night and the oil anytime Im itchy. It at least helps with the itchyness.

PinkGrapefuit · December 2010

Prayer?

alliejoe · December 2010

nici84:
There is nothing really you can do. But if your worried that you havent done enough to try to prevent them, Vitamin E oil is suppose to be good, you can also get Vitamin E capsules and break them open. I use a lotion with cocoa butter nad something else in it I got from Motherhood Maternity. at night and the oil anytime Im itchy. It at least helps with the itchyness.

I love my vitamin E oil. It's the best thing for dry skin! word to the wise though.... it can make you more susceptible to bruising. I learned that the fun way...

Ivana_Stolichnaya · December 2010

A genie in a bottle.

willowprincess · December 2010

there's really no magic cream or anything that will prevent them. however, drinking lots of water, eating raw fruits and veggies, and moisturizing can help. skin maintains its elasticity better when it's hydrated, and the raw fruits/veggies help your skin cells to regenerate faster.

Ambeerose · December 2010

When you find the magic cream let me know....my sister and I both got BAD stretch marks on our bellies, looks like someone scratched their nails up and down my belly on both sides of my belly button. It sure is a pretty sight. I'm really hoping no more beauty marks make their appearance this time around!

MaiteRam · December 2010

Another thing that helps minimize them is not gaining too much weight too quickly. While you may still get them, steadier weight gain/not gaining too much weight reduces the stretch on the skin.

NicciH · December 2010

Nothing really prevents them... but I used BioOil and a body firmer lotion post pregnancy and it helped a lot. I had really horrible stretch marks and tried every kind of lotion and that was the only thing that helped. But I will say this... my mom didn't have any stretch marks and I got them everywhere, and I was not over weight pre pregnancy, only gained 28 lbs. during pregnancy, and stayed very hydrated and active during pregnancy. So really, you either get them or you don't. But BioOil helps!

MoMandA · December 2010

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