Does anyone still have their brown line?

mhaas28 · August 2011

Liam will be 16 weeks tomorrow and I still have the brown line on my stomach. It has faded a lot. Does anyone else still have their line? How long does it usually take to go away? Or is their anything I can do to help get rid of it? TIA!

Vespah · August 2011

Yup, hasn't shown any sign of getting lighter either.

virginiagirl11 · August 2011

Yep. Mine has gotten lighter but that's not saying a lot. It was pretty beast. I've heard that it will disappear when we stop breastfeeding.

AliandJimmy · August 2011

Yep, it's still there! If only we could get our body back to prepregnancy state instantly.

MamabirdtoBe · August 2011

Barely. I can see it, but I doubt anyone else would with the naked eye.

Try this trick: Grab a fairly rough exfoliating sponge (I use a natural one) or rag. Wet it a bit in the shower and rub it in small, circular motions over the line every couple days in the shower. It fades it quite a bit.

shamyfowler · August 2011

Still have mine. I noticed the other day that I think it is starting to fade a little. It was really dark to begin with.

janjag · August 2011

I do. Don't remember how long it took to go away after DDs, but it did eventually fade to almost gone.

LittleDelany · August 2011

Vespah:
Yup, hasn't shown any sign of getting lighter either.

this.

katlizabeth · August 2011

I have mine. I think it's gotten lighter. Mine didn't go away with ds until I was about 7 or 8 months pp.

SwissMs99 · August 2011

Yeah - it's lightened up quite a bit but not completely gone

OctoberGal2007 · August 2011

Mine is still there, just lighter but still totally visible. With my older DD it did fade completely and went away, it just takes time, I have no worries this line will totally fade too

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kje120 · August 2011

I just had to go look in the mirror to see. It looks like it's pretty much gone - luckily it never got that dark to begin with.

lilylow · August 2011

I just have it from the belly button down, but it's getting lighter.

LynsiBHM · August 2011

I actually just lifted up my shirt to check Embarrassed

It has faded a bit since I stopped BFing, but it's still there. I've gotten a bit of a tan too, so that could be why. My OB said it will fade over time and most women will lose it completely by 9mos pp. Exfoliating can help, but won't "erase it" by any means, so don't go scrubbing with a brillo pad Stick out tongue