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Stretch marks and Bio-oil...

domesticatedhumandomesticatedhuman
in December 2011 Moms

Yeah, I know everyone keeps saying that it's genetic and you can't help it, etc.  But I don't think that's the full story really.  I got stretch marks in puberty so I thought I would defintiely get them in pregnancy and I have.  They started coming in around 5 months or so, despite my putting on lotion daily and just kept coming.

So there was a sale on bio-oil and I picked some up out of curiousity.  I've been using it for a month now and I am not getting any new stretch marks.  The ones I do have seem a lot less angry as well.  I gotta say that I wish I was using this stuff from the beginning!  Maybe I would have still gotten some marks, but I really feel like it's totally helped.

Anyone else using it and noticing a difference?

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  • agunnetagunnet member
    hmm, I may have to go buy some. I figured since I already have stretch marks, from my first pregnancy..that nothing would really help improve the appearance. This being my 5th pregnacy...I can say that I dont have any new onesyet, but if it helps even in the slightest I think its worth a try.
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  • stephers_7stephers_7 member
    Using an oil can help the appearance of stretch marks and help fade old ones but those people are right. How your skin reacts to stretching is completely genetic and it can't be changed only helped. 
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  • alexvausealexvause member

    I use bio oil and have since about 12 weeks (although not religiously) and dont have any stretchmarks yet.

    I am not stretched yet though (if that makes sense) so its not that surprising. I feel like there is still room in there before I get that tight skin feeling.

    Its the one good thing about having a little cushion to begin with I suppose

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  • LaurenRinAtlantaLaurenRinAtlanta member

    No, but I have a bottle of it! I have been using Bella B's tummy honey... recently in the last week the baby moved up and I finally have some semblance of a bump. But my skin feels itchy if I don't put the lotion on - so I put it on first thing in the morning and then I put the butter version (thicker and waxier) on at night after showers. 

     I'm with you - I think that stretch marks are definitely genetic, but I think they also can be helped by lotions and oils, etc.  

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  • seashell_83seashell_83

    I may have to switch from Cocoa Butter to Bio Oil if it really works.  I have been using the Cocoa Butter since about 8-10 weeks 2-4 times a day and I just found a few tiny, tiny stretchmarks starting on my sides right above my hips :( and a few on the underside of my breasts.

    It sucks because my Mom had 4 kids and not a single stretchmark.  My Sister has no stretchmarks at all and I have stretchmarks on my lower back/side area and thighs from growing.  I guess the good genetics went to my Sis and the bad ones to me :(  I'm terrified they're going to take over my belly like my SIL's and BFF's did. 

    I know I still have some stretching to go because I had a little belly to begin with so I am praying that if i do end up with stretchmarks, that they stay on my sides and lower back like before and fade away at some point.

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  • J&JSuiter070205J&JSuiter070205 member
    You're only 28 weeks though. I did not get any stretch marks until 36 weeks or so (and I had maybe 3 on my side). Stretch marks are genetic, period. :/
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  • seashell_83seashell_83

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    You're only 28 weeks though. I did not get any stretch marks until 36 weeks or so (and I had maybe 3 on my side). Stretch marks are genetic, period. :/

    My SIL did not have a single stretchmark until around 38-39 weeks and she gave birth at 41 weeks.  Her stretchmarks now take over the entire lower half of her belly.  She also used body butter creams/cocoa butters and what not the entire pregnancy.  Best to her knowledge no one in her family has strechmarks..

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  • mamaofmoosemamaofmoose

    I like using the Bio Oil but my favorite is Burt's Bees Mama Bee.  I really didn't like the Palmer's Tummy Butter.  It was so thick and made clothing stick to me.  The other two products don't do that.  I don't notice stretch marks but SIL says she noticed small veins come to the surface of her tummy and after pregnancy, those areas finally became stretch marks.  I will just have to wait and find out what I get! 

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  • NoodleMNoodleM member

    Bio oil worked for me! I gained a lot of weight in my early 20's and had red angry stretch marks.

    When I started losing weight, I used bio oil with drinking lots of water and exercise and they faded to where you can only see them if you are looking for them.

    I noticed an agry red one again a few days ago, have been using bio oil and it's already faded.

    I know they say genetics, but it's not all gentics. There are enviromental factors as well. On my weight loss forum they had a list of things that would make you more prone to stretch marks and make it harder to get rid of them, ie tanning a lot, smoking, not enough water in your diet, etc.

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