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Favorite Products for Stretch Mark Prevention

khjoyce21khjoyce21 member
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I know if you're going to get them, you're going to get them.

But do any of you have any favorite products that you use to prevent stretch marks? Or found anything to be relatively effective?

I am 16 weeks, I currently use Coconut Oil in the shower, and use Bio-Oil once I get out.

Thanks!

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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    Your post makes no sense. If you know genetics is the only prevention then you also know creams/lotions don't prevent stretch marks.

    Coconut oil has been the best for me with regards to moisture.


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  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    It's all genetics regardless. I use regular cheap ol coco butter. I am HUGE and have zero stretch marcks except for where my belly button rings was from when I was younger. Again all boils down to genetics because my ass surely has celulite like crazy!

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  • Tweeks23Tweeks23 member
    Nobody in my family got stretch marks and I did. I know I got mine b/c I was on bed rest for 20 weeks and had to lay on my left side. My right side stretched a lot more than my left and nothing worked to get them to go away. Still have them now.
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  • mcgeevamcgeeva member
    Tweeks23 said:
    Nobody in my family got stretch marks and I did. I know I got mine b/c I was on bed rest for 20 weeks and had to lay on my left side. My right side stretched a lot more than my left and nothing worked to get them to go away. Still have them now.
    You really think bedrest had anything to do with it? I was on strict bedrest as well and that is when I gained most of my weight and still nothing.

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    6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived

    10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP 

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  • lauralou3x3lauralou3x3 member
    My mom got faint white ones during pregnancy. I am 19 weeks tomorrow and am already getting the deep red ones. And I'm a small build and growing "normally", not gaining too much weight. It's depressing but just think of what comes out of it :)
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  • gypsymysticgypsymystic member
    edited December 2013
    Bio oil really diminished the ones I had PP with DS1. Worked on other blemishes and a spider vein behind my knee really well. I got 90% of mine when I lost 60+ lb after DS1 though, not when I was bigger or when preggo with him. Already had some faint ones on my hips before my pregnancies and those never got bigger or smaller. I would attribute mine to being pale and losing weight fast. My mom has like zero * after 4 kids and 85lb in one pregnancy with my sister... lucky b. lol

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  • chance_encounterschance_encounters member
    I liked bio oil because it has no smell :)
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  • VicinoSevenVicinoSeven member
    Stretch marks are genetic.  If you are going to get them, your going to get them.  I'm 27 weeks and lucky so far.  (with an exception to an increased amount of spider veins)    
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  • momthatliftsmomthatlifts member
    I use Burt's bees because my mom gave it to me as a gift, and I only use it when I remember or am not too lazy to, sometimes it's too cold an I don't want to put it on. My mom didn't have any and I'm hoping I got her genes. I don't think my grandma on dads side did either, I have yet to see one but I'm not very big. I would think stretch mark cream is really there to help with itching and MAYBE minimize the outcome of stretch marks but certainly not get rid of them

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  • kd&cdkd&cd member
    I've tried a couple (because I developed a rash with tummy butter) and I already have stretch marks...in my opinion they don't work. I'm using a cocoa butter lotion to keep my skin from getting dry and it seems to help the redness.
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  • Mamazon2014Mamazon2014 member
    I use organic Calendula oil and cream. The stuff is a miracle worker and while it won't eliminate stretch marks, it is amazing at minimizing and reducing the redness. It also helps with itchy skin, cuts, scrapes, and the cream is absolutely amazing on diaper rashes!


     








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  • kait3wkait3w member
    My friend, who is also pregnant, suggested the earth mama oil. I am ordering some of Amazon next week try it out. She loves it! I'm using the cvs brand lotion with cocoa butter right now.. no stretch marks yet but my bump is tiny..
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  • kmdendykmdendy member
    It is genetics.. but so what if we want to use oil/cocoa butter because we think it might help them go back to normal after. 


    I use cocoa butter
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    kmdendy said:

    It is genetics.. but so what if we want to use oil/cocoa butter because we think it might help them go back to normal after. 



    I use cocoa butter
    The stretch marks might fade but they never "go back to normal".


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