Stretch Marks

[anhphan]

your stretch marks are going to fade if they are purple or red. THey always do. The fact is, you want to minimize the appearance of the white scars. To do that, you have to use brands on the purple fresh stretch marks first. Once they're white, there's no going back. HOwever, I am hearing things about bio-oil and how it reduces already white scars from people from this forum. But i havn't used them so I don't really know. I've been using retin A forever and they have reduced the appearance of my white stretchmarks, but i used it when my stretchmarks were purple. ITs less noticable than the stretchmarks that i got without treatment. ANY BODY WANT TO CONFIRM BIO-OIL"S effectiveness please.

 

[Golden_butterfly]

Bio-oil seem to be very popular here. Unfortunately for me it didn't help a bit

 

[anhphan]

ok..i get ur point butterfly!!!

 

[ShuggaStiletto]

I'm actually just using a generic drug store brand of aloe vera. It works so well you guys, I'm so serious, I used it yesterday and today and they're so faded already, craziness! love it

 

[anhphan]

whats the brand called?...but how bad was ur stretch marks??... were they white or purple.... cuz if they're purple...they fade neways.... so...waste of my money... but if they really minimized in appearance...as in the size and fade...then that 's good news. Even better, if they faded ur white stretch marks, the old ones...then the brand is surplus.

 

[Golden_butterfly]

ok..i get ur point butterfly!!!

There was a mass submission of one single message due to my internet.

The mods can delete the rest.

 

[johnnys_girl09]

I'm starting to try Aloe vera..it's sort of working. I'm going to start working out more though..hopefully that mixed with the Aloe will at least fade them a bit (they're still purple)

what brand are you using?

 

[ShuggaStiletto]

^ generic drug store brand believe it or not! Haven't used it in a while. I'm going to start going to the gym though..hopefully that'll help at least a little.

 

[UNiQFashionista]

so i have alooot of SM...craziness...im 5'7 and never went over 130 pounds(heaviest) and below 110(lowest), never wore anything over a 6(heaviest) and now im a 2..i workout and am pretty healthy..i just noticed alot of sm on my legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes the back of my legss!! wtf??? i have not gained any weight or lost any..and im over 21 so i have not grown..they are white....what is that from? also..whats the best way to cover them? foundation? or the spray on leg thingiss?? im soo terrified and freaked out..eww

 

[lithium]

^It's quite the same with me!!!
I don't have many of this horrible things, but I noticed some on my legs and breasts..
but why?! they are really small, and I didn't gain a lot of weight either...

 

[anhphan]

ya... well..im still using that stupid retin A...but for the sm on the back of my legs... they're not going away since they're white.. altho since i have been using REtin A at night and vitamin E in the morning..they have minimized in appearance..but i'm still going to the dermatologist next week to try something stronger for already scarred white marks.

 

[Miss_A]

Ok, so what about if you are fighting strech marks and cellulite at the same time? I'm applying firming lotions for cellulite but then I can't apply Vit E for strech marks (do'nt think it would work on top of each other anyways). Maybe one day cellulite fighting and next day strech mark fighting?
It just doesn't seem as effective

 

[anhphan]

what exactly do you need for cellulite??...something that firms your skin??..doesn't vitamin E firm as well...the oil is pretty thick..iono if it firms..but i think it does.

 

[inAbottle]

i have them kind of at my loswer hips and close to my thighs.
i just started using cocoa butter to get rid of them somehow but i heard that they never really go away completey.. is this true?

 

[lithium]

^I hope not!!!

 

[johnnys_girl09]

does the 'palmers cocoa butter for stretchmarks' work?

 

[anhphan]

uhhh...ya i think its true...at least thats wat my dermotologist says before... lol...i kept going back to her...for the retin A cream for my stretch marks..n she was telling me there is no miracle. hahah..but i will see her again on friday... so i will tell u guys wats new. I havn't seen her for a year so...mayb its different this time. My goal is for her to prescribe me something to deal w/ existing scars....hence the white stretch marks that never goes away!!

 

[anhphan]

does the 'palmers cocoa butter for stretchmarks' work?

never worked for me!!..cocoa butter...does very little for me..i used palmer's cocoa butter on ma love handles...(however its spelled)...n i ate a lot during christmas...n new stretchmarks appeared...so they dont prevent them my dears!!!

 

[adi]

i hate mu strech marks.. i gained weight a lot during my teenage years and those damn things appered on my hips, arms, breast and even lowerback. if i would have been smart enough, i would have started to use all these different foundations, but i didn't and now they are all white. now i'm trying to loose (and will loose) weight over 20 kg but i think sm won't still go away...? can someone recommend any good foundation to even make them slighly lighter? what has worked for you?

 

[Eurasian Mélange]

I have never ever been fat. I'm a size 2/4, but I grew quite curvy hips when I went through puberty and so my hips and thighs are covered in stretchmarks. The only good thing is that the majority of them are unnoticeable unless I squash the skin together or you shine light on it at a certain angle.

I've tried ordinary Palmer's Cocoa Butter, Vitamin E Oil and some product by L'Oreal, but so far only the Vitamin E Oil has altered the appearance slightly.