Stretchmarks

**angelfaces** · October 3rd, 2007, 07:23 PM

Hi People, I got stretchmarks all over my stomach since pregnancy and finally have started using creams to make them better and i'm so happy and amazed at the results of some products I tried thought i'd recommend them if u'v stretchmarks too

I've been rubbing Cocoa butter and Vitamin E cream into my stomach for weeks now and theyve dramatically faded am just so pleased with the results in fact I could see a huge change in their appearance after just 2days using

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U can get 'Palmers Cocoa Butter-stretchmark formula' in Superdrug or Boots and other chemists, I got the tub of Vit E cream from the Holland &Barrett round the corner but sure other stores to it too, thats here in the UK don't know about US but just Google or Ebay

I've also been told that 'snail cream' or 'snail lotion' works like magic and its the best product there is, I managed to find some listings on ebay.com(not the UK site guys doesn't seem to b sold here

!) apparently snail have regenerative cells when they lose skin they just grow a new one or something similar which is how its supposed to work or something, i've not tried it yet its very pricey for just a small amount that I decided to save buying it till the end when the cocoa butter has run its course

Also heard a bottle of bio-oil has results and apparently goes a long way, my friend has had a bottle for a while and uses it regularly but seems never to run out

creepy

!i'd keep away from it if I were you

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**mooshue** · October 3rd, 2007, 07:38 PM

im very curious to see if they come back just as strong and noticeable once you stop using the cocoa butter and vit e cream. I too have a ton of streatch marks from being fat, not pregnant since im not a chick

, and have looked into a few remedies however none were proven to fix em once they are there, the remedies are meant to be used in the areas where streatch marks may occur by making the skin more elastic during application, this is why you find it in maternity stores. Stop using the creams after you run out for a few weeks and see if it comes back or not and let us know the results.

**angelfaces** · October 5th, 2007, 12:01 PM

Thats an interesting thing you said Mooshue I hadnt thought of that and am interested to know now myself I thought them being reduced would stay reduced if stop using but yes guess its possible it could be the effects of the cream while using it?
Anyway not gonna stop using anytime soon lol am just so glad to see them finally reduced

but will do when the bottles run out before starting again be interesting to know and will keep u updated

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**Italianangel** · October 25th, 2007, 05:55 PM

I know that high quality vitamin E is recomended soon after tissue damage, even scars.
How long have they been there? If it is within a year or so then you are good!! but also it depends on how much bigger you got than you were supposed to. Some women overeat and get even bigger, carrying more fat than needed while pregnant and others seem to balance pregnancy weight with lower fat gains. If you were on the larger end then the stretch marks may take longer and may only get so healed but still should get some results which are better than nothing. The fact that you are working on diet and training gives you extra advantage with the cream, they wall work together! Make sure you get your fat from udos oil, it helps the skin, but using it means keeping the rest of the diet lower in fat, its a great fat - and I mean to ingest it not rub it on the stretch marks - just to make it clear.......hahahah

Linda