getting rid of stretch marks Posted: 02-14-08 18:07pm
I have big, horrible, embarrassing stretch
marks!
They're on my upper thighs, all over my
bum and even a few on my calves. I am so
down about them.
I'm a teenager so haven't given birth so
the aren't "pregnant stretch marks". I
doubt my friends have any, I never see
people with them.
I really want rid of them! Any
suggestions? What's worked for you?
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anniek
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Posted: 02-15-08 09:09am
Cocoa Butter. It may help a little with
the marks you already have but it helps
alot with preventing them. So use it
instead of lotion on your legs or get a
cocoa butter lotion (that's what we have).
My daughter used to help rub it on my
belly when I was pregnant. It was her way
of helping! But now I use it on my legs.
It also workes very well for dryness. My
husband is a mechanic and get very dry
hands so he puts it on every night to
help.
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Ingi
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Posted: 02-15-08 09:16am
Stretch marks are actually a hereditary
condition. They are scars on the skin from
stretching. When the body grows faster
than the skin has the ability to grow, you
will get stretch marks. A lot of people
get them. When I was a teenager, I had a
friend whose chest grew so fast, she had
what looked like giant red scratches all
over her breasts. They were stretch marks,
but I didn't know it at the time.
While people will say use lotion, baby
oil, or cocoa butter - those things will
neither prevent or get rid of stretch
marks. Stretch marks will lighten over
time, turning more into a silvery skin
color instead of dark red/purple color.
Lotion won't hurt you, however, and if you
feel it helps, then by all means you
should use it.
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PixieKat
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Posted: 02-15-08 18:17pm
im glad that someone else who hasnt had
kids has streach makrs, i thought i was
weird because im skinny but have strech
marks and none of my other friends did.
they thought i was weird. lol. Just
wanted to let you know your not alone
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blessed8888
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there is a solution Posted: 02-16-08 22:05pm
castor oil i promise it works if you use 1
in am 1 @pm i have 7 kids and no stretch
marks except extra weight
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shrinkmeplease
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Posted: 02-17-08 19:48pm
Thanks guys! I'll try hunt down these
products. I've heard about cocoa butter,
yes, I'll be getting me some o' that!
Castor oil sounds interesting too, then
I've researched about people splitting
Vitamin E tablets and rubbing the oil in
so i tried looking for ingredient w/ Vit.
E - seems wheat germ oil contains a lot
too.
I hope these things work, I'd hate to be
burdened by them my whole life. Do you
know how long it takes for them to fade -
even naturally without products?
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fiona05
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Posted: 02-18-08 12:22pm
all my friends have stretch marks and so
do i! and none of us have given birth. it
is normal. and yes they do fade a lot over
the years.
when i went on the contraceptive pill i
went up 2 or 3 breast sizes and i got
stretch marks on my boobs. when i found
out one day looking in the mirror i was
really upset, but it only took about 2
years for them to fade. i can't even see
them now. i have stretch marks on my hips
too. they start off being red but then
they turn pretty much the same colour as
the rest of my skin.
i never used any products on mine. i've
heard about cocoa butter helping so you
could give that a shot since it's
affordable, but as for the expensive
treatments such as bio oil, i don't think
they would work. i reckon it's just a way
of making money :S
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Little Miss Oops
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Posted: 02-18-08 13:42pm
Ingi
wrote:
Stretch marks are actually a
hereditary condition. They are scars on
the skin from stretching. When the body
grows faster than the skin has the ability
to grow, you will get stretch marks. A lot
of people get them. When I was a teenager,
I had a friend whose chest grew so fast,
she had what looked like giant red
scratches all over her breasts. They were
stretch marks, but I didn't know it at the
time.
While people will say use lotion, baby
oil, or cocoa butter - those things will
neither prevent or get rid of stretch
marks. Stretch marks will lighten over
time, turning more into a silvery skin
color instead of dark red/purple color.
Lotion won't hurt you, however, and if you
feel it helps, then by all means you
should use
it.
that's what happened to me i didn't have
boobs until like my sofmore year and then
they shot out now i have 38 Cs and at
first they were deep purple and looked
absolutely horrible, now you cant hardly
see them cause like ingi said they turn
silvery, i do however have them also on my
"love handles" lol cause i gained weight
but i'm fine with them now lol
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lele25
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Posted: 02-18-08 17:23pm
I've never had children and I have them on
my hips. I can't remember exactly when I
got them, but they are so faded now you
can barely tell they are there. Genetics
deffinately play a part...all of my
sisters have them and none of us are
overweight.
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season_00
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Posted: 02-20-08 08:03am
it is normal to get them - i also have
them i was adviced cocoa
butter by my aunt and over a year it did
its magic - u can hardly see them now.
Heck, I've even got some on my hips.
They're very small but I do have them. I
am technically underweight and have never
had children! So yes, it happens to
everyone!
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Little Miss Oops
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Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 542 Location: Just Know That It Sucksville, Usa
Posted: 02-22-08 14:12pm
yea i'm right for my height and never been
preggo or had kids so i have them lol
They're on my upper thighs, all over my
bum and even a few on my calves. I am so
down about them. 
Thanks guys! I'll try hunt down these
products. I've heard about cocoa butter,
yes, I'll be getting me some o' that!
Castor oil sounds interesting too, then
I've researched about people splitting
Vitamin E tablets and rubbing the oil in
so i tried looking for ingredient w/ Vit.
E - seems wheat germ oil contains a lot
too.
i was adviced cocoa
butter by my aunt and over a year it did
its magic - u can hardly see them now.
