rate from 1-10[10 is the highest] how effective cocoa butter massage creme for stretch marks?

Question

just wanna know since im using it for the first time..im 35 weeks and i really got these ugly stretch marks!
and is there a possiblity that this creme will make stretch marks worse?
thanks!

Answer 1

The cream will make your skin feel better and less itchy, but there really isn't a cure for stretch marks. They will look better after you give birth, but they won't completely disappear. Pregnancy permanently alters your body in many ways. It's part of the price we pay to be mothers.

Answer 2

I think you're too late to use cocoa butter to IMPROVE the stretch marks. It helped PREVENT them in my first pregnancy by keeping the skin supple. I didn't think I'd need it the second time around...I was wrong! Try MEDERMA for scars. I've heard from MANY people with scars/stretchmarks that it shrinks it. Also, you'd be surprised how fast your body will get back as "normal" as it can on it's own after having your baby. Most of your stretch marks will fade within the baby's first year. I always found comfort knowing that those marks will always remind me of my sons growing inside of me and that I gave them life.. Good luck!

Answer 3

Theres no cure for stretch marks. The creme stuff is supposed to be used as a prevention measure before you get them. Even then you still might get them. It's all about the kind of skin you have. My friend is 32 weeks and has them bad and shes been using the stuff since she found out she was pregnant. I am 28 weeks and I have been using it too but I haven't gotten any at all. It just depends....

Answer 4

Don't worry, it won't make them worse. Cocoa Butter Lotion or Cocoa Butter Creme helps someway, somehow in reducing the visibility of stretch marks.

Answer 5

I have horrible stretch marks and I finally had to see a dermatologist about it. After I had my son I couldn't sleep on my stomach for almost 6 months. I heard that the massaging is what helps reduse getting the stretch marks. It's genetic for sure!

Answer 6

You get stretch marks when your skin stretches so far that it loses it's elasticity and can't bounce back. Supposedly, cocoa butter keeps your skin moist and stretchable so that it doesn't lose it's elasticity. The cream won't make the stretch marks worse and after you give birth, they will eventually fade, although they won't completely disappear.

Answer 7

It's a 5 and it won't make them worse but the stretch marks will be worse after the baby is born so be prepared to change your definition of ugly.

Answer 8

Its all in your skin and your genes. cocoa butter will not prevent them. If you're going to get stretch marks, you will get them no matter whut remedies you use lol. I used cocoa butter during my whole pregnancy, i didnt get them on my belly, but i got them everywhere else!

Answer 9

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula For Stretch Marks is a good place to start. It contains vitamin E, Collagen & Elastin, and claims to help prevent and reduce stretch marks.

"Massage Lotion for Stretch Marks helps prevent and reduce stretch marks with a special combination of Cocoa Butter, Vitamin E, Collagen, Elastin and Shea Butter. It lubricates the skin to help it retain it's natural elastacity and moisture. This non-greasy all-over-the body lotion relieves the dryness associated with stretched skin due to pregnancy and smoothes stretch marks due to weight loss"

I use this cream in conjunction with the 'Intensive Care Vitamin E' cream. It's in a yellow pump-bottle. I use it as much to get rid of itchy skin as in the hopes to prevent stretch marks.

Here's some information on stretch marks that you may find useful:

Book 1: "Stretch marks: About 90 per cent of pregnant women get stretch marks. These usually appear across the abdomen, although they can also affect the thighs, hips, breasts, and upper arms. Nothing you put on your skin (including oil), and nothing you can eat will prevent stretch marks because they're caused by the breakdown of protein in the skin by the high levels of pregnancy hormones. If you gain weight gradually, that should allow the skin to stretch without tearing, although some women are blessed with more elastic skin than others. While reddish streaks may look prominent while you're prenant, during the weeks after delivery they'll become paler, and shrink until they're nothing more than faint silvery streaks that you'll barely notice"

Book 2:
"I'm afraid I'm going to get stretch marks. Can they be prevented?
For many women - especially those who favour bikinis - stretch marks are more dreaded that cellulite. Nevertheless, 90 per cent of all women wil develop these pink or reddish, slightly indented, sometimes itchy streaks on their breasts, hips, and/or abdomen sometime during pregnancy.

As their name implies, stretch marks are caused by the skin stretching, generally due to a large and/or rapid increase in weight. Expectant mothers who have good, elastic skin tone (because they either inherited it or earned it through years of excellent nutrition and exercise) may slip through several pregnancies without a single telltale striation. Others may be able to minimise, if not prevent, stretch marks by keeping weight gain steady, gradual and moderate. Promoting elasticity in your skin by nourishing it with a good diet may also help. Though there's no medical proof that creams really help prevent stretch marks, some women claim they do. If nothing else, it may be fun for your spouse to rub them on your tummy. An added, plus; using a moisturiser may help prevent your skin from becoming dry and itchy.
If you do develop stretch marks, you can console yourself with the knowledge that they will gradually fade to a silvery sheen some months after delivery. You can also discuss with a dermatologist the possibility of reducing their visability with laser therapy or Retin-A.

Magazine: " Do stretch mark creams really work? No. Stretch marks occur when the tissue under the skin is stretched by rapid growth. But these are measures you can take to reduce the effect of stretch marks, according to Gold Coast dermatologist Dr Michael Freeman. "Miracle creams and lotions don't really work", he says. "What can help is to prepare the skin for the burst in expansion that occurs during pregnancy and you can do this by simply massaging the skin every day with any moisturiser." He says once stretch marks are evident, there is little you can do, though some people (less than 10 per cent) respond to laser treatment.

Book 1: "Conception, Pregnancy and Birth' Dr Miriam Stoppard, Ob/Gyn and dermatologist

Book 2: 'What to expect when you're expecting' Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway

Magazine: "Bump", Australian 'free' magazine provided when I had my ultrasound.

A pregnancy forum: http://www.babywishes2.com/

Answer 10

2 kids coco butter, and vitamin e oil alternate , no stretch marks , but reeally it depends on your skins elasticatity