Although my weight has stayed relatively constant for over 6 months, I keep getting more and more stretch marks. It's getting so bad that I even have some on my stomach. Is there something that I can do, besides losing more weight, to stop or decelerate the spread of these stretch marks?
2007-01-23 11:21:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Do you eat a lot of sugar?
Stretch marks can be caused by a lot of things.
Main things being a loss of elastin in your skin, dryness of the skin and weight gain (which you have already stated the latter is not the problem).
Unfortunately you cannot get rid of stretch marks, but you can prevent more and help reduce the ones that you do have.
First, STOP eating sugar!!! Sugar dissolves the elastin in your skin! Sugar also causes wrinkles for the same reason it does stretch marks.
Second... find a great moisturiser (Palmer's coco butter formular for stretch marks or the one for scars is great) and use it twice daily... more if needed.
Eat helthy foods that are low in sugar. Drink loads of water. Exfoliate.
Thats all I've got. Hope it can help.
2007-01-31 00:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by originalpuppycat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Coco butter, Emu Oil and Vitamin E oil does not work. I tried. You should moisturize your skin with any moisturizer to prevent new ones. It does not matter which one, as long as your skin does not dry out. Losing weight will help and also don't sleep on your stomach in the short term to prevent new ones. This will cause your skin to stretch at night and tear. I got rid of mine after losing weight by dermabrasion and chemical peels. It took six treatments and they are 90 percent gone. Laser does not work for stretch marks at this time. They would make a killing if it did :)
Aslo keep out of saunas, it thins the skin.
2007-01-23 11:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Rockford 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you cant be getting stretch marks for no reason, so you have to be gaining weight... losing it, and no weight gain is not going to create stretch marks... they are hereditary, and there is not much you can do to make the go away or stop them, cocoa butter can help even the skin tone, but only slightly, dont expect dramtic results,, even with a laser, it only helps a little, just learn to love them, or get a tummy tuck
2007-01-23 11:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well everyone says to use coco butter, but i used it EVERYDAY i was pregnant an I still got all kinds of stretch marks... It dont work an I havent found anything that does....
2007-01-23 11:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by ohio_gurl042 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone recommended Palmer's Coco Butter to me. I used it religiously every day through both pregnancies and didn't get one mark.
2007-01-30 06:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cocoa and Shea butter body butters. They help to prevent and to reduce. Palmer's Shea butter formula is a real help and relatively cheap.
2007-01-28 14:08:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try cream for scars. You can easily get it at the drugstore. The main thing is to keep where ever the marks are moisturized.
2007-01-30 13:44:12 · answer #7 · answered by confused!!!!! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
stretch marks are an indication of skin that has lost its elasticity. there is absolutely nothing that u can do to get rid of the marks.
told to me by my dermetogolist.
sorry
2007-01-30 09:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by susan q 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unless you plan to surgically remove them the answer is no. sorry. however there is treatments you can use to minimise them. search the web.
2007-01-31 07:07:08 · answer #9 · answered by sexy dread 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
USE COCOA BUTTER OR COCOA BUTTER STICKS
2007-01-31 09:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by luvablechickdiva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋