i am pregnant and my skin is itchy, not only on abdomen but everywhere. My mom told me not to scratch it but I feel like scratching it. My mom said scratching gives stretch marks which will be visible once i deliver. is it true that scratching gives scratch marks?
2007-02-13 03:40:11 · 13 answers · asked by wonder 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Scratching will not give you stretch marks. Stretch marks are caused by the stretching of the skin as you get bigger with pregnancy. You need to moisturize daily, more than once if necessary. It will help with the itching and the stretching. But bear in mind that some people will have stretch marks no matter what they do to try to prevent it. My grandma says it depends on what kind of skin you have - not color, but texture. I think she's onto something with her theory, because she had 5 kids and no stretch marks. My mom (her daughter) only had me and she is tore up with them. I have 2 kids; I was tiny the first pregnancy, huge the second time, and I have no stretch marks even though I didn't really moisturize very often.
2007-02-13 04:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scratching won't give you stretch marks....but one thing that will really help you to prevent stretch marks is to go to the drug store and pick up something with cocoa butter or shea butter. They both work great, and there's even brands made specifically for stretch marks.
2007-02-13 03:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because people are uneducated. My guess is the theory came from this, "stretch marks look like scratch marks therefore they probably come from scratches". Stretch marks are genetic and it has nothing to do with scratching.
2016-03-19 04:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think scratching can cause stretchmarks but it is definitely a sign of dry skin. You should try to put some type of oil - either olive oil, cocoa butter or just baby oil on wet skin right after you take a shower - which will not only stop the itching but help keep your skin more elastic and prevent the forming of too many stretchmarks.
2007-02-13 03:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by petyado 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know its hard. Especially in the breast area. When you start to itch...Moisturize. They have this product called Mother's Friend...cause it definitely is. You can find it in the baby aisle. I've had 2 children using this stuff and I don't have a stretch mark in sight...Well I have good genes too, but I digress. Mother's Friend
2007-02-13 03:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by Jaime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scratching does not give you stretch marks but it definitely make them worse. Try using vitamin e oil and try Palmer's cocoa butter.
2007-02-13 03:43:50 · answer #6 · answered by reincarnated/beauty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DON"T SCRATCH!!!! Go get some really thick lotion and cake it on your skin-your skin will feel alot better I promise. My friend scratched her skin and she has really bad stretch marks-so when I was pregnant I made sure to lotion up all the time. It makes the itch stop too
2007-02-13 03:49:21 · answer #7 · answered by 2princesses 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scratching does not give you stretch marks. It's the 'stretching' of the skin that causes them.
2007-02-13 03:44:14 · answer #8 · answered by Angelina 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes it does..and to avoid it use the cocoa butter cream that prevent stretch marks..and use ice on them
2007-02-13 04:01:17 · answer #9 · answered by confused citizen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES IT DOES! They told me to put Cocoa butter on my belly and it would help the stretchmarks not appear, but its a lie. My friend used straight up butter and she had NO stretchmarks
2007-02-13 03:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by Lydia Mahree 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋