How do you try keep the stretchmarks away?

Answer 1

coco butter (palmers)
It really does work use it twice a day from very early stages to get better results.
Use on tum,bum,thighs and the place all women forget BREASTS
But if ur guna get them then nothing is going to stop u.
I used coca butter frm 10wks till birth as i said above and didnt get any. Im a size 8 and i put 3 and a half stone on in my last pregnancy and still didnt get a mark.

Answer 2

Keep moisturised,apart from that there isn't much you can do as its all down to how stretchy your skin is...I am lucky because I am very little (5 ' and size 6) and have 3 kids .I don't have any stretch marks and was huge when pregnant!(i put on 3 stone each time!!)but my Friend had a little bump and loads of stretch marks...genes are something you cant control and I know I was very lucky.Don't worry ..they show that you have done something wonderful in creating a life..and if you do get them try bio oil after as it is supposed to take away the redness...good luck with your baby!

Answer 3

I used to rub Almond oil (the cooking one) onto my tummy at least 5 times a day or when my tummy started to feel itchy and this worked. I misplaced the bottle at about 7 months and kept forgetting to buy a new one, and guess what-stretch marks appeared. I swear if I didn't loose that bottle of oil or if I had remembered to buy a new one right away then I would never have got ant stretch marks. Another good thing to use is Bio-Oil, I started to rub this onto my stretch marks after my baby was born as it says it reduces and heals them, they do look a little better.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Moisturise well and eat healthily, particularly foods useful for growth and repair (proteins, fatty acids, vitamins A, C and E). Bio-oil is said to be very good at repairing skin and maintaining its elasticity. If you are worried about getting stretchmarks from pregnancy, you need to use the product everyday.

Answer 5

I've heard a lot of people suggest cocoa butter..

Myself, because my mum is an aromatherapist, I use mandarin oil. Just a few drops of mandarin essential oil mixed into plain olive oil. It is a bit messy, but I'm on my second pregnancy and although I have a few minor marks, it seems to have worked really well for me!

Johnson's baby oil is good too, if you can't get the mandarin essential oil..

Congrats and good luck! :-)

Answer 6

nothing will keep them away completely but your best bet is bio oil use it 3 times a day it worked really well for me. one bottle is about 8 pound and lasted me 9 months! put a few drops of it in your bath 2! also cocoa butter works well 2!

Answer 7

The most important thing is to remain hydrated. Your skin retains its elasticity better when it is hydrated. Try to drink plenty of water during your entire pregnancy. I also used a pure cocoa butter stick from The Body Shop. It smells wonderful and helps keep you from itching and has healing properties. DRINK WATER!!

Answer 8

Use cocoa butter lotion several times a day everywhere and you will never see a stretch mark. Don't forget places you wouldn't normally put lotion like underneath your arms and your lower back and your inner thighs and vaginal area. I never had any stretch marks where I had applyed the lotion but I never expected to get stretch marks underneath my arms. Good luck and congrts.

Answer 9

You might be surprised or not impressed by my answer but years after giving birth, I find my stretch marks beautiful, a kind of tatoo I suppose, I like the transluscent tigress marks imprinted on my body ! Wouaahrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !

Answer 10

im not really sure.......im using cocoa butter and there is this tummy honey stuff at target that helps keep them from coming and also fades away the old ones you may already have.....oh and the cocoa butter smells funny so smell them before you buy it lol i learned the hard way good luck


here is a link to see what its all about the tummy honey stuff

http://inventiveparent.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=MATRTMHN