Palmers Cocoa Butter cream for stretch marks… it doesn’t work though. I used it, & I got stretch marks. If you’re going to get them, you will no matter what you do.
Vitamin E, cocoa butter, shea butter or a combination. Use it often, most people don’t use something enough & then complain that it didn’t work. By often I mean more then 5 times a day. Every woman I know who avoided stretch marks carried their jar of stuff everywhere & it was always putting it on.
Sorry luv, if your going to get them you will. Try not to gain too much weight & massaging any good skin treatment on will be pleasant especially if you do it together. Strech marks though are normally your skin type dependant.
I USED A PRODUCT CALLED BIO-OIL. ITS QUITE EXPENSE ( ABOUT £9 FOR 60MLS) BUT IT IS FANTASTIC, I CARRIED ON USING IT EVEN AFTER I WAS SO IMPRESSED! ALTHOUGH ITS A OILS ITS NOT GREASY AT ALL, WEIRD HEY? APPARANTLY ITS CONTAINS PURCELLIN OIL…..
THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, http://WWW.BIO-OIL.INFO.
i heard that Bio oil is good but it’s expensive. I rubbed cream in every day from 6 weeks but i still got some. you can probably limit them by using these creams but probably not prevent them. My friend says baby lotion is just as good as any other cream & she didn’t get any but then everyone has different skin to start with. …i’m rambling now….. On a personal note – i have grown to love mine.
Prevent ? oh no child you have much to learn. You can buy a number of things to reduce them but not prevent them. This is the start of a new journey for you obviously. You can prevent pregnancy but all the “good stuff” of motherhood is pretty much on a damage control level. One thing to not forget to do is kegal exercises, if you don’t you may be changing your pants as often as your new baby’s.
I used everything from Vaseline, to cocoa butter to vitamin e creams & they all worked a treat ….. until the NINTH month!! then…… STRETCH Marks!!!!
Don’t worry everything is worth it for your darling baby!
Good luck
The secret is…..Don’t gain more than 35 lbs. Your blood volume doubles & the body gains excess fluids through out the body(10) The breast enlarges (10) Amniotic fluid (5) baby (6-8) placenta (3). You are not eating for two. Get a good maternity girdle. They are wonderful. It’s like two hands holding the belly up & away from your bladder & ligaments that go to the lower back & thighs. And lubricate, lubricate, lubricate. Use vitamin E capsules, in any cream or oil you have. Hope that helps.
L’oreal
Stretchmark Corrector….anti-stretchmark + firming cream, it is dermatologically tested & contains Prolasium + X-Tensyl
You can get it through most department stores….M&S, Debenhams etc.
Hope it helps.
Ok – I have been told by a couple of pregnant friends that Olive oil works very well – but you have to use it really regularly – & keep it up after the birth. Good luck!!
I don’t know why so many people think you can rub a cream on the outermost layer of skin to prevent the innermost layers from becoming pulled to cause stretch marks. There is NOTHING in this world to rub in that will prevent you from getting this: it has everything to do with genetics (and maybe a little bit of luck!).
Go ahead: look it up! There’s nothing that will stop you getting them if you are prone to them. Look at your body: do you have stretch marks already (from growth spurts)? If not, then you may not get them…did your mom & grandma get them during pregnancy? No? Then you may not get them either…but if you have any or if your mom & grandmother have them, then chances are very good that you’ll end up with them as well.
Smaller women tend to get less, because their skin has plenty of growing room left compared to a heavier woman, but that weight alone won’t prevent them.
Palmers coco butter is a good one & is designed for pregnancy stretch marks.
I put on 20 kilos & used a base oil like sweet almond oil with some safe essential oils & I didn’t get one stretch mark & I was huge.
But everyone is different but it doesn’t hurt to try something safe.
The oil I used was from a shop called “The Perfect Potion” in Australia
Bio – Oil – My wife used it after the birth of our third child & it really helped.
Check out http://www.bio-oil.info/en/home. There are a number of clinical trails & acknowledgements from scientists that it really works – Its not cheap though – about £15.00 per 100ml.
Are you in UK or USA? – It doesn’t look like it is available from stores in USA so you would have to order by mail order. – On the Bio Oil website there is a complete list of global availability
Hope this helps
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Stretch Mark Cream
£4.99
Help prevent & reduce stretch marks by using this special non-greasy cream which combines three key ingredients to relieve dryness & help skin remain soft, supple & smooth during pregnancy. Clinically & Dermatologically tested.
Brought from:
Boots
Superdrug
Tesco
Asda
I used Bio oil & it’s fantastic. You need to use it twice a day all over your bump & hips though. I ran out & kept forgetting to get some more & I now have some marks but friends who have used it religiously had no marks at all. It smells gorgeous as well. It’s also really good for your face. My skin hasn’t felt so smooth for years.
I think it MUST depend on what kind of skin you have. I never really thought about whether my skin was stretchy or not, but i rubbed in cream right from the time i knew i was pregnant, in both my pregnancies, & i was lucky, i have only got two of the tiniest little marks, while some people their tummy is so bad it looks like they’ve been in a fire!
In my first pregnancy i used a cream i made up myself – i had a book about blending creams, but the second one i just bought something. I reckon more or less anything will do, but probably if its got vitamin e in it the better. Also, EAT WELL – nuts, avocados, fruit, oily fish (i think you have to check how much of that you can eat in pregnancy).
I’m afraid you have to accept that your body changes in pregnancy & is changed thereafter. I have got stretch marks on my boobs, but not too bad there either.
Don’t put on a lot of weight. Pregnancy is not an excuse to over-eat & eat junk!
Good luck!
Faith x
There are several ointments you can use to try & prevent getting stretchmarks during pregnancy. However, the tendancy to get stretchmarks is actually a hereditary trait. If you got stretchmarks growing up, you will most likely get them when you are pregnant no matter what you do. Lotions & such can minimize the damage though.
Shea butter works well, & any lotion that keeps the skin moist will do.
Stretch marks are genetic, all you can do is use something to keep your skin moisturised so it stretches well. I used the cocoa butter stick from the Body Shop; it’s gorgeous, smells like white chocolate. My husband rubbed it in every night, which was nice for both (all?) of us. I had twins, & I didn’t get stretch marks, but as I said, it’s just the luck of my genes!
just keep your belly well moisturised, if you can get your partner to do it as it is relaxing. but it dont matter what you do some peoples skin is stretchier than others so not everyone gets them.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:59 am
Palmers Cocoa Butter cream for stretch marks… it doesn’t work though. I used it, & I got stretch marks. If you’re going to get them, you will no matter what you do.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:14 am
Vitamin E, cocoa butter, shea butter or a combination. Use it often, most people don’t use something enough & then complain that it didn’t work. By often I mean more then 5 times a day. Every woman I know who avoided stretch marks carried their jar of stuff everywhere & it was always putting it on.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:46 am
Bio-oil if fantastic for b4 & after. Buy it on eBay, its much cheaper
February 1st, 2010 at 5:08 pm
Sorry luv, if your going to get them you will. Try not to gain too much weight & massaging any good skin treatment on will be pleasant especially if you do it together. Strech marks though are normally your skin type dependant.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:54 pm
I USED A PRODUCT CALLED BIO-OIL. ITS QUITE EXPENSE ( ABOUT £9 FOR 60MLS) BUT IT IS FANTASTIC, I CARRIED ON USING IT EVEN AFTER I WAS SO IMPRESSED! ALTHOUGH ITS A OILS ITS NOT GREASY AT ALL, WEIRD HEY? APPARANTLY ITS CONTAINS PURCELLIN OIL…..
THEY HAVE A WEBSITE, http://WWW.BIO-OIL.INFO.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:58 pm
i heard that Bio oil is good but it’s expensive. I rubbed cream in every day from 6 weeks but i still got some. you can probably limit them by using these creams but probably not prevent them. My friend says baby lotion is just as good as any other cream & she didn’t get any but then everyone has different skin to start with. …i’m rambling now….. On a personal note – i have grown to love mine.
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:50 am
Prevent ? oh no child you have much to learn. You can buy a number of things to reduce them but not prevent them. This is the start of a new journey for you obviously. You can prevent pregnancy but all the “good stuff” of motherhood is pretty much on a damage control level. One thing to not forget to do is kegal exercises, if you don’t you may be changing your pants as often as your new baby’s.
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:39 am
I used everything from Vaseline, to cocoa butter to vitamin e creams & they all worked a treat ….. until the NINTH month!! then…… STRETCH Marks!!!!
Don’t worry everything is worth it for your darling baby!
Good luck
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:11 am
I used several different ones including Avent, Bio-oil & cocoa butter. None worked for me & I didn’t gain that much weight.
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:29 pm
the ones that work are the butter creams. I use belly butter… it looks like a deorderant stick… all natual
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:26 pm
The secret is…..Don’t gain more than 35 lbs. Your blood volume doubles & the body gains excess fluids through out the body(10) The breast enlarges (10) Amniotic fluid (5) baby (6-8) placenta (3). You are not eating for two. Get a good maternity girdle. They are wonderful. It’s like two hands holding the belly up & away from your bladder & ligaments that go to the lower back & thighs. And lubricate, lubricate, lubricate. Use vitamin E capsules, in any cream or oil you have. Hope that helps.
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:04 pm
vitamin e oil
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:22 am
L’oreal
Stretchmark Corrector….anti-stretchmark + firming cream, it is dermatologically tested & contains Prolasium + X-Tensyl
You can get it through most department stores….M&S, Debenhams etc.
Hope it helps.
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:06 am
Ok – I have been told by a couple of pregnant friends that Olive oil works very well – but you have to use it really regularly – & keep it up after the birth. Good luck!!
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:57 am
Try using Bio-oil. It prevents strecthc mark & dramaticly reudces the redness within them. Available at boots stores.
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I don’t know why so many people think you can rub a cream on the outermost layer of skin to prevent the innermost layers from becoming pulled to cause stretch marks. There is NOTHING in this world to rub in that will prevent you from getting this: it has everything to do with genetics (and maybe a little bit of luck!).
Go ahead: look it up! There’s nothing that will stop you getting them if you are prone to them. Look at your body: do you have stretch marks already (from growth spurts)? If not, then you may not get them…did your mom & grandma get them during pregnancy? No? Then you may not get them either…but if you have any or if your mom & grandmother have them, then chances are very good that you’ll end up with them as well.
Smaller women tend to get less, because their skin has plenty of growing room left compared to a heavier woman, but that weight alone won’t prevent them.
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Palmers coco butter is a good one & is designed for pregnancy stretch marks.
I put on 20 kilos & used a base oil like sweet almond oil with some safe essential oils & I didn’t get one stretch mark & I was huge.
But everyone is different but it doesn’t hurt to try something safe.
The oil I used was from a shop called “The Perfect Potion” in Australia
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:28 pm
Bio – Oil – My wife used it after the birth of our third child & it really helped.
Check out http://www.bio-oil.info/en/home. There are a number of clinical trails & acknowledgements from scientists that it really works – Its not cheap though – about £15.00 per 100ml.
Are you in UK or USA? – It doesn’t look like it is available from stores in USA so you would have to order by mail order. – On the Bio Oil website there is a complete list of global availability
Hope this helps
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Stretch Mark Cream
£4.99
Help prevent & reduce stretch marks by using this special non-greasy cream which combines three key ingredients to relieve dryness & help skin remain soft, supple & smooth during pregnancy. Clinically & Dermatologically tested.
Brought from:
Boots
Superdrug
Tesco
Asda
February 4th, 2010 at 5:49 am
I used Bio oil & it’s fantastic. You need to use it twice a day all over your bump & hips though. I ran out & kept forgetting to get some more & I now have some marks but friends who have used it religiously had no marks at all. It smells gorgeous as well. It’s also really good for your face. My skin hasn’t felt so smooth for years.
February 4th, 2010 at 7:36 am
Bio oil, it get’s rid of scars too!
February 4th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I think it MUST depend on what kind of skin you have. I never really thought about whether my skin was stretchy or not, but i rubbed in cream right from the time i knew i was pregnant, in both my pregnancies, & i was lucky, i have only got two of the tiniest little marks, while some people their tummy is so bad it looks like they’ve been in a fire!
In my first pregnancy i used a cream i made up myself – i had a book about blending creams, but the second one i just bought something. I reckon more or less anything will do, but probably if its got vitamin e in it the better. Also, EAT WELL – nuts, avocados, fruit, oily fish (i think you have to check how much of that you can eat in pregnancy).
I’m afraid you have to accept that your body changes in pregnancy & is changed thereafter. I have got stretch marks on my boobs, but not too bad there either.
Don’t put on a lot of weight. Pregnancy is not an excuse to over-eat & eat junk!
Good luck!
Faith x
February 4th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
My Girlfriend used extra virgin olive oil & hasnt didnt have a stretch mark in site
February 4th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
There are several ointments you can use to try & prevent getting stretchmarks during pregnancy. However, the tendancy to get stretchmarks is actually a hereditary trait. If you got stretchmarks growing up, you will most likely get them when you are pregnant no matter what you do. Lotions & such can minimize the damage though.
Shea butter works well, & any lotion that keeps the skin moist will do.
February 5th, 2010 at 3:06 am
Bio-oil.
it worked for my mother in-law
February 5th, 2010 at 3:15 am
i tried all sorts, if your gonna get them you’ll get them, nothing worked for me
February 5th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Dont know.
But loads swear by Bio Oil.
February 5th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Stretch marks are genetic, all you can do is use something to keep your skin moisturised so it stretches well. I used the cocoa butter stick from the Body Shop; it’s gorgeous, smells like white chocolate. My husband rubbed it in every night, which was nice for both (all?) of us. I had twins, & I didn’t get stretch marks, but as I said, it’s just the luck of my genes!
February 5th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I matters what kind of skin u have . I used all that stuff & guess what IT DID NOT WORK!
February 5th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
just keep your belly well moisturised, if you can get your partner to do it as it is relaxing. but it dont matter what you do some peoples skin is stretchier than others so not everyone gets them.