Stretchmarks/cellulite concerns

[Imasculation]

I have had stretch marks on my stomach and hips for a while.. and now im 5 months pregnant so I'm not really worried about them getting any worse.
But I had this theory...
You use micro dermabrasion to help skin regenerate and sort of promote healthy skin growth...
do you think that alternating between a super good moisturizer like almond oil and giving yourself bi-weekly dermabrasion treatments (on affected areas) would show some improvement?!

 

[glam8babe]

I used to weigh alot for my age.. until i lost like 3 stone from working out, eating healthy etc. I then noticed a few month later i had stretch marks on my inner thighs [not too noticeable but i didnt want them to get worse] so i used Palmers Cocoa Butter [the one in tub from thats like a solid butter] and i used it for a few weeks and seriously.. it all dissappeared! now i use it once a week/month just so it doesnt come back. I really recommend it to anybody with stretch marks.. it does take a few weeks or maybe a few months if you have very noticeable ones but im sure it would really help

 

[Kuuipo]

Re: Stretch Marks from TWINS

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Originally Posted by friend_of_MAC About the cellulite problem( I noticed it on the title), you wanna exercise that area intensly. For example, behind the thigh area, toning gets rid of cellulite. Lotions and creams do not work. It would be a waste of money to purchase them, they are broken promises. Toning is the key to losing cellulite. When building that muscle, you are tightning that skin and getting rid of that fat at the same time into building muscle. Of course you would have to do cardio to burn the fat as well....hope that helps

Nothing a person rubs into their legs or massages vigorously or has seaweed wraps on will lessen cellulite a single iota. Caffeine based cremes will make the skin look smoother for a couple hours, but you can not break up, cure, massage away, or dehydrate cellulite. It's fat. Not special fat gone wrong, just regular fat with thinned skin over it. That's why its more noticeable as we age. Even skinny models have it. Yes, exercise can drastically reduce its appearance by toning the muscles around it! If you have cellulite, you inherited it from your parents, the appearance is genetic.

 

[Kuuipo]

As for stretch marks, some people do not get them when they are pregnant, and some people get fierce black squiggly lines tattooed all over their bellies (and I get to see an awful lot of women's bellies after they have given birth. )
Cocoa butter, magic beans, vaseline, botanicals or lanolin (one of the best moisturizers-don't knock it-its the closest thing to human sebum on the planet-and we use it to moisturize nipples of women who are breastfeeding) will not prevent stretch marks. What will happen is they will fade significantly, but never go away completely. They are like scars. They are tears in the collagen layer below the skin. Laser treatments will remove them. There are a number of lasers that can be utilized. They are all very expensive and you have to go a nuber of times to see results-and it is totally not without risk!
Some people claim Strivectin works. All I know is that there is nothing in the product that changes the collagen in any way (it certainly is not "better than botox" and of course it will not prevent or fix wrinkles, but it is a decent moisturizer if you have money to burn and expect nothing)but ....any moisturizer will temporarily improve the appearance of stretch marks. Incidently, vitamin E will not work, it is not absorbed through the skin. The dietary collagen builder that is good for your skin is ascorbic acid-vitamin C, it won't repair, but you are pretty much made of collagen and this antoxidant is found in fruits,vegetables and its really high in oranges!

 

[Brittni]

You can always get stretch marks lazered of nowadays lol...

 

[anjecakes]

Does that Fat Girl Slim stuff really work?

Does it get rid of strecthmarks AND firm! If so, I'm going to try it!

 

[Obreathemykiss]

Ugh, I have had these ugly stretch marks around my hips and the sides of my thighs since puberty...and they keep accumulating. I think I am lacking a gene or something that allows for my skin to stretch and shrink. Along with awful self-inflicted scars, I cannot wear a bikini or a swimsuit that is not skirt or short like. It's hopeless, but I have found that Mederma has improved my stretchmarks. I was talking about the issues with my dermatologist and she said unless you laser them, there's really nothing that will make them fade more than they already have with Mederma. What a pain!

 

[SkylarV217]

I used this stuff called emu oil ( which was great) , Vitamine E works , and I read somehwere rubbing vicks vapo rub into your streach Marks. I saw something at T J MAX called life after baby , It was supposed to be made for c section scars .

 

[SkylarV217]

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Originally Posted by Imasculation I have had stretch marks on my stomach and hips for a while.. and now im 5 months pregnant so I'm not really worried about them getting any worse. But I had this theory... You use micro dermabrasion to help skin regenerate and sort of promote healthy skin growth... do you think that alternating between a super good moisturizer like almond oil and giving yourself bi-weekly dermabrasion treatments (on affected areas) would show some improvement?!

I have seriously wondered about this too...

 

[Yasmin]

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Originally Posted by DoeEyedGirl I have to disagree. I had major stretch marks from giving birth to twins and although I can't completely get rid of them, I have seen unbelievable results. I use Arbonne's Thermal Fusion Papaya Enzyme Mask to exfoliate...and I use SriVectin. You have to be consistent about using the products but they do work! I also don't really think that you can prevent stretch marks...I slathered on every vitamin e and cocoa butter product out there...I think it is more genetic. People that didn't get any and used the lotions attributed it to the product but I have the sneaking suspicion that they probably wouldn't have gotten them either way.

I agree, stretch marks are definatlely generic, there is nothing you can do to avoid them, I smoothered my skin with cocoa butter when I was pregnant and I thought everything was great and I would get away with them, the last 2 months I grew so much, my skin could obviously not cope with it!! I was also training everyday in the gym, so it wasn't fat I was gaining it was baby weight, - if that makes sense.....
Yaz

 

[jilliandanica]

Has anyone tried AVON CLINICAL Professional Stretch Mark Smoother?
AVON- Products

I've been seeing a lot of commercials for it lately and wanna try it. I have stretch marks from puberty and my recent weight loss and wanna get rid of them especially with the summer coming up.

 

[Sexya(TM)?Princess]

giving up salting ur food and doing a ''detox diet'' will help cellulite,they even have bath salts that ''pull'' toxins out. getting rid of toxins in ur body helps diminish the appearence of cellulite along with working out (squats,lunges ect...)and even creams will help. but u have to use them all together,

creams are more like ''makeup'' for cellulite, its not a perm. fix.

 

[liquidfir]

vitamin E cream babe. get the ones with more than 20,000IU

 

[vocaltest]

I completely disagree with stretch marks being 'genetic'. They really aren't. My mum has never had stretch marks over her body even through pregnancy, neither has my dad. And neither has my brother. But me... I have stretch marks everywhere... thighs, shoulders (seriously, how do you get them on your shoulders!), on the back of my legs, under my armpits, and worst of all on my stomach, I look like i've been attacked by a tiger they're that bad. I'm surprised I don't have them on my face haha I seem to have them everywhere else.
In my opinion, nothing works. They're scar tissue. When I was 13/14 they started to appear and I slathered on Palmers Cocoa Butter twice a day every day and it did nothing, along with various other 'miracle cures'. Absolutely nothing. They just fade over time. They will never be gone completely, they fade into silver/white lines. Last year or so my stomach ones faded completely, but within the last 4-6 months they've come back and I hate it. They're all purely from weight loss/gain constantly.
Maybe people have had more positive outcomes but I've had them for 7 years now and they've never gone away from lotions and potions. I know it sounds so negative to people who are trying to get rid of them but I've tried everything under the sun possible and none of its worked. Patience is the cure I think.

 

[mac*lover]

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Originally Posted by vocaltest I completely disagree with stretch marks being 'genetic'. They really aren't. My mum has never had stretch marks over her body even through pregnancy, neither has my dad. And neither has my brother. But me... I have stretch marks everywhere... thighs, shoulders (seriously, how do you get them on your shoulders!), on the back of my legs, under my armpits, and worst of all on my stomach, I look like i've been attacked by a tiger they're that bad. I'm surprised I don't have them on my face haha I seem to have them everywhere else. In my opinion, nothing works. They're scar tissue. When I was 13/14 they started to appear and I slathered on Palmers Cocoa Butter twice a day every day and it did nothing, along with various other 'miracle cures'. Absolutely nothing. They just fade over time. They will never be gone completely, they fade into silver/white lines. Last year or so my stomach ones faded completely, but within the last 4-6 months they've come back and I hate it. They're all purely from weight loss/gain constantly. Maybe people have had more positive outcomes but I've had them for 7 years now and they've never gone away from lotions and potions. I know it sounds so negative to people who are trying to get rid of them but I've tried everything under the sun possible and none of its worked. Patience is the cure I think.

i agree with you

i lost hope on my stretch marks they just wont go away

, and all the things i bought to rip on them it just a wast on money

and i really do not have the money now to do the leaser thing , and if even i do it now it will be a wast of money because i am planing to have anther baby and i thing i would probably get more of them

any way!!

 

[hartnars]

i have stretchmarks and ive been looking into some treatmeants
1) mama mio goodbye stretchmarks.
2) revitol
3)trilastin

All seem pretty good has anyone else tried them????? not sure which one to try
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Revitol Stretch Mark

check the before and after pics with trilastin and revitol. hope this helps gurls x

 

[Luceuk]

I have them on the inside of my thighs from loosing weight

I'm going to get some Palmers stuff to try. They are awful

 

[hartnars]

u should have a look at those ones im going to try them. the results look good.

 

[Love Always Ivy]

im really excited my friend Kat specializes in clinical aesthetics (using lazer technology) in the spa i work at and she says she can get rid of my red stretch marks and hit me up with some velasmooth. im really excited. no more stretch marks or cellulite. and she said my first set of series is free :-D

 

[pinkvanilla]

For cellulite, I seriously cannot go past massaging the area! You don't need the fancy creams and potions, I do this with regular moisturiser and you can definitely see the difference

All I do is just massage the cream into the problem area. I do it with my finger tips so it really gets the circulation going.