will they go away after giving birth?
Ive been good and apply cocoa butter pretty much everyday.. either at night or in the morning… they werent too bad till about two weeks ago when i noticed two very big ones… they just magically appeared out of the blue…
does the cocoa butter really help?
will they go?
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No they wont go away.
Applying a good hydrating moisturizer will help minimize the skin become extremely dry when it stretches along the pregnancy and you'll scratch less making sure you dont have any scarring.
Stretch Marks are like trophies plus once you have the baby they arent really that visible if you keep your skin moisturized and supple
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^ kewl..
yeah ive developed two horrendous ones and i was wondering how on earth am i gonna get rid of them...
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They'll fade away after the delivery as long as you dont scratch 'em and turn 'em into scars.
The trick is to keep that part of your tummy heavily moisturized with stuff that doesnt have artificial ingredients in it.
Your skin is stretching and getting thinner.
If you apply Cosmetic moisturizers on it then because the skin is so thin and fragile it will develop an allergic reaction to the cosmetic ingredients.
So get something Organic.
Even something like Olive Oil or Coconut Oil that you buy for your hair.
You can get No Brand Cooking Olive Oil from Coles. Its cheap and is awesome for the body.
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^ interesting... ive been using this coco butter thats advertised at pharmacies and baby shops... i cant remember the exact name but it also comes with an oil... its pretty good..
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You mean Palmers.
Thats a very good range if you are using Palmers. They also have something for the stretch marks.
Have a look in Priceline for their entire range.
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During my pregnancy i used alot of palmers coco butter lotion, but still ended up with stretch marks... why..o why???
I thought maybe its a genetic thing but Ammi never got any..and she had 6 children??
:(
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In that time maalish wali used to come all the time with her nice mixture of oils rubbed everywhere.
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There is a fairly new product out called Mederma. Its a scar-reducing cream and can help minimize stretch marks. Use it after you give birth, it works best when the scars are new.
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Like Elbee said avoid scratching as much as possible or else they will be there to haunt you like they are haunting me…
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I have a question. Is it rude for a man to ask her wife to apply creams that keep evidence of stretch marks to a minimum?
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YES.
Holey Moley man. She's carrying your child in her tummy for almost a year. Her tummy needs to stretch. And its not her fault if her skin doesnt cooperate.
Work hard FP. Then once your wife is done bearing YOUR children, you can pay the thousands it takes for a tummy tuck.
Just a ps....
you can slather all the creams, lotions and potions you want on your belly during pregnancy but its genetics that determine whether or not you'll get stretch marks. If your skin is particularly elastic, then you'll escape this ... otherwise, its a badge of honor to have them as evidence of the miracle you've created.
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Amma of 3, yeah thats what I thought. So why are you using it?
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using what? the mederma? I used that for a while after the births to minimize the scarring. I havent won lotto yet but keep on trying....once I win I'll go get that tummy tuck! :)
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^ FP why on earth would you be bothered by your wife's stretch marks? Like Mo3 said, they're an honor. I thought you weren't married yet - what are you even doing in a thread about stretch marks?
Sadzz - as LB said, the creams will mainly keep your skin hydrated. Stretch marks itch like nobody's business, but DON'T scratch them. They will eventually fade to a lovely silvery color (at least for a gori like me), and eventually once your tummy flattens somewhat they'll be barely noticable. The good news is that as long as you don't gain a ton of weight, you won't get too many more with subsequent pregnancies, at least I didn't.
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i dont think stretch marks are such a big deal honestly. there are uglier skin conditions.
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no no no don't ge me wrong. I ask only to obtain some insight, truely it would not bother me at all. Let me elaborate, I am sure everyone here has heard of the depression women suffer from after child birth, which ofcourse is very traumatic. To help deal with this issue and with complete certainty and devotion that she is more beautiful now as the mother of my children (hopefully children andn ot just a child) then the day I married her, suggest these sorts of creams only to make her feel better about her body?
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my sis was lucky as her stretch marks disappered after 3 months of delivery:) she was also applying cocoa butter of palmers.
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FP - speaking as a woman who has given birth four times, I have to tell you that making suggestions like these won't make her feel better about her body, they'll make her more self-concious about her stretch marks. If you want to make her feel better about herself, just tell her how beautiful she is.
Avoid statements like:
"Don't worry, you'll lose the weight soon."
"You're even more beautiful than when you were thin"
"I like the roadmap on your stomach" and so on.
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How Heidi Klum & Cathreine Zeta-Jones did it than?