Beloved Stretch Marks

I love this question.

You cannot prevent stretch marks and you cannot make them go away once they've arrived. They will fade with time, but never go completely away. You may be able to lessen the severity of them with good hydration (drinking water), but you cannot stop them from occurring. Some are more prone to them than others.

A stretch mark is a tear in the dermal and endodermal layers of the skin. The layer you put lotion on is the epidermis...but that lotion never affects those "underlayers." So no matter what you read in magazines and such, there is no lotion out there that will stop them or make them go away.

You don't, and you don't. Sorry.

They will eventually fade - you just may not think so.

No one can prevent stretch marks - it's all in your skin's elasticity. You can moisturize, but that won't prevent them or keep them from getting worse. It will only help the appearance.

Sorry to repeat what others have said but its sadly true - you cant stop them from happening and no cream out there, no matter how expensive will help get rid ofthem or prevent them from happening. I think you can actually have some sort of laser procedure done to help to lessen the severity of ones that are already there but you cant stop them from coming on. I agree with the idea of staying hydrated because these stretch marks are formed from the inside out so keeping your skin hydrated can help with the stretching process
Good Luck and congrats on the new baby

Stretch marks are primarily genetic, but you can help prevent the number and severity of them. First, drink plenty of water - keep your body and skin hydrated to increase elasticity. Second, use a high-moisture cream (like Palmer's Tummy Butter or a thick cocoa butter cream) all over your belly. If your skin is dry again in 24 hours, then you don't have a good high-moisture cream.

You can't prevent them. You can keep the skin well moisturized, but the fact is when the skin stretches so much in a short time, that's what happens. Time helps them to fade, but having two pregnancies back to back is not helpful for the fading of stretch marks, sorry. This will be a case of they will get worse before they get better.

Olive oil will help prevent them. (If you are looking for a non-greasy answer, this is not it). I have stretch marks from when I gained and lost weigh when I was younger. I was told to try olive oil to prevent stretch marks during my pregnancies. I used it both times and no stretch marks. You rub it over you butt, belly and boobs every day. It takes a little time to soak into your skin so I would wear sweats in the morning before I got dressed for work. I don't think there is anything you can do once you have them.

Keep them well moisturised with something with a lot of vitamin E and get used to the fact that while they will fade, they are very unlikely to disappear, like any other scar.

Does this say 'Beloved'? :-) I don't much care for mine!!!!

They will eventually lose the red color, becoming more silvery-white. But they will not go away (unless they are cut out in a tummy tuck), the skin has been permanently damaged. As you lose weight the skin may have a wrinkly or scrunched appearance. Most people will either get them or they wont, your skin's elasticity is primarily determined by genetics. You can try to reduce it by keeping your skin moisturized. You may not get many additional ones with this pregnancy since your skin has already been stretched so far, and so recently. Your skin has already loosened up when the collagen broke creating the first stretch marks, it may not need to loosen much more for this pregnancy. Best of luck to you.

They will fade, but you can't get rid of them. There is no way to prevent them. Your skin stretches when pregnant, you definitely can't prevent that!!

The only way to get rid of stretch marks, is have a tummy tuck, and they are cut away. That only happens when they are in the middle or lower tummy.