Stretch Marks...

[coffey]

Anyone else ever had any problems with stretch marks? I have some on my inner bicep, my doctor gave me some tretinoin creme to use on it. Its mainly used for acne but he said he had heard about good results on it helping 'fade' stretch marks. So far it has worked pretty well as far as making them more descrete.

 

[Mr.X]

Anyone else ever had any problems with stretch marks? I have some on my inner bicep, my doctor gave me some tretinoin creme to use on it. Its mainly used for acne but he said he had heard about good results on it helping 'fade' stretch marks. So far it has worked pretty well as far as making them more descrete.

You can try cocoa butter, or shea butter for your stretch marks. Also, look over your water intake, potassium and taurine intake.

 

[coffey]

Thanks for the input, sir

 

[NickyE3]

I also hear that Vitamin E helps with the fading of scars. I can be found in pill form and also maybe in a lotion.

 

[Prizz]

After my gyno surgery, my surgeon told me to use Coco butter lotion, and vitamin E on my scars..... I was pretty religious about using it, and it helped ALOT..... As for stretch marks, I don't think you can get rid of them totally without cosmetic surgery...... The Coco and Vitamin E could help though, it's worth a shot....

rizz

 

[ur2insecure]

Contractubex is excellent for scars.

My nephew fell over and grazed his face, when it all healed up he was left with white patches, the gel helped bring back the lost pigmentation. If any of you have kids, it’s a definite one to have in your first aid box. "Trust me on this one"

As regards stretch marks woman are the best to give advise, some people get them others don’t, it just depends on the elasticity of your skin.

 

[jacked clown]

StriVectin-SD works like a mother fucker

 

[paridhm]

There's a product called Mothers Skin that helps with the stretch marks mothers get during pregnancy. It might help you as well.

 

[JuicedAthletics]

All of the above work.. When I blew up bulking and when I had should surgery I used Mederma and Vitamin E caps. I would put the mederma on and then break open a Vit E cap and rub it in.. Twice a day worked well.. Keep a tan going as well... When I get pale they are much more noticeable

 

[JThompson24]

so your saying that 100 dollar SD stuff works. Bull

 

[jacked clown]

How is it bull it does i use it all the time?? ^^^

 

[indyswife]

JC is right, stivectin works great. You can try Mederma first, its cheaper and worked well too. If that doesn't work try the Strivectin. Ask a girl who has two kids and many stretch marks.

 

[maldorf]

I got very bad stretch marks back when I first started lifting in high school. THe ones on my inner thigh are the worse, those happened once I started squating heavy and my legs grew so fast. The stretch marks were so wide and deep that they bled and would retear when I did legs. They finally healed up. All of these marks turn a pale white and become less visible than when they are fresh and all red colored. Back in the 80s my doctor had me try Retin-A, it did nothing as well as coco butter etc. I think that in the case or really deep tears there is nothing to be done. Anyone else have those really deep stretch marks where you can see the little strands of connective tissue running across the mark, and the skin feels like it is tissue thin?

 

[Pahrump]

Retina A workd great on scars an stretch marks, I have used it many times in the past

 

[dr_skier]

I think my doc had me on retina-a before but my skin is sensitive and it just kinda made my skin red and irritated. I beleive it's supposed to work by kinda getting rid of the top layer of skin and promoting new skin cells, might be wrong.

Anyways i'm an ex-325lb fat kid so stretchmarks are a fact of life for me. When I was younger and fat they were horrible, 3 years i avoided EVER having my shirt off in public. The stetch marks were red and my skin was reasonably white. They were on the inside of my arms, outside of my chest, from my armpits down my sides to my love handles, along my love handles and also along my stomach. Then they appeared on my traps as the weight of my chest stretched my skin there too. It was just twisting a kinfe to be an obese teenager and also to look at yourself as hideous with the stretchmarks.

Now, it's 4 years later, the weight (fat) came all off and i put back on a large amount of muscle. Every summer i strive for a dark tan and ever year the stretch marks fade more and more. I should try some coca butter sometime.

One thing i did notice though, is that in my first year at university, not long after i lost the fat, i was really self concious the first few times i was getting naked with girls. But guess what, not one commented, and not one ever stared at them or looked at them funny. One asked if they were scars from a scratch and that was it. My self confidence grew and after that I really didn't pay much notice to them after that.

I thought I'd share that aspect of my life beacuse for the longest time the stretchmarks made me miserable, and i'm glad to say that they do fade and they have no impact on my self image whatsoever anymore, nor should they for anyone else.

 

[scout69]

as x stated I always found coco butter to work the best

 

[JThompson24]

lmao , none of these things work except on freaks

 

[justinjones1963]

I recommend Mederma - you can get it at any pharmacy - a bit expensive but well worth it.

 

[Graphite]

I heard retina works great.. I got about 2-3 tubes of retina left from acne problems.. might give it a try.

 

[MTS]

tattoos cover them up really well.... j/k i have a one on my inner arm that is about 1" wide and runs for about 5" and then i have a bunch of small ones on my back
i'll have to try that retina A that you guys are talking about

 

[casey74]

Retin-a may reduce stretch marks about 10-20 %, usually new marks. Older marks are less reactive. As for tattoos covering them, the ink will usually "run" into the surrounding area that you didn't want the ink in. A temporary solution...waterproof coverup...just ask your sig. other to buy it...she will know what it is.

 

[RADAR]

Mederma, cococa butter, Zinc the thing is to prevent them before they start jojoba oil mixed with 35,000ius of vit E will do a number on it ,i havn;t had a mark on me.

RADAR