Stretch mark prevention?

[isabel]

Are there any creams or lotions worth trying to help prevent stretch marks? I am very prone to them. I can feel them starting. My boobs are killing me and are really itchy from stretching. I know they say there are things that can help, but I don't know how realistic that is. So, does anyone have something that worked for them?

[speckledfrog]

Nope!

[isabel]

Aug 16, 2014 11:09:03 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Nope!

lol that's kind of what I figured. 

[ringstrue]

Stretch marks are caused by your lowest layers of skin breaking apart and healing back together as fast as they can. There isn't a lotion that can reach down low enough or make those layers of skin elastic enough to not tear apart.

[speckledfrog]

Aug 16, 2014 11:12:18 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

Stretch marks are caused by your lowest layers of skin breaking apart and healing back together as fast as they can. There isn't a lotion that can reach down low enough or make those layers of skin elastic enough to not tear apart.

[halfpint]

Genetics. Good luck.

ETA: I did use a nice, rich body oil lotion that helped alleviate some of the itchy feeling, but I still got stretch marks.

[rex]

um, no except hoping you are lucky.

i didn't have any that showed up until after L was born. bastards. it's a small patch that is basically invisible though, but again, 100% luck.

[iamgrace]

No, but I will say I used bio oil with both kids and it really helped with the itching. Also, I got zero stretch marks, so...

[lo]

I got a lot on my hips and thighs when I went through puberty and totally thought I was doomed during pregnancy, but shockingly didn't get a single one. I wasn't even vigilant about lotioning up because I already thought I was effed. So, there's hope!

[loskadoodle]

I used cocoa butter every night with Ds1 and got like 1 stretch mark. I wasn't so good about it with ds2 and got a bunch but he was also 1.5 lbs bigger than ds1

[zarapipe]

I got one with DD.

I've lost count with this pregnancy. I'm sad. It's the number 2 that's going to wreck my body.

[badtzmaru22]

Aug 16, 2014 14:25:02 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

I got one with DD.

I've lost count with this pregnancy. I'm sad. It's the number 2 that's going to wreck my body.

I was just going to say the best prevention is quit while you're ahead! I had none with DD, but got some with DS, AND getting more as my belly shrinks back down.

To put a positive spin on it, if anyone needs to scare their kid away from getting a belly button piercing in the future, I'll send you some very scary pics....

[zarapipe]

Aug 16, 2014 15:22:16 GMT -5 badtzmaru22 said:

Aug 16, 2014 14:25:02 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

I got one with DD.

I've lost count with this pregnancy. I'm sad. It's the number 2 that's going to wreck my body.

I was just going to say the best prevention is quit while you're ahead! I had none with DD, but got some with DS, AND getting more as my belly shrinks back down.

To put a positive spin on it, if anyone needs to scare their kid away from getting a belly button piercing in the future, I'll send you some very scary pics....

Whaaat?? Explain this? I thought I would be safe in just a few more weeks

[heygrey]

i used coconut oil and a thick body butter to help with the itching, but stretch marks are genetic. sorry

[badtzmaru22]

Aug 16, 2014 15:28:04 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

Aug 16, 2014 15:22:16 GMT -5 badtzmaru22 said:

I was just going to say the best prevention is quit while you're ahead! I had none with DD, but got some with DS, AND getting more as my belly shrinks back down.

To put a positive spin on it, if anyone needs to scare their kid away from getting a belly button piercing in the future, I'll send you some very scary pics....

Whaaat?? Explain this? I thought I would be safe in just a few more weeks

I don't even know!! Maybe they were already there, but very light, and I'm just noticing them more now?

I found some old cellulite cream in my cupboard and have been rubbing that on my belly to see if it firms anything up.

[dragonfly08]

My understanding is that it's genetic...if you're gonna get them, you're gonna get them. You can *possibly* minimize the damage, and make your skin feel better/less itchy, with creams and lotions, but nothing you do is going to prevent them.

[scribellesam]

Aug 16, 2014 15:22:16 GMT -5 badtzmaru22 said:

Aug 16, 2014 14:25:02 GMT -5 zarapipe said:

I got one with DD.

I've lost count with this pregnancy. I'm sad. It's the number 2 that's going to wreck my body.

I was just going to say the best prevention is quit while you're ahead! I had none with DD, but got some with DS, AND getting more as my belly shrinks back down.

To put a positive spin on it, if anyone needs to scare their kid away from getting a belly button piercing in the future, I'll send you some very scary pics....

Haha, I agree with that! I don't have many stretch marks but there's a much higher concentration all around my naval piercing scar.

[pinotgrig]

Ditto pp's. If you have a mom or sister they may be a good indication of how you'll fare.

Also, add me to the camp of those who got (noticed?) stretchmarks pp.