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Stretch Marks!!!
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Is there any way to get rid of stretch marks once you've got them??? I've got them @ the top of my thighs and i hate them!! Is there away of makin them fade or are they there for good???
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Unfortunately, they are there forever, unless you have skin grafts or cosmetic surgery.
They will fade though.
Not the news you want to hear I'm sure <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/frown.gif">
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Stop it Harry, Sweetkiss has asked a serious question.
U cant get rid of them once they r there but vitamin e oil is great at preventing them, and helping them fade when u have them already.
Lolly is right in saying that you will find stretch marks a bigger problem through pregnancy. I don't think she is saying this is the only cause but it is definitely one of the factors that causes worse cases.
She is also right in saying that Vitamin E cream (Such as Palmer's Cocoa Butter) is good for preventing the problem. Its deep moisturising properties can also help to reduce them after they have appeared.
They do gradually fade, especially with regular exercise.
I was 15 stones at the end of my pregnancy and I am now 9 stones. I still have some stretch marks but they are very very faint compared to what they were at first.
Just moisturize the affected area everyday with Vitamin E cream. (U can even get Palmers Cocoa butter soap from Superdrug) and exercise to make your skin more tort.
I find it embarrassing when Im getting it on with someone for the first time and they've never seen me with nothing on before but I know now that loads of my mates have got them so Im not so shy about it anymore.
Her stretch marks are on her hips. Apparently (before we got together 8 months ago) she was very thin, then put on quite a lot of weight and is now back down to just over 10 stone (which is apparently overweight for her age/height/build).
So, she's overweight and has stretch marks but do I care?
No scars or flab is ever going to change the way I feel about the one person I love the most.
She also has a bladder problem but I'll save that one for another thread
[This message has been edited by Mariner (edited 29-11-2000).]
Awww you sound really sweet Mariner! I hope someday I can find someone who feels that way about me <IMG alt="image" alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">