Reducing stretch marks?

i used bio oil from the start and have some nasty stretchmarks but they are fading really fast and after my first pregnancy they were silver within months. i wasnt totally religious with it and it may just be different types of skin react different but i reckon it made a difference. it also helped reduce the itching caused by the skin stretching too

Good to know, yeah sometimes you wonder with these products if it's all a big thing just to get you to spend money on something that doesn't really work!

If there was a product that actually worked then all women would know about it!

I also found bio oil nice for itching - but baby oil did the same thing and was heaps cheaper!

I didn't get any stretchmarks until about 37 weeks...just to let you know as until that point I thought that I had gotten away with it!

Well... not sure how well BioOil prevents/reduces stretchmarks, but it definately helps scarring... so if it doesn't prevent them, keep using it afterwards!
I had a really dark scar on my chin from chicken pox when I was 6 and BioOil got rid of it completely and also some other chicken pox scars from my arms and hands ...yes I was a scratcher!

Mum2Keira wrote: Ive heard so many times that if your mum has had them then you will too, my mum has none after 4 kids and I had hideous ones from my first! talk about feeling ripped off , I think its down to skin type rather, mine has always been dry. They did fade but still didn't look too great, I did wonder if bio oil helped in the fading of them afterwards though, but didn't buy another lot to test that out

Maybe you got your Dad's skin? I know I take after my Dad in almost everything, hair, eyes and height etc. so I would more look to him to see how my skin might react to something. But then I've never met the guy, so that's a bit hard

Hey that's awesome to know Mealza! Could be worth looking for something in the shops or on the net. Am thinking I will get some bio oil even if it ends up helping with the itching if I get some, then that will be a good thing!

What i was told it to eat really well and keep really hydrated as that keeps the elastin in your skin which is the key, i use the cocoa butter lotion from vasaline which i love, only use it once a day at night before i jump into bed as your body does most of its repair when your asleep...however only really started this at third trimester (28weeks)...no stretchies so far on my belly, only time will tell.

and also emu oil is a scar remover practically, amazing stuff! its used on surgical patients afterwards to reduce and sometimes get rid of the scar tissue, ill be using it after birth.

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I used Bio Oil religiously from the minute I found out I was preg and 4 wks,,,, also slathered on Palmers Stretch mark cream twice a day.... I went stretch mark free up until 40wks.... but little Isla was 2wks late and that's when I got the stretchies! Lots of the nasty buggers too! My belly looked like a tiger. A few months after giving birth I decided to try something different cause Bio Oil was doing NOTHING! So I tried a similar product... Dr Lewinns Medic Range - Bio Care Oil. It has been great! My stretch marks are still visible but aren't that horrible dark red/purple colour anymore. They are now a silvery pink and no where near as noticeable as they had been. Would definitely recommend it! It can be used on dry skin etc too... my sister uses it on both her kids (aged 4 and 6) who both get very bad eczema (sp?)
As for it being in the genes.. I thought I'd be blessed and not get any stretchmarks cause my mum had 6 kids and didn't get a single stretch mark and my sister never got any with either of her kids and they were quite big babies considering she is only 5"2. I guess I was just unlucky!