Stretch Marks?

I have read that the cosmetic surgeons have made amazing progress with using lasers on stretch marks to reduce them. Has anyone read anything like this before? I would love to know more.

Star

I saw a new product called StriVectin D on the web and it is supposed to be some kind of miracle for stretch marks, and to a lesser degree wrinkles. I haven't tried it yet because it is about $100 for a six month supply but if you do a Google search on it you'll get a lot of hits. It was originally developed for stretch marks.

Well, that is good to know. I was intrigued by all the adds but couldn't find anyone who had tried it. Thanks for filling us in.

When skin is stretched, it only makes sense that the skin cannot be "unstretched." Do you mean the depth of color that stretch marks leave?

It's been my experience that the intensity (color) of stretch marks (due to the miracle of childbirth) does indeed fade with time.

But I'm not sure how to eliminate the marks without actual surgery.

This may be an odd analogy, but think about taffy! Once it's stretched, it can be stuffed back together, but it will never look quite the same as in the unstretched position.

As for the StriVectin-SD, I read about that stuff in the Lifetime magazine (from the cable channel, Lifetime). They were saying to use this stuff INSTEAD of botox. Yes, the article does say it removes stretch marks, however they are saying it is a good alternative to Botox.

As for if it works, not sure. The article said a 6 ounce tube costs $138 directly from the makers at www.strivectin.com.

The article, for anyone who cares, is in the September issue of Lifetime, and if you cannot find it then you may want to try to goto their website www.lifetimemag.com. I am not saying it works for anything, but saw that someone mentioned it and thought I would add the little I knew about it. I was actually thinking of trying it as an alternative to Botox (because some of the stories I have heard frighten me).

If you cannot find the September issue, since it is now October, then if you would like to read it you can email me (dana073@aol.com) and I will send it to you.

Dana

Hi,

Where would one get bag balm? I am losing weight slowly but my skin is not snapping back as quickly as I would like it to and if bag balm would help I would definitely be willing to try it.

Thanks in advance.

I heard for a long time that Coaco Butter can get rid of stretch marks, but i've been using it for about 3 years and i have NO good results at all. I just wish somebody would have a product that works one of these days...

this isnt actually about cosmetic surgery for removing scars but to save u some money
use
cocoa butter everymorning and night and whenever it gets dry and also vitamin e oil u can get that at ur local drug store it really works well i recently burned my self on a motorcyle(not bad) but i hav been using both and they work well
i hav a motorcycle burn not bad but enough to scar bad and i use those product and they work miracles for all my scars and stuff like that so try that befor u get surgery

I had geatational diabeties when I was pregnant... So I gained ALOT of weight. With all that weight came alot of stretch marks.  I had my son a year ago.  Well in Feb. I just now started to think about bathing suits, and started putting Vitamin E on them. I just poke the capsul and squeez it out and rub it right on. In 2 weeks I noticed them completely flatten, and now two more weeks later the smaller ones are almost not noticable at all. I put it on twice a day, if I shower more then once I put it on everytime I shower. Then make sure to slather a bunch on before bed. Its probably alot cheaper then any cream you could buy.

I've tried a mixture of palmers coco butter and cocobutter for strectch mark lotion (w/ shea butter in it) twice a day; massage it in really good. They're still there but alot less noticeable. I've heard of alot of other effective treatments but since i'm saving up for plastic surgery this is the CHEAPEST way that has worked so far.  Good luck to you. .