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Q: Stretch mark prevention
asked by: CharlotteKent on January 14th, 2009
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I am pregnant and want to know if anyone has had any luck with skin care for stopping stretchmarks? I have heard that some are not safe to use and can harm my baby but I am so confused by which ones are ok and actually work to prevent stretchmarks, as I happily grow into my 9 month bump!
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dianna25
replied on January 14th, 2009
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bio oil is safe to use, i myself did not use anything but did buy this, have not used it yet, bit useless when it comes to getting round to doing these things lol, but im told it is extremely effective xxx
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Alysas
replied on January 15th, 2009
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Hey! Congrats on your pregnancy, I am 3 months pregnant and have had 8 girlfriends all use this product called belli skin care, Elasticity Belly Oil that helps to prevent stretchmarks. Their doctor told them it was the safest to use, then I saw it on a current affair the other night as well. I read up all about in on their website and it talks heaps about what is safe, really interesting. None of my friends got ANY stretchmarks at all and swear by this for stopping stretch marks. I have only just started using it but so far so good! I ordered all of their other skin care for pregnancy as well and LOVING it. Wish you all the best for the months ahead, we are together in the skin stretch  don’t forget to join the VIP thing on their site before you order, you get a discount that way, i forgot myself but definitely worth it you get 15% off. Good luck.
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lovely11
replied on January 15th, 2009
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Vit. E!!!
I am a small woman and have given birth to four decent size babies, a couple of 8 pounders. I always used Vit. E lotion. It is amazing. With my last pregnancy I gained forty pounds; when I thought I might be getting stretch marks in a certain area I used Vit. E oil as a specific target. After all of these years I have one stretch mark that is about half an inch in length. It is from an old appendectomy scar. So good luck to you! Being a mom is wonderful!
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mary66
replied on January 15th, 2009
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start applying coconut oil from now on,u'll see ur stretch marks vanishing.!
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honeybabybee
replied on January 15th, 2009
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im 18, i had 1 8pound baby, and i have got like a million stretch marks evwen tho i used lots of different creams, but it was because i am only small and i was absolutly huge when i was pregnant, my stomach muscles split allowing my bump to hang lower down and stretch more i also had a lot of water so creams do work for some people but it also depends on the pregnancy x
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nightangel73
replied on January 15th, 2009
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honeybabybee wrote:
im 18, i had 1 8pound baby, and i have got like a million stretch marks evwen tho i used lots of different creams, but it was because i am only small and i was absolutly huge when i was pregnant, my stomach muscles split allowing my bump to hang lower down and stretch more i also had a lot of water so creams do work for some people but it also depends on the pregnancy x


Agree. I did not got stretch marks until the last month. No cream would have of prevented them. But I'm planning on buying Revitol, heard it works pretty good.
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