Stretch marks!

[jaydensmom]

I just had a baby less than 2 weeks ago and I have these reddish-purple stretch marks on both of my sides by my hips, none on my stomach though. My questions is how long did it take for your stretch marks to fade to a clear color? I also thought about laser surgery but it might be too soon still.

[ugashred]

You should purchase some Mederma (a bit on the expensive side), Cocoa Butter, or Vitamin E (liquid form or break open the gel capsules) and apply it multiple times a day to your stretch marks. The key is to start applying the treatment as early as possible, to help with fading.

It will be a very slow process for many weeks and upwards of many months for you to start seeing results.

[BettyBoop82]

I have the world's worst stretch marks, i have 2 little girls who are exactly 1 yr apart, so i stretched out my tummy for 2 yrs basically. I have actual rips all above my belly button, I tried various products but nothing seemed to help, one thing i found for myself was to got tanning. I have an olive complexion and just by getting some colour i noticed a huge change in the colouring and apperance. They are the same colour now as the rest of my tummy.....so maybe try tanning to help with the colouring? But definatly try vit.E, it helped me with the itching it had from the skin ripping apart (the joys of motherhood).