Stretch marks have essentially been the vain of my existence since the latter part of my pregnancy and continues today. I am just praying for the day when all of them have faded and are not the horrible very visible red marks that they are right now.
When I first got pregnant, I was just hoping to be one of the lucky women that would not get stretch marks, or at least would only get them minimally. It was not long before I realized that I would actually be one of the unlucky ones that would not only get them, but get lots of them. They are essentially down my inner thighs, on the bottom portion of my belly and on the love handles area. If I were more brave, I would take and post a picture for the sake of being informative, but they are truly too hideous for me to be so brave. I have settled by posting a picture from my maternity shoot, which was most definitely touched up dramatically.
I could honestly say that I have tried basically every oil, cream and butter (including Palmers Cocoa Butter, L'Occitane's Almond Oil, Mother's Special Blend, and Bio-Oil) that are supposed to prevent/reduce stretch marks and I can't say that any of them actually work. The only cream which I could truly not live without is Vitamin E cream since it reduces the itchiness, but as for the actual prevention/reduction of stretch marks, I don't think any of them were very effective. Unfortunately, I think I was just genetically inclined to get them. For those women that swear by a certain oil, cream or butter, I think they probably were not going to get them anyways, or just get them minimally.
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