Yes! I am the victim of these nasty little things. When I found out I was pregnant, first thing I bought was Palmer's oil along with my prenatal vitamins. I literally oiled down twice a day everyday. Everything was fine, until i hit 7 months. Bam! A little lighting bolt appears on my side. It was the end of me, or just felt like it.
Sometimes desperation gets the best of you. I spent hours googling and you tubing my life away to rid me of this curse. One video told me to scrub really hard with an exfoliation bar. This was the biggest mistake I have ever made. Because my belly was still growing, so were the marks, and my skin was only becoming thinner and less strong so scrubbing the way I desperately did only make the marks worse.
No matter what products you use, stretch marks will come based on the type of skin you have. Some women never moisturize and walk away mark free from the maternity ward. The best thing is to moisturize as much as you can, take in a lot of vitamin E and B, and try not to gain too much.
Now, my marks are much better from my weight loss. I have also been exfoliating with oatmeal and using oatmeal soap and some venezuelan soap called las javes. After I shower, I moisturize with vitamin E oil, almond oil, or rose seed oil. I try to change it up every week. The only true ways to get rid of stretch marks completely is to let them fade over time, a tummy tuck, or laser scar removal.
In the beginning I was ashamed, thinking "omg, this will never go away" but that is no longer the case. The marks are barely noticeable only after 3 months post partum. So all those hours I spent weeping over these nasty little things, I regret. After all, without them my little girl would not of been able to grow as healthy as she did.
Don't beat yourself up about them. Some would say it is the sacrifice of being a mother, but now I see it clearly, as a blessing.
this was after I delivered
today
No comments:
Post a Comment