Don't let anyone tell you that there is nothing you can do against stretch marks ! Not true. Although getting completely rid of them is impossible without a doctor's intervention, you can make them look much lighter at home.
Here are photos of my belly.
Two months after giving birth:
(click to see the stretch marks in full glory)
(click to see the stretch marks in full glory)
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| The marks don't look so bad here, but they looked like angry red lines at the end of the pregnancy. |
1,5 year after giving birth
(much lighter now!)
So, most of the marks are gone ! How did I do that ?
What I did:
♥ I alternated between a bunch of stretch mark creams, and Jojoba oil with vit E. Massaging the skin is more important than the cream !
I wet my skin and hands first, to make sure that the cream would take more time to get absorbed. This made me massage longer.
♥ I scrubbed the stretch marks with a body brush (the kind you wash your back with), or a rough loofah glove.
♥ I ate healthy. If your body isn't overburdened with digesting heavy foods and getting rid of toxins, it will have the time and resources to heal.
♥ Auto suggestion: Instead of telling my body I hate it, I told it to heal my skin, to smooth away the scars. Every night in bed, I imagined my skin healing. Ok, I know that sounds daft, but I do believe that at least 50% of it all is in the mind. Also, a few kind thoughts towards your body do wonders for your self-esteem.
♥ I wasn't even that systematical ! So, if you are, you'll get faster and better results than me.
Update: A reader asked for more info, so I wrote *this post* with more tips.
