Stetch Marks?

Hi all,

I'm doing some research for my wife - she's 36 weeks pregnant and has started noticing stretch marks. She's been using bio oil so far.

I'm wondering if anyone can recommend a treatment or product that really helped with their stretch marks that I can get for her?

I've seen something advertised on the net - Trilastin-SR - has anyone used this cream? does it work?

If there's a treatment that is avaiable through beauty thereapy places that can help as well i'd love to hear about it so I can perhaps get her some vouchers or prepay some sessions for her.

thanks!

There was a thread a while back about stretch marks and I think someone said that some people are prone to stretch marks and no matter what you do you will get them anyway, not sure how accurate that it. Maybe try searching for it, it's probably in the pregnancy section

Anything with vitamin E or cocoa butter is good if you are wanting something a little more natural. I know a lot of people rate Bio-oil but I wasnt keen on using something containing petroleum derived ingrediants. You could try one of these:

Mother-well belly oil or Mother To Be Oil

I think stretch marks are basically genetic - you are either going to get them or not, but I always figure I can do my best to minimise them!!

 

You can use rosehip oil as an alternative to bio-oil.

I used cocoa butter the first time around every day & I still go a couple of stretch marks towards the end once my belly started dropping. I don't think there is much you can do to avoid them. They do fade pretty fast & if there are only a few they aren't noticeable.

eta cause I wrote the wrong oil


Edited by AandCsmum

I don't think any of the creams really make any difference. But I'll tell you the best thing you can do, better than any voucher: tell her she's beautiful. Because you're a man, it'll mean 20x more than any woman saying it. And because you're HER man, it'll mean 20x more again. Honest!

busymum wrote: I don't think any of the creams really make any difference. But I'll tell you the best thing you can do, better than any voucher: tell her she's beautiful. Because you're a man, it'll mean 20x more than any woman saying it. And because you're HER man, it'll mean 20x more again. Honest!

I agree with Busy Mum!

But also, I used Earth Mama Angel Baby Natural Stretch Oil when I was pregnant, and I didn't get any stretch marks! Could be a co-incidence - as the others said, I might not have got them anyway, but its a beautiful organic product that was lovely to use to keep my preggy skin hydrated anyway.