Ok so I have stretch marks all over my stomach because I lost a TON of weight. They're all icky and black because I have darker skin and it's summer and I need to wear my new bikini.
Is there anything I can do because I worked so hard to lose all this weight and fit into my bikini and now I have stretch marks everywhere and they're really visible.
Do you also know a way to get rid of all the flab on my stomach. I have like extra skin over there and I've been doing stretches but I still have all that skin from where my fat used to be... help?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Fitness? Waza answered Tuesday July 18 2006, 2:53 am: to get rid of your stretch marks get some coco butter or coco butter lotion and use it everyday in the places where you have the stretch marks.. coco butter make all kinds of scares go away and unwanted marks. its works pretty good..but im not really sure how to get rid of unwanted skin that you have from having extra baggage its kinda hard to get rid of that skin but i kno there is a way.. but i hope everything works out for u
karenR answered Monday July 17 2006, 9:20 pm: Congratulations on the weight loss!
Stretch marks unfortunately do not go away. They will fade out a little but they will not go away completely. Do try the cocoa butter lotion though because it will help some.
By all means exercise but if you've lost a TON of
weight the flabby skin may stick around a while too.
I know that isn't what you want to hear. You have
done something really great in losing the weight though. That is much more important than wearing a bikini! You will look just as super in one that hides the marks for now. :) [ karenR's advice column | Ask karenR A Question ]
kckstartmyheart answered Monday July 17 2006, 12:28 pm: coco butter. theres even special ones that are for strech marks. and you can also look at creams for people who are pregnant because they get a lot of strech marks and so you may beable to find something. i hope i helped! good luck!
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soendearing answered Monday July 17 2006, 12:19 pm: Cocoa Butter might help make the stretch marks blend the color more evenly.
But other than that, you don't have any more options except for surgery, (it leaves scars, so it's basicly pointless) and to wait it out.
laycieee answered Monday July 17 2006, 11:47 am: Well the last time I visited my doctor I had a few stretchmarks off to the side of my stomach because I lost a lot of weight. She told me that stretchmarks don't go away but, I doubted her and went looking online. I found that after a while, they start to fade into the same color as your natural skin color. There's not much you can do except wait. And if you have already stopped growing then the skin will probably remain there, some people even have surgery to get it fully removed. If you're still around the age of 15, then once you grow that skin will move to the place where you are growing. Hope I helped a bit :) [ laycieee's advice column | Ask laycieee A Question ]
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