Comments on: Stretch Marks Don’t Discriminate

By: I’m Pregnant But I Just Feel Fat | elephant journal

I’m Pregnant But I Just Feel Fat | elephant journal — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:52:04 +0000

[...] makes me sad, sad because my beautiful son was growing inside of me. I’ve written about this subject a lot lately because it is maddening that women seem destined to carry their culturally induced [...]

By: Hilme

Hilme — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:27:23 +0000

Thank you for the great post. I feel the experience, because I am pregnant.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:17:13 +0000

I’ve been following your blog for 3 days now and i should say i am starting to like your post. and now how do i subscribe to your blog?

Thanks

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:50:35 +0000

I never realized how much child birth could change your body and have so much effect on your psyche until you actually have a baby. And then the media always has a way of bringing up our insecurities. BTW did you see that picture of Cindy Crawford and her stretch marks? It’s still circulating 3 years later! I think it makes us all feel that we’re not alone with this issue.

By: M Fred

M Fred — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:52:34 +0000

I’m pregnant now and one morning my husband says, “you should really make sure you put that cocoa butter all the way on the sides.”

I’m like “what?!?” and yes, sure enough, there were stretch marks radiatiing from my ribcage toward my belly, all the way around my front. It sort of looked like I got clawed by a tiger with about 40 toes, and each vertical mark was maybe 4 inches long. I went online that same day and bought the Dr Max Powers Stretch Mark Treatment, and applied it fatihfully several times a day to these new stretch marks for at least a week (now I remember only 2-3X/day). Now, about 4 weeks later, there is literally nothing there.

I’m choosing to buy this Max Powers Stretch Mark cream since it seems like the best price per ounce, and if I notice new marks, I want to be well-armed to treat them as soon as possible. Dr Max Powers does say their product works best on new marks, and I can certainly vouch for its effectiveness in my case. I’ve also been continuing to use cocoa butter cream mixed with pure vitamin E oil from the healthfood store ($5 for a small vial). After a friend’s doctor warned her not to use Vitamin E oil after varicose vein surgery, as the scars would heal too rapidly, I’ve been a believer in its powers.

By: Zara Robertson

Zara Robertson — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:49:41 +0000

topical copper peptide and topical vitamin C can help reduce stretch marks.:’`

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:50:41 +0000

Great post! Nice to hear the real conversations, to have a perspective of how bodies look post-baby in reality, not just photoshopped images.

By: Marley

Marley — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:19:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing how hard it is–even for a conscious consumer like yourself– to escape the intense scrutiny of the media’s messages. Your honesty is empowering and though your post-natal body may not have bounced back as quickly as you would have hoped, you still radiate beauty and confidence. Your blog works as a constant reminder to me that making conscious choices and decisions is really all it’s cracked up to be- thank you for being such an amazingly strong and beautiful example. I feel lucky to have you as a role model.