Rashmita asks:
Hello IMBB!
I need your help in selecting a cream/gel for my sister who is expecting. Stretch marks are better handled when taken care of before they appear. So, all experienced and not-so-experienced ladies out there kindly pour in your valuable suggestions. And yes Congratulate me, am going to be ‘maasi’ by Aug! Yay! Am so happy!
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Congratulations!!!! Rashmita…..I have heard a lot about Bio Oil….you can get it from Amazon 🙂
can we get cosmetics delivered from amazon? and how abt shipping and customs? I tried ordering a watch with their global shipping facility but the shipping and tax was way more than the MRP of the watch itself. Plz enlighten me Jomo.. 😀
okies….me to waiting for your reply Jomol….
I was about to post this query.. i need answers too ladies. My belly is itching badly , i am going mad. i am 5 weeks 5days pregnant. please help ladies . i need tips to not gain too much weight too as i am petite (4.11″) Thanks in Advance
Congrats Mayuri….
Stretch marks are largely unavoidable, and some people are prone to developing them, some don’t. Gentle oil massage is helpful, any oil is OK.
Avoid excessive weight gain. Normal weight gain during pregnancy is 10 to 12 kgs. 3 kg baby, 500 gm placenta, 5 to 6 kg maternal weight gain to prepare for lactation. Rest is the increased blood volume and all. I know women who have gained even 20 kg to have a “chubby” baby- an exercise in futility. Avoid eating junk food for the extra calories. But eating 300 extra calories apart from your RDA per day is a must.
Strech marks are to taken care from the early months of pregnancy though we cannot avoid it totally. Try any products with Shea butter as the main content that will help reduce the marks intensity. Hope this will help.
Hi, I have just started my 9th month…expecting the baby by end of march…
Ever since my 4th month, I have been religiously putting on Biotique Cocoa Butter and sometimes a normal body lotion(Nivea Whitening Cell Repair & UV Protect Body Lotion).
Also I scrub my tummy once a week…I hardly got any stretch marks till now!
If i forget to moisturize even 1 day, it itches….So I guess keeping ur skin hydrated works!
I have used kasturi manjal(haldi) with coconut oil.It reduced my mark..but i was not regular..but my mom says it really works..
give is a try.
okk dear….will pass on the info to sissy! thanks!
check some of these links :
http://ph.makeupandbeauty.com/palmers-cocoa-butter-formula-jar/
https://makeupandbeauty.com/stretch-marks-cure-treatment/
https://makeupandbeauty.com/palmers-cocoa-butter-formula-massage-lotion-stretch-marksreview/
https://makeupandbeauty.com/vichy-complete-action-antistretch-mark-cream/
https://makeupandbeauty.com/stretch-marks-causes/
Thanks Rati….going thru them one-by-one!
congragulations… massaging with olive oil works better… But also follow it up with palmers moisturizing lotion… But i am not sure whether its available in india… Happy pregnancy 🙂
Haha…thanks Sharon, will pass on the msg of yours….and thanks for the suggestion, noted!
I did not have much, considering how much you bloat u know 🙂 but my doc has suggested daily usage of stretch nil after 4months
but bio oil and palmers is good if you could find it 🙂
thankoooos Neha….
My Aunt, Sister and all my relatives told me n number of times to apply SESAME oil (GINGELY OIL) or castor oil, the process is it needs to be applied at night before sleep, wait for 30 mins then rinse with luke warm water..
I didnt care it at that time.. now i have the worst stretch marks 🙁
🙁 sorry to hear that….better late than never….you can try and use olive oil as Surabhi mentioned
Rashmita,
stretch marks are kind of unavoidable.. if you don;t have elasticity in your skin. But yeah, olive oil does blur the marks. tried and tested 😀
thanks dear….it had to be natural from you….thanks a lot!
😀 😀
I m 7 months pregnant with my second child in my first pregnancy i don;t get any stretch marks 🙂 without using any creams but now i m regularly using Luciara cream which is prescribed by my Gyne & i don’t have any strtch marks so far….
Congrats Kavita….and best of luck!
thanks for the suggestion 🙂
Hi Guys.. I am 19 weeks pregnant, and I have started getting stretch marks on my inner thigh and hips.. I am really worried now..
My doc suggested me Astria or Luciara cream.. but I am not able to find any reviews on the same..
Some of my friends suggested me Olive oil and some Forest Essential’s Stretch Oil..
I ma really confused..
Pls Help!!!