Stretch marks

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Have always had some (I hit 5ft7 age 12) but now I am exercising and calorie counting they are gettin worse?!
Looked in th mirror tonight and I could cry. All
Over my hips,boobs but my stomach is the worse, they are creeping up to my boobs and bright red and angry :(
I'm only 28 and no children, what the hell am I going to look like if I have children?!
The red ones aren't fading either, am literally waking up to new ones every day
Any ideas? I am heading to town tomorrow and happy to throw some money/products at them. I know they won't go, but would like to prevent new ones and help old ones fade

I have spent a fortune on stretch mark creams in the past. The one thing which worked brilliantly is Palmers Cocoa Butter Lotion. It soothes and evens skin tone making them far less noticeable. Buy the regular one - I have recently tried the skin smoothing and the stretch mark version and neither of them are as good as the original (plus they stink!).

The alternative would be to use a base oil such as Sweet Almond oil with rose hip seed oil in a 70/30 split. Add mandarin essential oil. Frankincense, neroli and lavender are also excellent essential oils for the skin. For every 30mls of base oil you add 15 drops of essential oil (except on the face - there you only want 4 drops per 30ml).

Unfortunately stretch marks are generally down to genetics and it sounds as if, like me, you are particularly prone to them. Nourish your skin from the inside - handful of almonds once a day, raw peppers (contain skin-healing nutrients), avocado, kiwi fruit and lean protein (ie chicken and fish). Keep well-hydrated too.

Will try the original one. I drink lots, eat well and moisturise as much as I remember but with whatever I find lying about

Bare in mind all of Palmers shit has Lanolin in it and they don't write it on the label, that really pissed me off because I am allergic (as many are) was using the stuff for years and they changed the formula without saying that crap was in it, I sent them an angry email and got no reply (should have at least refunded me my money for the unusable pot of cream the sods).

Ah ok. Am not allergic, skin doesn't tend to react to anything I throw at it!