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Originally Posted by Hawkwind
In most cases the purple ones fade over time.
Since I've had three kids and my youngest is 19...I know a bit about the darn things. ;)
They do shrink and fade, mederma is the 'new' thing to try and use. Like someone else posted you need to moisturize to help prevent them to begin with. Vitamin E oil and coconut butter are what many pregnant woman use. But even with the best of care you can still get them.
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When I talked about "tummy tucks," or abdominoplasty, I was merely talking about older ladies with multiple pregnancies. They tend to have most visible and aesthetically unpleasant around under belly.
I also have some stretch marks on my chest from bench pressing...but I don't mind having them. Can you cut those out? I wouldn't. I think you'll develop more scars as you begin lifting after the surgery.
Mederma is an extract from onion; it does work for making scars less visible...if you use it daily for many months. Pretty expensive stuff in th end.
Another option is a silicon sheeting. You put this jelly thing on your skin. This also doesn't work that well.
Cocoa butter, vitamin E, vitamin A... I've heard it all. They will moisturize your skin, but it does nothing for your existing stretch marks.
Bottom line: if you invent something to magically dissapear existing scar tissues (ie stretch marks), please pm me. I wanna get on that gravy train before everyone does.
In the meantime, I guess you can get tanned (use dye, not UV light that gives you cancer) to make them less visible.
FYI, if you have raised scar (hypertrophic scars), you can use mederma or any other cream and massage the stretch marks in criss-cross fashion (cross fiber massage); it should help flatten your surgical or trauma scars.