Unfortunately, at this time there is no permanent solution to remove stretch marks from the body apart from, possibly, cosmetic surgery. If you work on them consistently women are able to lighten them to a large extent. Moisturizers that contain cocoa butter appear to have the best results for helping stretch marks to lighten over time. One homemade stretch mark cream recipe that includes cocoa butter mixes one half a cup of cocoa butter plus one tablespoon of wheat germ oil plus 1 teaspoon of apricot kernel oil and 1 teaspoon of vitamin E oil. Mixing these ingredients together they should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator and applied twice a day until your desired results are achieved. Another moisturizing product is pure vitamin E oil which can be used effectively as an external product during pregnancy and taken internally in the postpartum time period to help heal the stretch marks. When using the vitamin E oil externally, a women should massage the oil into the skin over the stretch marks for at least one to two minutes twice daily. Aloe vera gel, long known for soothing and healing properties for burns, now claims to do the [...]
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