working out stretch marks

[CoryD]

hi everybody i have been workin out for a year and a half now and i can see pretty big results... but not all are good ones.... for example i have some nasty stretch marks near my arm pits, after going to the doctor he told me theres nothing he can do, if i want them to stop growing i must stop working out...

 

does anybody know how to heal stretch mark wounds ? ( and stop working out is not an option for me )

 

thanks

[SimoneTiger]

There's no way to heal them except laser resurfacing, if money is not an issue. Whether you get stretch marks or not is mostly determined by your genes, and I haven't really heard of any successful method for preventing them other than avoiding quick muscle/weight gain. Sorry...

[kskm]

Some people have said that coco butter lotion works, also a lot of viatmin E.

[drydupfob]

i got the same prob bro, go to the women section of the supermarket and get the cream they sell for pregnant women. it works.

[sweetieyen]

Stretch marks appears when one gains weight or loses weight suddenly. As far as I know, this can only be removed permanently through surgery. There are lotions i.e. Vaseline mark minimizer made for this but they just lighten these marks. I suggest that you work out gradually so that the skin wouldn't be suddenly affected by the weight gain/lose. Also, lot of vitamin E would really help your skin.

[CoryD]

drydupfob yes i heard that from someone else... but now i will definatly go get some in about 1.5 years i gained about 30 pounds of muscle so considering the fact that i was pretty skinny before i think its normal for the marks... but they look bad... hopefully that cream will work for me

thanks 0X

[drydupfob]

keep up the good work, ya it works both ways i went from 240 to 180 now i have alot of stretch marks it sucks big time.