Best Belly Butter and Timing?

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FTM: when do you recommend starting a belly butter regimen to reduce stretch marks, and do you have a favorite brand you recommend?

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Nothing will reduce stretch marks. If your gonna get them your gonna get them. It will only help with making your skin more comfortable while stretching in which case start whenever.

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Bio oil came heavily recommended to me.
Trying out Palmer’s skin therapy oil (how it felt on the skin - not bad. Absorbs really well.
Then Palmer’s vitamin E serum.
The stretch mark lotion was given to me. Not bad, but a bit thick, it will leave kind of a sticky feeling afterwards, but it has a lot of similar ingredients to the oils + some butters, which is why I use it.
Not to mention I’m drinking about 4 liters of water a day (but if I didn’t I’d melt, here in the tropics.).
My SIL heavily recommends Burt’s Bees Belly Butter

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I used Burt's Bees belly butter. My mom had awful stretch marks and I had none with my first pregnancy so the genetics thing isn't hard and fast...started using in first trimester.

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Bio oil, morning and night. LOTS of water.

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Not to be a negative Nancy... but in my pregnancies I’ve used bio oil and cocoa butter like they were going out of style day and night. I also drink a TON of water and always have. None of this made a difference for me. My stomach, sides, and boobs still got big bright red and purple stretch marks all over them. Luckily over time they have faded to the silverish color and are way less noticeable. Maybe these products work for some people but for me they definitely did not prevent stretch marks. If you end up like me I just want to say, it’s okay. You’re beautiful and your body is creating something beautiful. It took me a while to accept that I’m just a little unlucky when it comes to stretch marks and I’ve got them... but now they’re just scars my three year old daughter plays doctor and tries to fix for me lmao!

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I use oils not butters. These two are my favorite I also use palmers cocoa butter lotion and did the same for my first pregnancy. For that one, I gained 60 lbs (30 were water and lost those over night) I did get a few stretch marks but they are super thin and light... you only see them if you're looking for them and I'm Hispanic and tan. Stretch marks come down to genetics but you can definitely minimize the damage lol... mine are not pink or dark and thick like i normally see and I have these to thank for it.

If you prefer butters I'd go with this one

They have one that's specifically for pregnancy but I feel like its over priced hoody because its marketed for pregnancy and this is thicker.
I take my hydration seriously lol

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