What did you do to help prevent stretch marks?

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Ive heard regular lotion and BIO oil are what some girls used to rub on their belly everyday to help prevent them from showing to bad. 
What did you do? 
Did it work?

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Take collagen hydrolysate. It’s flavorless and dissolves in hot and cold liquids. (I mix mine into my tea.) Or drink bone broth if you’re into that kind of thing.
You can only do so much from the outside with creams and oils; collagen supports skin and connective tissue from the inside out.

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My last pregnancy I used coconut oil and it worked. Not one single  stretch mark.

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I use motherslove pregnancy belly oil every morning and night, I’m 21 weeks and nothing yet but we’ll see .

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I learned about dry skin brushing after my 2nd pregnancy, and I'm giving it a try this time around. It really tones the skin and prevents saggy skin for those losing lots of weight, and it is supposed to work for stretch marks too.

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I use Bio Oil and now one stretch mark yet at 21w3d.. 
knock on wood 😂
I use it religiously 3 times a day, generously all over my stomach, sides, legs and boobs! 
I also use Shea butter lotion, the raw kind!

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Mt dermatologist told me to use olive oil. I used olive oil on my belly every other night  (when i was up to it) with my first pregnancy. I hated the smell so I added essential oils, (orange, which also helps with stretch marks). I would rub it on and leave it over night then shower in the AM. I only got 2 very tiny, light stretch marks. I think if I would have done it religiously every night I wouldn't have gotten any stretch marks. This time around I will do better haha

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I only use all Natural Organic products. I have been using mamas gold body oil and follow up with avocado oil. I
Use it morning And night. I also use a brush in the shower for my belly, hips, Thighs and breasts. My mother and 2 sisters have horrible stretch marks and I have only gotten 2 in my lower stomach. I’m 38 weeks currently. Also I have always been a water drinker. I drink at least a gallon a day 😀

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I use neutrogena body oil. But remember you can’t really prevent stretch marks. They are hereditary... so ask your mother if she had any 🤷🏻‍♀️

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AND BIO oil is super oily. Hubby quit putting it on me because he hates that aspect of it.

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I checked through pub med and google scholar and only found two things that were shown to be effective at all (the studies had pregnant women apply them to only one side of their belly throughout their pregnancy and compared the two sides). They are: gotu kola extract and hyaluronic acid. What is interesting is that I haven’t seen a single stretch mark cream or oil contain either of these two items, despite the fact that they are the only ones shown to be effective at all. However, you can buy these ingredients separately and improvise. Don’t expect a massive difference though. Even in the studies I think they only showed a 20-30% reduction in stretch marks.

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