Hello my beauties!
Sorry I haven't posted in a while once again. It's much harder to maintain a successful blog than I would have imagined. But, here I am again! Ready to go with another beauty tip I have found successful in my life!
I am embarrassed to admit, I am prone to stretch marks. I found this out when I was maybe 13 years old and hitting the classic growth spurt and awkward puberty stage everyone has to go through.
I remember one day I was wearing a pair of shorts, and I looked down, and I saw a small, faint patch of stretch marks on my inner thigh. Obviously my heart sank. Who wants stretch marks!? Even just little ones!? Not me. That's for sure.
Stretch marks can be very embarrassing, and very unwanted. Unfortunately they are a very common thing in life.. So take heart in the fact that if you have stretch marks, you are most definitely not alone! Even the skinniest person can have them, just simply from growing taller from over the years.
Over the years I have developed a few more stretch marks as my body changes. I have learned to accept the fact that my body is very prone to them. My body doesn't have to change very much at all for me to find a new small mark on my upper thigh. It is no longer a huge blow to my self esteem as it used to be. I have learned to accept them as part of me and my life. But even still I am always on the look out for a new remedy to lighten them even just a little.
When I first started trying to treat my stretch marks years ago I always felt very discouraged. I found things on the internet always telling me that I would always be destined to have my stretch marks and that they would never improve or go away... Well eventually always hearing such negative feedback got me even more determined to prove that the quest to get rid of stretch marks just couldn't possibly be that hopeless.
So, I started to try everything. Even the strangest home remedies that really made me tilt my head and think "no freakin' way that works!".. I tried it all. I tried the rubbing a raw sliced potato on them. I tried lemon. I tried baking soda. I tried plain old massage. Lotions. Funky coconut oil mixtures. Vitamin E. Lavender oil.
You ask me about a stretch mark remedy.. And I can promise I've tried it. Most of them didn't work. It was very discouraging to say the least. Eventually for a while I stopped trying. Every once in a while I'd kind of try again.. But it never lasted. I learned to live with my stretch marks the way they were. I know my marks aren't the worst out there.. And not everyone needs to see them, they are easily covered.. So hey, whatever right?
Until one day.. I ran on to two amazing things! 1. Apricot scrub and 2. Castor oil!!
Oh my goodness ladies.. I cannot say enough about these two products. Honestly I got them both for totally different reasons than treating my stretch marks.. But one day I randomly wondered if they would help, so I tried it.. I had stooped much lower than an oil and a scrub to treat them before. And low and behold... These two products have worked miracles for me! And they both have great benefits for things other than stretch marks.
Castor oil is great for treating dry and damaged scalp and hair (which is why I originally got it), and the apricot scrub is absolute heaven for your skin in general! So if these don't work for your stretch marks you definitely aren't losing out.
Simply use the apricot scrub every time you shower on the affected area, rub it in circles trying not to pull and stretch your skin too much, rub until you feel a nice warm rush of blood to the area.. You do not need to rub your skin raw! Rinse and pat dry.
Then after mix a bit of castor oil with a carrier oil (because castor oil tends to be thick and hard to spread). You can use olive oil, coconut oil, vitamin E oil.. Whatever thinner oil you prefer. I usually use coconut or olive oil myself. Then massage the affected area in circles and kneading motions. Do this until the oil is mostly absorbed into your skin.. Do no use a lot! oil goes a long way. You'll end up wasting it and having to blot it off with a towel if you just dump a lot on there.
Keep up with this practice diligently! Even when you see some results keep doing it! I have honestly learned that diligence is key. You won't see miracle results in a day. It can take days or weeks. Stretch marks are deep scars. They need some serious TLC before they can get better.
I personally have seriously gotten rid of a whole patch of stretch marks on my thigh with these things. Maybe the marks are still there.. But they are so light I really cant see them. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am to have beaten the odds! Stretch marks aren't the end of the world by any means.. But I know the feeling of need to get rid of them. And constantly hearing "you can't" really sucks.
You can ladies. Our skin is capable of healing and regenerating very well. So why cant it do that with stretch marks? It can. It may be a longer process. But it can.
Here are some other remedies I did see some improvement with as well:
-Cocoa butter (in lotion form)
-Coffee ground scrubs
-Sugar scrubs
-Constant moisture from your favorite non-oil lotion
-Olive oil/Vitamin E oil massages
Good luck! Have a wonderful day! And remember, you are beautiful, even with imperfect stretch marks!
Love,
The Blogger
XOXO
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