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If you’ve done any Googling on stretch mark prevention during pregnancy you have probably seen the two main answers: genetics and a slow and steady weight gain. That’s also exceedingly not helpful when your up at 3am looking for ways to fade or prevent mommy tiger stripes. Enter these three products. Keep reading below for the three products I used to escape pregnancy with no permanent stretch marks.
First Trimester: Mustela
I started using stretch mark cream the same month I found out I was pregnant and I started with Mustela. It’s hypoallergenic and safe for first trimester bellies. A word of caution: get the unscented version. I bought the regular scented one and even though it is very mild, my morning sickness did not agree with it.
Second & Third Trimester: Mederma
Once you make it into the second trimester you are clear to bump up to the Mederma products. Their Stretch Mark Therapy cream contains Cepalin, hyaluronic acid, and Centella asiatica plant extract to help fight scarring. It’s a little pricey, but one bottle lasted for the rest of my pregnancy.
Anytime: Elemis
Elemis products seem to appear on every podcast out there and after hearing about their Japanese Camellia Body Oil on The Skinny Confidential for stretch mark prevention during Lauryn’s pregnancy I hit “Add to Cart”. The real skinny? This product doesn’t have any medical ingredients - it is just oil - and I can’t say it prevented stretch marks. So why is it on this list? Along with stretch marks is itchy and tight skin and this oil DID help with that. You can use it anytime and while it won’t get rid of the cat clawed look, it is soothing and when you feel like an over inflated balloon.
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