Stretch Mark Help Please

[jjschube]

My strech marks are getting terrible. It seems everytime I lift they get worse and worse. I have the common pec delt strech marks and all over my lats. I noticed them on my biceps today too.
Plus, im not complaining but i have veins everywhere on my legs shoulders going across my biceps. literally everywhere wtf is going on here.My friend said if i lose some fat that it will give the skin more room to strech. Is this true. Also does anyone know of something that actually works to prevent or minimize them or not $50 worth of shit in a bottle.

[wedgylx]

My strech marks are getting terrible. It seems everytime I lift they get worse and worse. I have the common pec delt strech marks and all over my lats. I noticed them on my biceps today too.
Plus, im not complaining but i have veins everywhere on my legs shoulders going across my biceps. literally everywhere wtf is going on here.My friend said if i lose some fat that it will give the skin more room to strech. Is this true. Also does anyone know of something that actually works to prevent or minimize them or not $50 worth of shit in a bottle.

eat more veggies, get on a multivitamin, and green tea. Antioxidants will help!

Also Try palmers cocoa butter with vitamin E. You can buy it at any drug store for maybe $5 a bottle, and the bottle will last a month. Use it 2-3X a day to keep the skin moist. Dont go crazy with deodorant! It dries out the skin like a motha!

I got some good tips from Dr.D, let me find it in my inbox and let you know

[mcsteveof2h2h]

Yeah I've always used Coco butter it seems to work real well

[eoghanbeornson]

Sorry I am just responding to this thread, but I just registered tonight.
There is a very very good way to significantly reduce stretch marks. I'm a massage therapist, and one technique you are taught in massage school is ways to break up, realign, and reduce scar tissue and stretch marks.
If you live in an state that has strict requirements on licensing massage therapists, you will likely be able to find a therapist that knows this technique.
I've used it on myself to help reduce all the stretch marks I've gained over the years of lifting, as well as all the scar tissue from working as a bouncer and from various surgeries, and the change is very very noticeable.
The technique does have some theraputic discomfert to it (yah it hurts a bit), but if you can handle the pain of lifting hard, this isn't anything that will bother you a bit.
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions concerning this, and I'll be most happy to share my knowledge in this matter.

[max von]

Welcome to the board, I am glad that you joined. I have a question for you.

I was reading an article on Jay Cutler getting ready for the Olympia and he was getting deep tissue massages couple times a week to help with the olympia. Just wondering why do you do that and what benefit is it

[eoghanbeornson]

Massage therapy post workout really helps flush the lactic acid build up out of the muscle tissue. That will help with the delayed onset muscle soreness associated with working out heavily.
It will also relax you, getting you out of the "fight or flight" part of your nervous system, and into the "rest and digest" part of the nervous system. That will help you immensely in post workout recovery.
Good massage therapy will also help break up scar tissue and trigger points in the muscle, and get some good serious blood flow into them.
Sports therapy is something I have really focused on. I work on alot of football players, power lifters and body builders. As a community, I have found athletes to be very easy to work with, as they are already commited to living a healthy lifestyle.

BTW, good to meet you, I look forward to learning alot on these forums. Now, to start figuring out what kind of a cycle I should be trying. I've been lifting now for about 13 years, weigh around 310 Lbs, and would like to cut some body fat off, while making some solid lean gains. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[max von]

All I can say is everyone should try a massage at some time in there life, they are the bomb

[wedgylx]

BTW, good to meet you, I look forward to learning alot on these forums. Now, to start figuring out what kind of a cycle I should be trying. I've been lifting now for about 13 years, weigh around 310 Lbs, and would like to cut some body fat off, while making some solid lean gains. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

email or IM me sometime for some help..i'd like to hear more about the massage techniques you talked about for stretchmarks

I've been using retina-a on mine and seeing success.

st-ives apricot scrub works well also

[gncrep]

I've started to get wicked stretch marks too over the last year, so I bought this stretch mark lotion. Its intended for pregnant women to use through out their 9 months to prevent stretch marks, but I use it before I train. Its not going to get rid of stretch marks, but it'll start preventing them.

[dinoiii]

Well I am on board with the nervous system rationale you provided with the massage therapy - but I am certainly intrigued at erasure or aid of stretch mark removal with massage therapy. I do not see how you could essentially fix what is a desmosomal and hemidesmosomal (attachment of skin cells, namely stratum granulosum, spinosum, and basale to the basement membrane and each other).

Could you offer further insight as I am VERY intrigued at scientific potential here?