stretch marks

I gained a lot of wight before becoming a member on here, and now I have these awful sretch marks on my thighs. Does anyone know how to get rid of them or if they will go away eventually?

Hi tatertot911,

I asked the same questions so many posts back. My stretch marks are awful too. I dropped from 235 to 173 so far, and loving it. Fitness and eating right is something that I am so sorry I didn't have the moral to do a long time ago. I will not allow the sag or marks to get me down. My hope is that most of it will go away.

I have read all the articles that I could and I mix used coffee grinds with olive oil and cut up vitamin e tablets (about 4-5) and get in the shower and rub it all over for about 10 minutes. Picked this up off the internet. Don't know if it will help, but it is a homemade remedy for exfoliating the skin. And IT CAN'T HURT!!. I also use Suave cocoa butter lotion with shea, and over night, I cut up a few more vitamin e tablets and rub it in under the belly where the sag is most yucky. I have been trying to add 50 sit ups per day and any other kind of way to gain some muscle in the abdomen and put my hands together and pray. In the end, with all the will I am putting into the weight loss, I will label it as a success and you should too! Don't let it get you down. I'll bet the more you loose, the better it will get in time.  You may be able to do something like this with your legs. Oh, also, I bought a pilate at Wal-Mart. It is a circle that you place between your legs and squeeze and hold. I do this while watching tv or whatever. I just started this about 2 weeks ago and I am starting to see the little bit of sag be a little bit less saggy. Hope all this helps, good luck!

Jan