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Question...What is the best method for softening or even removing stretch marks around the chest and bicep area from lifting?

The only thing I have personally tried and found to work was pure cocoa butter. You can pick up a stick at any drug store.

Here are some other suggestions I found:

1. Brush your skin with a loofah or skin brush when you shower to stimulate circulation.
2. Massage cocoa butter into the stretch marks.
3. Use vitamin E oil on your stretch marks. Massage it into your skin after a shower.
4. Talk to your doctor about using tretinoin cream on stretch marks. It is available by prescription only.
5. Eat foods high in vitamins A, E and C or take supplements in addition to your diet. However, pregnant women should avoid taking more than 25,000 IU of vitamin A.
6. Add foods or supplements to your diet that are high in zinc, which is good for the skin, and silica (beets, brown rice, bell peppers, soybeans, leafy green vegetables and whole grains), which helps form collagen, the supporting fibers in the skin.
7. Eat foods that contain essential fatty acids, which help make cell walls. Essential fatty acids can be found in many vegetables, vegetable oils and fish oils.

I think I've seen some of what Sleazy is talking about in skin creams for pregnant women.