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Lost the baby weight, now how do I lose the extra skin?

Allisha - posted on 04/09/2010 ( 6 moms have responded )

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I had a baby, then 14 months later, I had twins. I lost all of my baby weight and more, but now I have extra skin and stretch marks. How do you make that go away.

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Allisha - posted on 04/11/2010

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thanks for the advice. I have tried to body wrap before and it worked awesome, but that was before I had kids. :) Maybe I will give the lotion and vitamin E another shot.

Aaron - posted on 04/10/2010

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After my second child I had a lot of stretch marks & extra skin. Nothing worked for me until I went to a spa & they had a skin firming & tightening treatment. They rubbed my body in this cream, then wrapped me in cellophane & after laying there for an hour they take the plastic off but you don't wash the cream off for 24 hours. I think it took about 10 treetments, 1 a week, at about a hundred dollars each, but it REALLY WORKED! & although it's expensive, it's considerably cheaper than a tummy tuck! Now that my twins are 8 weeks old I am dieting/ working out again & when that's over I plan to do it again. I have now found out that many offer some form of this treatment.

Pamela - posted on 04/10/2010

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I really don't know anything about the skin..but for stretch marks and scars I have used pure vitamin E oil and Bio-Oil at different times. Both work really well. As I used them day to day, I started seeing that my skin was starting to get smoother.

Christina - posted on 04/09/2010

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that's awesome! glad to hear that portion control worked for you :o) and yes the lotion takes FOREVER. i haven't found anything else that works though! :o( there was this lotion by Curel that I tried....I think it was called "mothers and after pregnancy" or something like that but it seemed to work for tightening the skin up. it wasn't dramatic though and again it took forever. lol sorry i've not been much help!

Allisha - posted on 04/09/2010

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I lost the weight by just cutting down portions at meals. I have 3 kids under the age of 3 plus 2 step kids. I also work full time and go to school full time so I don't really have time to work out. I have not changed what I eat I just cut down the size of each meal. I lost 5 pounds in one week. I tried the lotion, I just don't think I was patient enough to wait for it to work. lol.

Christina - posted on 04/09/2010

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have you tried cocoa butter lotion?? it's pretty good at diminishing the appearance of scars and stretch marks after using it for a while, but it takes some time. i don't know about the extra skin though. may i ask how you lost the weight? i'm still trying to lose mine. we had a daughter, then boy girl twins, and then triplets so i feel ya!

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