Home Remedies
for Stretch Marks

While its rich chocolatey aroma is irresistible, it's cocoa butter's skin benefits we love most! Cocoa butter is a highly praised stretch mark balm, and without a doubt one of the most popular home remedies for stretch marks.

Cocoa butter is super moisturizing and loaded with skin protective antioxdants that help prevent and diminish stretch marks.

Make your own stretch mark remedy with this simple recipe from Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin by Narine Nikogosian.

One whiff of coconut oil, and your thoughts quickly drift away to white sandy beaches lined with swaying palm trees and bikini clad beauties.

Snapped back to reality by those pesky bikini clad beauties, you're goal is even more clear...get rid of these stretch marks!

The good news, is coconut oil heals skin fast! Coconut is a master at repairing injured and damaged skin tissue, and can help you in your quest to prevent or get rid of stretch marks.

While coconut oil can't get rid of all scars, it has been proven to be one of the most effective home remedies for stretch marks and scars. In fact, studies have shown coconut oil to be a more effective stretch mark remedy than cocoa butter.

Its fresh and clean scent is what first helped lavender oil become a must have natural beauty oil.

Of course its healing and regenerative properties, are what eventually made it the essential oil star it is today.

Lavender oil has been proven to help prevent and reduce scars, including those dreaded stretch marks.

Making your own stretch mark oil is easy with this simple recipe from Aromatherapy and Massage for Mother and Baby by Allison England.

A mainstay in most kitchens, olive oil is probably one of the most readily available home remedies for stretch marks.

This healthy cooking oil is loaded with skin loving antioxidants that help keep skin soft and supple, and maybe even stretch mark free!

To help minimize or prevent stretch marks using olive oil, simply rub the oil on your skin at least twice daily.

Shea butter is definitely the star of the show when it comes to banishing stretch marks.

Shea butter has been used in Africa for thousands of years to beautify, heal, and protect the skin.

Rich in skin loving vitamins and minerals including vitamins A, E, and F, Shea butter is one of my favorite home remedies for stretch marks.

Find out how I was able to get rid of stretch marks using shea butter.

Skin loving vitamin E is one of the most widely used home remedies for stretch marks. When applied to to the skin, this super vitamin heals, nourishes, and protects the skin.

Apply the contents of a vitamin E capsule directly to the skin, mix it with your favorite skin moisturizer, or create your own "Cocoa-E Lotion"