Skin care / Stretch marks
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Dr.Strange
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Skin care / Stretch marks
Hey all, any tips for how to manage your skin appearance when pumping? I also get stretch marks when using my ADS device. Any tips on mitigating that?
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fuzzyass1
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Re: Skin care / Stretch marks
Hi, Just wondering what is an ADS device???
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fuzzyass1
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Re: Skin care / Stretch marks
ok thanks.
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AndyJ
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Re: Skin care / Stretch marks
Shea butter and hyaluronic acid are your go-tos for prevention and remediation of stretch marks. Mix as much hyaluronic acid into the shea butter as it will hold without little puddles of HLA forming. You can use it as a skin cream, pumping lube, or jelquing lube.
You want "raw African shea butter". Shea is a kind of tree; they use the nuts to make butter, like almond butter or peanut butter. It's a component of many skin-care packages, but the branded products you buy at the store may have very little shea butter in them, and they're full of estrogenic chemicals.
Hyaluronic acid sounds a bit frightening, but it's a thick clear liquid that's part of many high-end cosmetology products. They also inject it for lip fillers or penile girth enhancement, so despite the "acid" part, it's safe to use. You need HLA "serum", which is the basic HLA without "extra stuff", most of which you don't want.
If shea/HLA doesn't do the job after six months or so, the next steps are derma-rolling or PRF injections. You can DIY those, too.
You'll often read that there's nothing you can do about scars or stretch marks other than surgery; that isn't strictly true. The main thing is that treatment can be lengthy, and most people can't afford to see a doctor many dozens of times to deal with it, even if they were willing to do the work themselves. Correction surgery is an established procedure with a reasonably good success rate, so they push that instead.
You want "raw African shea butter". Shea is a kind of tree; they use the nuts to make butter, like almond butter or peanut butter. It's a component of many skin-care packages, but the branded products you buy at the store may have very little shea butter in them, and they're full of estrogenic chemicals.
Hyaluronic acid sounds a bit frightening, but it's a thick clear liquid that's part of many high-end cosmetology products. They also inject it for lip fillers or penile girth enhancement, so despite the "acid" part, it's safe to use. You need HLA "serum", which is the basic HLA without "extra stuff", most of which you don't want.
If shea/HLA doesn't do the job after six months or so, the next steps are derma-rolling or PRF injections. You can DIY those, too.
You'll often read that there's nothing you can do about scars or stretch marks other than surgery; that isn't strictly true. The main thing is that treatment can be lengthy, and most people can't afford to see a doctor many dozens of times to deal with it, even if they were willing to do the work themselves. Correction surgery is an established procedure with a reasonably good success rate, so they push that instead.