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I have some nasty dark leg scars from a fall. A friend who is a PT says rub in cocoa butter and Vitamin e. He says it will take awhile but it works!

Thanks! My stomach looks like a lightening storm!

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I wouldn't worry about it at all. If you have at least 75 lbs to lose, by the time you hit your goal weight the excess skin on your abdomen will be remarkable.......which is a really good thing. In the hands of an excellent plastic surgeon, all of that excess skin and the war wounds mapped out on it will be pulled down and cut off.

I had stretch marks that reached 2 inches above my belly button and my plastic surgeon cut all of them off. I could not believe it. As much as we wish to avoid loose skin, the abdominal area is really where you want to have it if you plan on doing plastics at all.

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I feel like I'm not too stretched out where I can't tighten my stomach. And my arms worries me when it comes to loose skin.

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Bio oil is good too

It's important to exfoliate first & regularly.

I have so many scars now, I told my adult daughters they can now call me Scaaarrrrr (in my best pirate impersonation). They were not amused.

But hey, I was pretty amused at myself & my newish lightheartedness about all my imperfections.

I used to think I had to be as perfect as possible. All that did was dump upon myself, unnecessary stress.

Re-framing my mind to accept and love myself as is has been pivotal to my growth as a human being.

I still want to have PS- so I can be the best me possible, without the saggy skin. I know, it sounds contradictory. It's not. I just want to enjoy living again without spanks & such- too many layers, too long to get ready, & hiking myself back up into the garments throughout the day, especially in summer

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My uncle swears by coconut oil. It made his knee surgery scars nearly disappear even years after his surgery. I'm a good "healer", so my scars just faded on their own.

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My uncle swears by coconut oil. It made his knee surgery scars nearly disappear even years after his surgery. I'm a good "healer", so my scars just faded on their own.

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These are mine when I hit the cement last summer. Coconut oil would fade these???

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Yowza! Who knows. But it's cheap and certainly won't hurt.

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