No clear-cut conclusions have been reached on whether creams, lotions and the other assorted potions for stretch marks really help. Some scorn them, others swear by them. It is quite possible that those who actually benefit would have eventually healed anyway. The damage that causes stretch marks happens at a level of skin that no cream or lotion can hope to penetrate to.

Without a doubt, creams that claim to entirely eliminate unsightly stretch marks should be given wide berth. The impact that such a compound would have on the medical world and the world of commercial cosmetics would be comparable with the discovery of a vaccine for AIDS. It has not happened, and there are no reasonable prospects of it EVER happening.

The minimization of stretch marks, whatever their genesis, is another matter. Almost any cream or lotion that replenishes the skin