Fashion and Beauty

I am in my 5th month of pregnancy and now my belly's started flaring up. Also, my skin feels dry and itchy. I am scared of developing stretch marks on my belly. People say once the stretchmarks come, they don't go off. On a friend's suggestion, I started using parachute advansed body lotion with coconut extracts. She said it has all the goodness of coconut which is a wonderful moisturizing agent. Can anybody tell me if its a good idea to use it? Has anybody got other suggestions? Please help.

Yes, it is really hard to reverse stretch marks once they appear. I think coconut oil in general would be great because it's very moisturizing. Your skin needs extra moisture because it is stretching so quickly, and it is not used to it. Shea butter and cocoa butter have also been helpful as well in reducing stretch marks. Also, you can try olive oil. I would not go too crazy just use what you have readily available. Unfortunately though, in some cases regardless of what you do, stretch marks still appear. Hopefully though, it won't happen to you!