Cocoa Butter for Prevention of Stretch Marks

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study will check to see if using cocoa butter lotion on the belly, breasts and thighs will help reduce the appearance of stretch marks in pregnancy. Women entering the study will either receive a lotion containing cocoa butter with vitamin E or a lotion containing only vitamin E. After delivery, the study investigators will evaluate whether the women who used cocoa butter lotion were less likely to develop stretch marks.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
• Collaborator: Wellcome Trust

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primigravid women in first trimester of pregnancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hypersensitivity of cocoa butter