Stretch Marks....... Eek!

Fragilebird24
Fragilebird24 Posts: 202 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I just saw a picture on Facebook of three of my good friends, all wearing adorable bikinis. I, myself, am no where near bikini ready. However, I am currently working towards a large goal. In December, I'm going to Walt Disney World for my very first time with my best friend (she was one of the three in an adorable bikini) and I am fighting to lose 50 pounds by then, putting me at a decent 150 pounds, for my body type at least. Although I have been overweight since the age of seven, there was a time in 2011 where I got down to 140 pounds, had a flat stomach and was beginning to see nice muscle tone after working out everyday and I was proud to be able to wear a bikini (even though I was still terribly insecure, but that's a whole other story.) It's been two years since then and a whopping 70 pound gain. At first when I saw the picture of my friends I thought "Hey look, El is wearing a bikini for the very first time. Good for her!" And then I thought "Hey! Maybe I'll be fit enough to wear a bikini by the time I go to Disney!" But then I sadly remembered, I now have terrible, ugly, unappealing, and horrendous stretch marks. They are right by my love handles on to my lower back, and they are bad. So, my fellow MFPers, how did you manage your stretch marks? Did they fade away? Did you use some sort of cocoa butter magic cream to make them disappear? Or, did you just say, "Hey, I lost the weight, I DESERVE to wear this bikini, stretch marks or not."?

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  • Uselessly_Irrelevant
    Uselessly_Irrelevant Posts: 58 Member
    I think just about everybody has stretch marks - good news, they fade A LOT in time :D I have those bright-red/purple ones on my stomach still, the ones on my love handles are white and the ones on my thighs and boobs (from about 10 years ago) are hardly even visible. I don't think those creams work - if they did, everybody would be using them. Getting a little sun or a slight tan does make them less noticeable though.

    I say whenever you are comfortable wearing a bikini, stretch marks or no, that is when you should wear one. In my case, I find that feigning a little confidence for a little while resulted in me actually being confident.

    Don't stress about your scars! Everybody has some scars, and they all tell interesting stories.
  • jkestens63
    jkestens63 Posts: 1,164 Member
    I have terrible scars on my legs from infections that took 3 years to cure. I have the double whammy of stretch marks and saggy skin from being so obese. But honestly, I don't care. As long as my hubby loves my old saggy scarred bod, then life is good. My furry kids don't care, my family is thrilled that I am strong and healthy. If anyone else doesn't like what they see, screw them. I go to water aerobics 2 times a week and get the occassional stares and comments but those people are not important. I wear all of my imperfections with pride because they represent what I accomplshed.

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