Oh great... a stretch mark.

princeofmind

Just noticed stretch marks at the top of my arms.
Can't say i'm in a very good mood now.
At least when I was fat I couldn't see it.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Most people have stretch marks. They are totally "normal".

amusedmonkey

You'll get used to them with time. More people have them than not.

KayHBE

I see them kind of like a war wound, I am proud of them, I earned a lot of them from having my children!! Got a few more from losing some pounds.

czmiles926

Everyone has them, I'm borderline underweight (and always have been) and I still have stretch marks.

HeidiCooksSupper

I started getting them at puberty. Some folks get them more readily than others. Mine fade a good deal over time.

ayuri17

I have tons of them on my thighs, hips, knees. I am 108 lb. Yeah I know it sucks, but you are not alone

grinning_chick

I had stretch marks, all over, before I ever was fat. Breasts, upper thighs (inner and outer) and buttocks, sacrum/sacral area, upper arms.

All from puberty. And then some new ones on top of old silvered out (depigmented) ones when my weight ballooned in late 2006-2007 and again in early 2012.

Have never bugged me for more than a second of "Darn! New ones!". Have never had a single person mention them to me.

Then again, cellulite doesn't phase me. Not sure what the big deal is about either, to be honest.

OnthatStuff

Stretch marks can also be a sign of some serious (muscle) gainz! For those who lift, many will get them where their pecs and deltoids meet.

Old_Cat_Lady

There is a lotion that will gradually give you a tan. I think its called Jergens. A little bit of color will go a long way into hiding them. I use on legs.

TanJacked

I have stretch marks on my chest and arms from muscle gains and on my sides from fat gains. Girls still like me though. Don't sweat it.

spiffychick85

Hmm...yeah I have them on the side of my hips and a few around my bellybutton....oh well. I still think I look pretty good and I'm sure you do too, don't let it get you down

Alatariel75

I have lots, some from getting fat, some from an anaphalactic reaction where I blew up like a balloon literally overnight. Instant, massive, livid red stretchmarks, but they've faded away now.

LAMCDylan

If you are worried about stretch marks you are doing this for the wrong reasons.

kristikitter

Bio Oil!!

Or, nothing. They don't matter. People get them just from growing in height Every person on the planet probably has at least one.

princeofmind

LAMCDylan wrote: »

If you are worried about stretch marks you are doing this for the wrong reasons.

I disagree. What would you call the right reasons?
The reason I started losing weight was I had 1 pair of trousers left that I could fit into and and worn holes in the thighs of half my other trousers. I hardly think losing weight because you no longer fit into nearly all of your clothes is the wrong reason to lose weight.
Also you make it sound like it is unreasonable to be upset at finding a scar on your body. Several actually spanning over an inch on both arms. I think its a normal reaction to have a bit of shock after seeing them. Especially when its in an area that you used to be proud of.
So I cannot agree with your blanket statement at all.

But everyone else thanks for the reassuring comments. Glad im not alone and hopefully it wont take me too long to get used to them and use them as a reminder to keep my weight in check haha

choppie70

My 10 year old daughter who is/has always been near the 9th percentile for weight all her life on the scale at the Dr. office has stretch marks on her legs.

My stretch marks and scars tell my story... I am proud of what I made it through and where I am now.

GottaBurnEmAll

I've had them since puberty, and know very few people who don't have them.

loneda

My 11 year old daughter is skinny as a stick and has them on her thighs. I assume this is due to a huge growth spurt she just came out of.

jennifer_417

Most of us have them.

Luna3386

They are normal. Don't let anyone make you feel otherwise.

The same goes for cellulite, veins, wrinkles, grey hair, etc.

laurenebargar

I have them on my hips/love handles, they arent a big deal to me anymore, especially as I've lost weight im happier with the changes ive made to my body and when I look in the mirror its not the first thing I see anymore. Since you just noticed it you may think it looks worse than it does. After time you wont notice it as much, almost everyone has stretch marks.

stephanne13

I have them on my boobs, and guess what... I barely even have boobs!
Totally normal.

SafioraLinnea

I got several of them on my hips, waist and breasts when puberty hit. Obesity made them worse and increased the number and locations to include my thighs, arms, abdomen, and butt. Pregnancy while obese made it even worse.

All that to say that I accept my genetics are terrible when it comes to elasticity and I will carry the evidence of my life on my skin. Stretch marks fade and sometimes shrink down a bit. They won't disappear but they do become less obvious over time. I've noticed a substantial reduction in the colour of them over the last 8 months.

Lhen1989

I agree with every one. I have stretch marks, too. I used to really hate them, then I accepted the fact that there's nothing we could do. They're there to stay. lol You'll be fine just like everybody else. Smile!

slaite1

stephanne13 wrote: »

I have them on my boobs, and guess what... I barely even have boobs!
Totally normal.

Same

alondrakayy

I have them mainly on my belly from pregnancy. It helps knowing there is literally nothing you can do to remove them! and that everyone else pretty much has them as well.

icemom011

Hey, OP. Wear it proudly for now, and they will fade with time. I just checked my old ones, forgot i even had them. If i stretch my skin, i can see them still. But there were times when they were angry red, and many many of them (first, puberty, weight gain, later kids). I hated them then, but nothing much could be done, so i learned to live with them and ignore. They're ok, and most people have them.

RaeBeeBaby

It's a rite of passage. Oooh, a stretch mark. Oooh, a gray hair (2, 3, 20). Ooooh, gravity. Life happens and your body changes with it.

I've had stretch marks since I was a teenager and I also was not overweight then. My husband has them in the small of his back, probably from a growth spurt when he was a kid. They almost always fade over time. Definitely not something to put anyone in a bad mood!

Brizey93

I miss the days I could be upset over one stretch mark.

MostlyWater

When I took 12 classes a week, including 2 spin classes, I lost so much fat in my thighs that I got them. They fade. I thought it was exciting!