Oh great... a stretch mark.

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  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    I think most people have them. They're stigmatized, so there's this giant perception that you only get them if you're fat, but the reality is that the majority of people (especially women) get them. You just don't see them in media because of airbrushing.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've got them on my stomach, boobs, inner/outer thighs and on the back of my frickan knees, and not just a single one. I got mine through pregnancy with my first kid 25 years ago. I was 20 when she was born, and from that day onward i have never been able to wear a bikini or a top that shows even a tiny bit of cleavage.

    They are the bane of my existence, i hate them more than words can say. My only advice is to do everything you can so you don't get any more.
  • ShrinkingViolet1982
    ShrinkingViolet1982 Posts: 919 Member
    ^^ Ha, that's what I was thinking. "One??"
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    ButterballBookworm wrote: »
    ^^ Ha, that's what I was thinking. "One??"

    I was going to say she should be grateful that she only has A stretch mark..
  • Iheartrunning36
    Iheartrunning36 Posts: 73 Member
    Your body is amazing it is a celebration mark! Most everyone has them
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Oh man. I have a lot of stretch marks, and I don't really care. I have a funny, dimply tummy, too as my fat seems to be disappearing in asymmetrical chunks. But you know what? A year ago I weighed 256lbs and was miserable. Today I'm 166 and a mere 16lbs from my goal weight. I choose an assymetrical belly ANY day.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited July 2017
    While as I said earlier, mine don't bother me, if yours do you there is quality coverage makeup like Dermablend on the market these days allegedly formulated specifically for.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGTk0hF6QJ0

    That way nobody has to go his/her whole life avoiding specific clothing if theirs really bother them. :)

    I only know about Dermablend because I have a tattoo I routinely cover when I want to wear sleeveless clothing myself these days. Works slick. At least until I can get the ancient unwanted ink lasered into oblivion, anyways.
  • LAMCDylan
    LAMCDylan Posts: 1,218 Member
    princeofmind wrote: »
    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

    And what would stretch marks have to do with any of this?
  • princeofmind
    princeofmind Posts: 95 Member
    LAMCDylan wrote: »
    princeofmind wrote: »
    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

    And what would stretch marks have to do with any of this?

    It doesn't.
    It has nothing at all to do with my reasons that I started losing weight which is why I did not appreciate you questioning my reasons to lose weight just because I did not like seeing stretch marks. I have not stopped my diet because of them nor would I let them. I do not see how the two are related.
  • raeleigh26
    raeleigh26 Posts: 15 Member
    I've had three kids and my stomach is a stretch mark map lol everyone gets stretch marks.
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