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Stretch marks?

Posts: 7 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone have an explanation as to why I continue to gain stretch marks on my stomach when I am neither gaining nor losing weight rapidly? I eat under my calories nearly every day and I’m slowly losing weight, I haven’t had any massive spikes in weight in the past few months. So I’m just not sure why my stretch marks are consistently getting even worse

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  • Posts: 572 Member
    Are your pants too tight?
  • Posts: 2,287 Member
    How old are you?
  • Posts: 7 Member
    Maxematics wrote: »
    How old are you?

    I’m 19
  • Posts: 5,208 Member
    Yes, growth spurts can cause them.
    Sometimes stretch marks become more visible when you lose weight.
    Occasionally they're from steroid medications, or Cushing's disease. But you'd have other symptoms too.
  • Posts: 7 Member
    Are your pants too tight?

    No? Why would they be?
  • Posts: 7 Member
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    Yes, growth spurts can cause them.
    Sometimes stretch marks become more visible when you lose weight.
    Occasionally they're from steroid medications, or Cushing's disease. But you'd have other symptoms too.

    I definitely haven’t had a growth spurt but thank you, they’re probably just becoming more visible because of the weight I’m losing even if slowly
  • Posts: 587 Member
    I got stretch marks on my hips at around 17 - 18. I'm 31 now and they've long since faded :) Some body oils and creams can help them fade faster I believe.
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