Poll: Do you have Stretch marks?

I have them on my booty, sides, thighs, and my breasts ( which faded nicely)
The ones on my side came from a growth spurt , I guess. I was NEVER fat. The ones on my thighs, sides and butt probably came from my eating disorder. My weight was going up and down rapidly. Ive been getting even more now on my bottom since I've started working out like crazy. I even see little white ones on my arm. But it's whatever. I used to cry and scream about them. Not going to make them go away. I even think t they're kinda cute now lol
I just massage them with oils, and cocoa butter 2 times a day & drink lots of green tea and water.

i have lost weight a bunch of times and gained it all back because i never did it the healthy way. i have stretch marks all over my abdomen, it is not pretty to look at. Tanning made it better though, it's less obvious now but still present

Losing weight not healthy way has nothing to do with stretch marks, although I agree that for girls exercise and losing weight can reduce them.

Yeah I have a lot on my stomach and arms/shoulders, they've been fading b/c I use coconut oil, Palmers cocoa butter PASTE (looks like Aquaphor), St. Ives Collagen Elastin lotion, and a CLEAN EATING diet/water/exercise.

Once I'm down to my goal weight, I'm getting the lasting scars laser removed, as a reward for myself. (Because female pro wrestlers don't have stretch marks....at least I don't think).

I got them

For sure. I've never been technically overweight a day in my life, but there are times I've been more fit or less fit. Still, I've been active my whole life and got stretch marks just from going through puberty. They've never quite left. They're on my thighs/hip area. But mainly the thighs. I hate 'em, but I don't think anyone else notices them as much as I do. I have a lot of scars, too, and I'm going to buy some cocoa butter lotion soon to help fade both the scars and the stretch marks. I used to use cocoa butter all the time, and I swear my stretch marks showed up less then.

I have a guy friend who is in super good shape-- he rides a motorcycle and has a muscular body but is skinny, you know the type-- and he told me the other day that he has stretch marks too, just from growing several inches in one year. I think it's normal to have stretch marks. They suck, but all kinds of people have them, and if you remember that, it's not so bad. All the advertisements and cover photos of models/celebs we see are so touched up with photoshop that we start to think our skin should all be flawless, too. But sometimes I google celebrities' paparazzi pictures just to see which ones have cellulite, stretch marks, acne, etc., and it's pretty much ALL OF THEM!

Yup I do from gaining a 2 stone over 2 years. I had a few on my thighs from getting taller as a teenager. My ex had some on his arms from lifting weights and my current bf has a couple on his hips. Almost every man I know has some horizontal stretch marks on their backs I assume from growing taller when they were young. I havent met anyone who did weight training who DIDNT have any :P

* People in mags are photoshopped obviously but a lot of celebs may wear body foundation (no seriously its real) MAC make a body foundation just like the stuff for your face which is used very very often on photoshoots/in films.

Because I've yo-yo'd weight so much, I have them on my legs - and hips.

I have a ton of stretch marks but mine are super light in color and skinny.

I went through a huge weight gain when i hit puberty due to PCOS.

I literally gained 100lbs.

After that, my body was never the same.
I use lotion to keep them light and from getting worse over time.

I honestly dont mind them as much because they arnt dark in color. If they were darker in color i may feel more self conscious.

"They come about when your body grows faster than your skin can compensate." I agree with this. My son has stretch marks on his feet because they grew (and are still growing) too fast for his skin to compensate. I have stretch marks due to pregnancy. Try Mederma® Stretch Marks Therapy. Lots of success stories on the website for the product. Somewhat expensive though, but I guess you get what you pay for... Worth a try before considering surgery. Good luck.

Yes, I have them on my breasts and hips, two places that developed rather quickly during puberty.. In fourth grade.
I hate them, so freakin' much. I hate wearing a bikini because of them, but thankfully, they've faded some.

yea but only from pregnancy 3 times

same here.

I got them when I just gained and lost weight a couple times and got more when I had my kid. They never go away!

i have stretch marks. tummy and arms and yes i hate em, think they are so forking ugly.

I started getting stretch marks at the age of 12. I have 5'6" in the 5th grade, and chubby, but it got worse through my pre-teens. I started crazy dieting/fads/pills causing insane losses/gains, and today at the age of 19 you'll see silvery colored stretch marks on my inner thighs, my hips, a few on my breasts, inner arms and a couple on my lower back. I'm not ashamed of them though. They're hardly noticeable, and just sort of a reminder that I don't want to go back to my weird dieting phase. I need to continue what I have going on now, because I've never been this thin, fit, or healthy.