Do you have stretchmarks too?

They make creams to help stretch marks, like Palmer's Cocoa Butter. I have them too, and I hate them, but EVERY woman has had them or will have them at some point. You're not alone. You are beautiful, and those are just battle scars from being a mommy!

Honey, your body is not ruined. Your a tiger who earned her stripes. I hate mine, but I embrace them. My bf loves me and thinks my body is rocking so I'm not going to dwell on something that you can't really change. You can use the cocoa butters and it will firm them up a bit and minimize the appearance, but probably never go away. Your beautiful and a mommy, LOVE YOURSELF!!!

Don't worry about them. Most women have stretch marks.
Think of how the average man or woman on the street appears. From your avatar picture you are naturally blessed with great looks!

The stretch marks will fade over a year or so and be less noticeable. They disappear faster if you lose weight in those areas, as well. If they are still red you can have lasers remove them over several treatments, though it is expensive.

Consider yourself lucky for only having stretch marks during pregnancy.
I have never had kids and have them on my breasts,inner thighs, hips, stomach, and arms. It runs on one side of my family, and it started when I was eleven years old, and not even heavy. You are very fortunate.

I hear that Vitamin E cream works great on them. Some of that on there daily will really help.

I'm 5'2" with a short torso to boot and had two kids via c-section. My first was 10 lbs even and I didn't have any prego stretchmarks until about 8 months...then BAM in a not good way. I was induced 11 days past due and yeah, I've got stretch marks from a couple inches above my belly button to half way down the inside of my thighs. The stretchmark/c-section combo has left me with some body issues that I'll always have no matter how low my body fat percentage is. I guess it's just life. You're not alone though!

Yes I do. They are everywhere, I mean everywhere! Even in my shoulders! Have you ever heard of such a thing?! I have had them since I was in grade school because I was always a big child. I know how you feel though. I always get so discouraged that I will never be able to wear a bikini or those cute tops that show off your stomach, I don't even lie to wear tops without sleeves because of the ones on my shoulders and arms. I have noticed them fading a little since I've lost weight and I try to keep my skin moisturizer but overall I've just come to accept them and I realized having stretch marks is much better than being obese.

I have some on my inner thighs, around my hips, and boobs. I actually dont care about scars as long as they are flat. Whoever I am with will find me attractive or I wouldnt be with them.

you shoudl be proud of your stretch marks!!! They are our battle scars that prove that women are amazing and that you made a life inside you!!!!!

Sorry but I have a feel beef with how women perceive themselves! we should be proud of our changing bodies!! It's amazing, a real miracle to have a baby inside you and we should show our daughters that this is part of womanhood and something to be very very proud of. I know women who WISH they could have children stretch marks and all so we should celebrate them not shy away from them and hate them...

and if your partner doesn't love you and your body for creating a beautiful child then he doesn't deserve you or his child....


I love this video, makes you appreciate things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfOBGQpG9fA



sorry for the rant but this is something that really gets me....

We all have them. Mine are on my butt...

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Most men don't care about stretch marks anyway...

I am literally covered in them from a disease called Cushings caused by a medication I had to take. By covered I mean severe ones on my stomach, legs (from the very top down to my mid calves), arms, hips, breasts (though, that's due to having a large chest) my underarms and my back. It is extremely depressing but there are treatments you can get for them, surgical, laser, dermabrasion and fading creams. Most people, especially women, have some stretchmarks.

I have them on my hips and breasts from growing too fast as a young whippersnapper. And now that I'm losing weight, the ones on my breasts are getting loose and look terrible.

I think you'd be better off counting those who do NOT have stretchmarks! It's done faster ;-)
I have lots of them on belly, arms, breasts, thighs...
Even my son has some on his thighs (actually under his butt). He's 21 and has never ever been overweight. He's in perfect shape, fit, plays badminton regularly and still has them.
So please don't you complain about stretch marks because of pregnancy! At least you have a reason/excuse to have them!

I don't care about mine. Sure my belly would look nicer without them, but I can't change it anyway, better to accept it the way it is and be happy to have children and live!

i have them too.. alot on the butt and thighs, some on the waist and some on the boobs... i m 24, unmarried, un-mommyfied. and i havent been TOOO FAT (touch-wood) to gain them but i have had them since i can remember. i have no idea how i gained them. i was at my biggest just when i started using MFP 140lb. i suffer from the same embarrassment as you do and just cant get over the ugliness of these scars or embrace them as mine...

If your boyfriend does not like the way you look naked because of the stretchmarks you got while carrying his child then he has a LOT of growing up to do and seriously, he's in for a shock as the majority of us have them.

I get where you're coming from, I hate mine too but they're there to stay, they will fade over time but some of mine are an inch wide, I'll never be able to wear a bikini again. My boyfriend (incidentally not the father of my children but an actual grown up unlike yours is being) really doesn't care, he loves me for me and all my imperfections.

The 'adult film' industry has a lot to answer for in a lot of impressionable young men thinking all women should be flawless but as they mature they realise that generally speaking real women don't look like that and what's more, they don't care. In the words of my BF 'wahay, she's naked, she doesn't find me repulsive with my clothes off, she's in my bed and she's mine!'.

Dry brush before a shower in the morning and Palmers before bed. It makes quite a difference (for me anyway)