Stretch marks..

WhisperAnne
WhisperAnne Posts: 453 Member
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What do you think about stretch marks? do you have them? do you cover them up? what does your bf/gf/husband/wife think about them?
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  • SCV34
    SCV34 Posts: 2,048 Member
    I have stretch marks in my lower stomach. That's from starting out so small with my first born(he is 21 now) something had to give way, thus the stretch marks. But, I don't mind them as they are a result of my kids. They have faded over the years so not so noticeable. My hubby doesn't seem to mind them.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I had violent red stretch marks all over my belly and ribcage area when I was going through puberty. It was SO awful.

    By the time I was in high school and college though, they were very very pale like my skin so they have not shown up anymore. I don't mind them at all and can barely see them now. My husband doesn't mind, either.
  • _crafty_
    _crafty_ Posts: 1,682 Member
    Mine are from pregnancy. I have them on the lower part of my belly (below my navel) and around my breasts.

    My BF knows they are there.

    Doesn't slow him down one bit.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Mine are from pregnancy. I have them on my belly, under my navel and around my breasts.

    My BF knows they are there.

    Doesn't slow him down one bit.

    This. He doesn't even notice them, or says he doesn't. LOL
  • TinaBaily
    TinaBaily Posts: 792 Member
    I have them just about everywhere that a body can get them. I gained approximately 30lbs of water weight in a very short amount of time during my first pregnancy, over 25 years ago. They have faded since then and are barely noticeable except when looking for them at the right angle. I have more from being so fat for so long since then, but they now just look like wrinkles around my belly button and at the bottom of my belly. I haven't been this weight for long, so have hopes that the skin will continue to shrink and adjust as my body accepts the new, healthy weight I have achieved so far.

    My husband doesn't mind them, and neither do I. Besides, he has some as well from the past because he put on weight quickly right after his father passed away when he was a young adult. They are no big deal.
  • EditGirl77
    EditGirl77 Posts: 3
    I developed stretch marks while I was going through puberty. I think I grew too fast in a short amount of time. I have them on my upper arms, thighs, stomach, and even on the back of my knees. I don't wear tank tops and shorts because of them but as I get older, I realize they are a part of me.
  • brookeiva90
    brookeiva90 Posts: 13 Member
    I had some before I got pregnant then after my daughter my stomach looks like a road map... some are red some are white... They use to bother me but the older I am getting the less I am bothered by them... My husband honestly has never said anything about them and I doubt he really cares or notices :)
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Had them since I was 17 and pregnant (on my tummy, anyway). I have some on my hips from puberty growth. Those are barely visible after all these years.

    Honestly, I don't even think about them. I wear a bikini in the summer. The only person who ever commented on them was a jerk I dated years ago. No one else who's seen them has ever mentioned them. When I ask my SO, he says he doesn't notice them.
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    I have had 5 pregnancies one of which were twins and at one point in my life was 300lbs, I look like a map of rivers and streams. It is what it is. I don't hide them, I don't do anything do cover them up and I have never once had a complaint about them
  • SomeNights246
    SomeNights246 Posts: 807 Member
    I have them everywhere...

    Stomach, arms, legs, breasts...

    The good news is, they do fade with them. They never completely go away, but they get lighter. Mine have already gotten lighter. I don't bother hiding them. Most people don't even notice. THe people who do (and say something rude about it) aren't worth knowing.
  • Candi_land
    Candi_land Posts: 1,311 Member
    My body is pretty much a road map of stretch marks from being heavy so long and losing and gaining the weight for years. I consider them my battle scars, and while I was very self-conscious over them for a long time I really don't mind them one bit anymore. If any man I'm with has a problem with them that's his issue not mine, but so far none have seemed to care.
  • Desterknee
    Desterknee Posts: 1,056 Member

    Kat Williams Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1:

    Stop worryin about **** that don't matter. Some of y'all done had some babies, now you got some stretch marks. You walkin around the house bitter, blamin the baby, showin the baby your high school picture, talkin bout, "Look what you did to me!"

    f**k that. If your man got a problem with your stretch marks, I suggest you stop ****in with b***h n*ggas, that's what I say.

    I think I speak for all real n*ggas in attendance today when I say we ain't got time to worry bout no **** like stretch marks. We know they either came from one of two things: n***a, either you was big and got small, or you was small and got big. Either way, we f*ckin!
  • tayloryay
    tayloryay Posts: 378 Member
    I have them on my breasts, hips, and thighs. I got curvy really quickly, and at a young age, haha. They're very pale, and I have much more prominent scars elsewhere. My husband doesn't notice or care. He's actually got stretch marks all over his back (like tiger stripes!) from a growth spurt when he was younger. I think they look cool! Our scars are what make us unique. They tell a story.
  • DannehBoyy
    DannehBoyy Posts: 546 Member
    I am a guy but i have them from changing weight a lot as a child. They have pretty much gone now though. I'd just wait if i were you :)...also don't care what people think about them, i got asked once by my p.e teacher coz it looked like someone had been whipping me lol. But i just told him what it was and that was it. No one else ever asked...and i used to be a swimmer!
  • Candi_land
    Candi_land Posts: 1,311 Member

    Kat Williams Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1:

    Stop worryin about **** that don't matter. Some of y'all done had some babies, now you got some stretch marks. You walkin around the house bitter, blamin the baby, showin the baby your high school picture, talkin bout, "Look what you did to me!"

    f**k that. If your man got a problem with your stretch marks, I suggest you stop ****in with b***h n*ggas, that's what I say.

    I think I speak for all real n*ggas in attendance today when I say we ain't got time to worry bout no **** like stretch marks. We know they either came from one of two things: n***a, either you was big and got small, or you was small and got big. Either way, we f*ckin!

    hahaha love him!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Mine are from pregnancy. I have them on the lower part of my belly (below my navel) and around my breasts.

    My BF knows they are there.

    Doesn't slow him down one bit.

    love it!
  • WhisperAnne
    WhisperAnne Posts: 453 Member
    I have them on my lower stomach and I'm very self conscious about them. To the point where I hate for my boyfriend to see them. He is by nature a critical person. He claims to not mind them but I always wonder if he does. Food for thought. Do models and pornographic stars have them?
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Yes I do from two pregnancies. They don't bother me and my husband doesn't care.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I have them.....

    Legs from puberty
    Boobs from puberty and having a baby
    Belly from Baby (he's 19 now)

    They are faded...

    My husband doesn't care and he's younger and the man child isn't his. I don't care about them either and I will wear a bikini on our trip in 30days...and I showed my husband today (and it's a small one trust me barely covers the girly bits) and he almost drooled...hehe

    My sister on the other hand doesn't have one.
  • WhisperAnne
    WhisperAnne Posts: 453 Member
    Mine are white and faded but I can see them very clearly in the light. I'm sure I make to much of a big deal about them. I just want to embrace my flaws.
  • Americannabis
    Americannabis Posts: 46
    I have them and I really don't care at all, especially because they're faded - I started getting them once I was going through puberty, which was also when I started putting on weight. I'm much more concerned with my flabby arms and potentially saggy skin at this point. (And my hair loss, which is much more noticeable than stretch marks, IMO.)
  • RoseGoldDinosaur
    RoseGoldDinosaur Posts: 133 Member
    I have stretch marks on my inner thighs and my boobs from puberty and weight gain/loss. In a dim light you can't see them at all since they've faded to flesh color. In bright light I feel like they're very noticeable, although my fiancé swears they're not noticeable at all and that I'm just being too critical. Keep in mind most people won't be pulling your skin in bright light with their faces 2 inches from it looking for imperfections :wink: Your partner will be supportive and loving about any stretch marks you have now or in the future. If he minds, he's not the right guy for you, but trust me- the good ones love you all the more for the things that make you uniquely you. If you have stretch marks it's because you've lived and you've grown and you've changed!
  • reality_girl
    reality_girl Posts: 165 Member

    Kat Williams Pimp Chronicles Pt. 1:

    Stop worryin about **** that don't matter. Some of y'all done had some babies, now you got some stretch marks. You walkin around the house bitter, blamin the baby, showin the baby your high school picture, talkin bout, "Look what you did to me!"

    f**k that. If your man got a problem with your stretch marks, I suggest you stop ****in with b***h n*ggas, that's what I say.

    I think I speak for all real n*ggas in attendance today when I say we ain't got time to worry bout no **** like stretch marks. We know they either came from one of two things: n***a, either you was big and got small, or you was small and got big. Either way, we f*ckin!

    This.
  • missyont
    missyont Posts: 79
    I have them and they used to bug me but now I could care less. Pretty much everyone I know has them.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Yes i have them, on my hips. No I don't cover them. My husband does not care.
  • jessicaebixby
    jessicaebixby Posts: 7 Member
    I have quite a lot of them but never been pregnant. I've never had any say or point them out to me. I've been overweight my whole life so as for covering them up well, they are under my clothes so....

    I've always been curious as to what works to make them go away besides maybe time.
  • WhisperAnne
    WhisperAnne Posts: 453 Member
    I have quite a lot of them but never been pregnant. I've never had any say or point them out to me. I've been overweight my whole life so as for covering them up well, they are under my clothes so....

    I've always been curious as to what works to make them go away besides maybe time.

    I don't think there is a cure for them. You can use lotions to make them fade but there is no miracle lotion to make them go away.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Had them since I was 17 and pregnant (on my tummy, anyway). I have some on my hips from puberty growth. Those are barely visible after all these years.

    Honestly, I don't even think about them. I wear a bikini in the summer. The only person who ever commented on them was a jerk I dated years ago. No one else who's seen them has ever mentioned them. When I ask my SO, he says he doesn't notice them.

    This pretty much describes my body, too!

    My husband doesn't notice them. And well, if he does, he has the prudence not to say anything. Hasn't slowed him down, either, and I plan on wearing a bikini this summer.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I have them on my lower stomach and I'm very self conscious about them. To the point where I hate for my boyfriend to see them. He is by nature a critical person. He claims to not mind them but I always wonder if he does. Food for thought. Do models and pornographic stars have them?

    Generally speaking, if you are engaging in an activity where your stretch marks are visible to him and said activity carries on without incident, then it's safe to say he really doesn't mind them.
  • My_Own_Worst_Enemy
    My_Own_Worst_Enemy Posts: 218 Member
    No one has them around the mouth? I am disappoint

    *kicks rocks*

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