Opinion on Stretch Marks

I have them, but not from having a kid. Theyre all around my mid section and under my arms... They have faded a little but theyre still there... oh well!

Okay so I have to ask the ladies their opinion now on this, me i dont mind the strech marks on my wife i agree with the post about the tiger and earning stripes


what about stretch marks on guys? not sure if they fade or are gone when i iwll lose my weight but now i am curious

To be honest, I think most people don't care about stretch marks on another person, just as long as that person has a relatively rockin' body.

At my current age of 24, I have a TON of stretch marks all over my body - and they weren't a result of pregnancy, but rather simply put, weight gain. I suffered from depression from age 13-17, and consequently went from 120 lbs to 160 lbs at the height of 5'1".
Lots of weight gain at a short height = me getting stretch marks on my upper arms near my armpits, pretty much all of my inner thighs, top part of my breasts, and even a couple on my upper calves near where the knees bend. It looked like a psycho cat scratched me all over.

I finally got out of my depressed stage (I swear, the hormones played a huge part), I finally was able to VERY slowly drop the weight starting from age 18. Took me 6 years to finally get down to my current weight of 136 lbs. All my stretch marks are no longer angry red, but silvery and white - almost invisible unless the light hits them at an angle. I'm not skinny by any means, but my curves are showing in a healthy way.
I was incredibly conscious of my stretch marks, but after going out on several dates with very good-looking, kind, smart boys who saw the tops of my breasts with the striped silver-white stretch marks, I realized, the only people who care so much about stretch marks are ourselves and the few handful of dumdums who are obsessed with human Barbie dolls.

Personally, I don't care about stretch marks. I've seen tons of good-looking muscular and ripped guys with stretch marks on their thighs and upper arms like me.

Although, I do have to say, red stretchmarks are kind of scary. But, just give them a few months and they'll pretty much fade away anyway.

Okay so I have to ask the ladies their opinion now on this, me i don't mind the stretch marks on my wife i agree with the post about the tiger and earning stripes


what about stretch marks on guys? not sure if they fade or are gone when i will lose my weight but now i am curious

my husband has some on his arms and hips, the ones on his arms are faded to silver already but his hips are fresh, doesn't bother me at all. I guess you could say I'm bias though

I actually love mine! but they're thin and light... I think stretch marks are kinda sexy as long as the body with them is still nice and firm on females anyways.
On men, i don't think they're ugly or gross or anything I just don't think they're specifically attractive.

I have stretch marks on my thighs really bad. I have noticed though if i see another woman with stretch marks i don't think twice about it but on me i think it's the most horrible thing in the world.

If you want to get rid of them as best you can i have heard good things about mederma stretch mark creme. I bought some but i didn't continue to use it because it's $40 dollars a bottle and i don't have extra money at the moment. I have also heard lotions with vitamin e can help.

im the fat one and have them.. yet my trim, in shape sexxy hubby has them on his arms. When he hit puberty, he went from being about 5'8" tall to 6'4" tall and from about 150 to 240 in about 2.5 months... if that wont give you stretch marks, nothing will!!

It isnt always about being fat! its about where you been , what you did and who you are. Think of it as a road map.. without them, you would be lost!

besides.. stretch marks are sensitive.. and that can be a huge turn on.. on the lower belly

I have a very nasty, judgmental side to me but I would never look at someone and judge if they have stretch marks. It is one of those things that everyone has but we isolate ourselves in thinking that it is only us and ours are the worst. In HQ photos you can even see them on the VS girls when they walk down the runway. I was complaining about mine to my boyfriend once and he was legitimately confused because he didn't know what I was talking about. I explained it to him and he was like, "Oh, I have those too, is that another thing girls worry about?" And here I thought they were this disgusting thing that made me unattractive and he didn't even know wtf I was talking about.

Story time: Last weekend I was on the beach with my friend who is a size zero and a model (literally), anywho she asked what was on my thigh and I told her it was a stretch mark. She went, "Ugh, I hate those. I have them all on my hips."

Moral of the story: Even supermodels have stretch marks, so we should stop freaking out about it.

The End.

lol.. i used to be that model size. if she had to ask what was on your hip, she sure as heck didnt have any. She was saying that to make you feel better. Just honest here..

and if you were at the beach.. you would have seen them on her.

Story time: Last weekend I was on the beach with my friend who is a size zero and a model (literally), anywho she asked what was on my thigh and I told her it was a stretch mark. She went, "Ugh, I hate those. I have them all on my hips."

Moral of the story: Even supermodels have stretch marks, so we should stop freaking out about it.

The End.

lol.. i used to be that model size. if she had to ask what was on your hip, she sure as heck didnt have any. She was saying that to make you feel better. Just honest here..

and if you were at the beach.. you would have seen them on her.

Mine look weird though because my skin is so pale and I did see them, so she did.

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i cant say for her.. but ive been there.. so i can honestly say that i have said that to people.. back when i was the itty bitty one. lol..
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Well, stretch marks isn't just from being fat. It's can also be from going through puberty.

I've earned every single one of them....doesn't mean I like them, but we've made friends

I hate mine, between kids and too many years of being so huge the ones on my belly are very wide. Worse luck is they look more noticeable as I lose weight. At least they compete with my sagging boobs, skin, cellulite and varicose veins for most unattractive part of my body LOL

I have them on my belly and arms.. the belly ones I don't mind as they are going silvery now, but always hated my upper arm ones! I just use them as a motivation to lose weight now!

I've earned every single one of them....doesn't mean I like them, but we've made friends

I love this, and I feel the same way.. I wouldn't give up a single one they are just reminders of the 3 of the best days of my life...