Comments on: Stretch Marks Are My Biggest Regret

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:30:03 +0000

Red/purple large stretch marks are a sign of a serious disease that can make you gain weight. It is called Cushings disease. It occurs if you take steroids or you have a tumor that makes too much steroid. If you have stretchmarks like that and aren’t taking steroids, you need to see a doctor. You have a medical problem

By: skinnyjim

skinnyjim — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:17:01 +0000

When I was a young teenager I was a bit plump then I broke my leg and arm back to back and I went though I growth spurt at the same time. Also I was depressed and nobody cared about my overeating, anyway… I got real bad stetch marks everywhere you have them and maybe even more places than you. Do you have them on your pelvis like under the underwear elastic. How about your calves, armpits, thighs, upper butt, ribcage? I do. My worse ones are under my arm pit, and the leg equavilent (legpit). Good news though, I lost 80 pounds and over the years the marks turned white (less noticable. My confidence is still horrible though with hot girls. You see with my clothes on I look like I’m in great shape. Sometimes they give me signals yet naked under the unforgiving light those emotional battle scars show what I once was and I’m afraid their a big turn off even white. I could on the other hand if it became a real problem get a spray tan which would make them almost invisuable. My point it don’t regret anything that made you what you are because confidence more than anything else is attractive, shit I’ve kept it a secret for years now.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:11:12 +0000

It’s all good!

By: rng

rng — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:03:19 +0000

Jenny they will blend in with your skin a little, I have strecth makrs on my chest arms shoulders since I can remb and I don’t notice them in mirror much inless I look closely and i’m still young so just think when you get into your later years.

To be honest though I would rather a girl have some strecth marks because it would make it more comfrontable for both the guy n girl, even though it shouldn’t matter at all if you have them or not, if I didn’t have strecth marks I wouldn’t care one bit if my girl had them what so ever.

By: david

david — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:57:48 +0000

hey israel my name is dave. im a 22 year old man and ive got terrible strech marks. i feel that they are wayyyyy worse than yours. i used to be around 160 pounds and now im up to 220 and the stretch marks have taken over. they have completely ruined my tattoo on my lower stomach. at first it was just my love handles but now its taken over the front of my stomach and now its getting to my arms. i am embarassed to take my shirt off it is so bad. i just wanted to say i feel your pain.

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:14:49 +0000

guys, i’ve read all ur posts and i noticed that u said that when they fade into white they are not that noticeable, well, not for me.
i am 17 going on 18 ang i am about 30 kilos overweight.i have stretch marks ALL OVER MY BODY, but what bothers me the most is my arms, they look literally hudious. i have long white stretch marks all over them, the upper and under, until the elbow. and they are white, yet so noticable, i swear i haven’t shown my arms to any person for years now even ma mom. i get so embarresed by them and constantly cover them, so they don’t get ANY sunlight.
it makes me feel awful whenever i take a glance on them, i have other over weight friends even more than me but they don’t have my stretch marks.
and i keep thinking if they disgust me that much, what about my partner??
i am a young girl and i am wasting all my good years. i just want to be a normal person.
iam recently starting my new diet but every time i remember they are not going away i hate myself. i wanna know if turning white is the last stage of stretch marks or what, cuz in my case they are white but looks awful.

By: caksut

caksut — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:17:30 +0000

stretch marks also can cause discomfort as well. They also make most people feel low confidence about their appearance

By: kel

kel — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:17:53 +0000

hi guys been quite comforting listening to your storys about stretch marks am a mum of 3 and have them everywhere i feel so self concious and low about them it started on my stomach which could sort of handle cause i knew it was because of child birth but then they appeared on my arms legs back in side thighs you name it they make me feel so low i never wear clothes which u could notice them even stopped going on holiday due to them they have totally ruined my life i feel am trapped in someone elses body i wish i could accept them but i cant some times i wish i wasnt here anymore if it wasnt for my kids and partner i seriously dont think i would be thanks for listening

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:29:56 +0000

Mine were really bad. I had them all dark across my sides. When I first saw them I was devastated…disgusted.

Now they have lightened up, but they are still there. I’m not worrying about them any more since what is done is done. I am focusing on what I can control, not what I cant. That’s how I’, tackling my stretch mark situation. Use that depression as fuel brother!

By: Depressed Guy

Depressed Guy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:04:36 +0000

Yours aren’t so bad. Mine are literally 10 times worse. Like you, I was in great shape throughout my youth until I got into bad habits in early college. I gained a lot of weight and the stretch marks started coming in droves. This started a spiral of deep depression that I never got out of. I would lose some weight, see some new stretch marks, eventually let up after losing 20-30 lbs., and gain it all back gradually. I never really gained weight in huge spurts, so I figured my skin would be fine because it wasn’t being taxed too hard. I was wrong! Now as I sit here in the latter half of 2009, my stretch marks cover my armpits, my abdomen (some measure 13+ inches like a striped tiger), my back and my lower groin. They are truly hideous. I look like I’ve had multiple children. I wouldn’t even DREAM of pursuing a lady friend because of how mortified I am of my ruined body. And in fact, I haven’t. I haven’t dated anyone in 5+ years. I’ve almost given up. I look for inspiration everywhere, and I get excited and want to change, but I find it is all very fleeting.

Wow, this has been a serious WALL of text, but I had to get it off my chest.

Keep up the good work, you are getting there!

By: bodybuilding supplement reviews

bodybuilding supplement reviews — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:36:49 +0000

man ya stretch marks suck, i heard vitamin e and coconut oil help, i generally use them when i’m gaining weight

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:02:18 +0000

I’ve started looking closely at my latest pics and they are not as apparent.

By: spray tan dundee-sam

spray tan dundee-sam — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:35:58 +0000

Hi Israel
I had to look seriously close to find the stretch marks they are not at all obvious. I think that getting a tan helps – I have some post pregnancy and they are not so obvious when you’ve either been in the sun or had some fake tan applied or sprayed on. I’ve also heard that solar oil from CND, although essentailly a nail product, can help a little. sam x

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:30:22 +0000

I said it before and I’ll say it again…stretchmarks are my warrior scars! They make me remember…

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:18:38 +0000

Stretch marks are just natural. If people think they’re gross then they pretty much think the processes of nature are gross and that’s just dumb. I started getting them in 9th grade when I started to get taller. I have them on my back, on my butt and thighs and even on my knees. I used to be so deppressed about them and i wouldn’t dare show my legs because of them but i eventually realized that i was letting them get to me and get in the way of my life and i refused to let them get in the way of anything anymore. people shouldn’t take themselves too seriously. just live your life.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:57:38 +0000

Sal, you sound like you got it right. I don’t care about my Stretchmarks anymore. They are battle scars in my mind!

By: sal

sal — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:15:03 +0000

Hey everyone,

back in HS, i was very depressed and i used to eat out with my GF all the time, and i gained alot of weight

the next summer, i lost nearly 30-40 lbs and i started getting stretch marks all over my chests, biceps, sides of my abdomen..

ive been repulsed by them for years, they have faded now to a white color, i have dark brown skin

i’ve tried looking for all sorts of cures and remedies and seen many dermatologists

but they all said getting rid of stretch marks is futile. (sorry to break anyones hopes)

this too got me depressed and after a while i lost all sefl confidence and everything and now

now i realized that ONCE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL BODY, WORK OUT, USE LOTS OF MOISTERIZER AND CARRY YOUR SELF WELL,

the stretch marks are not there, who cares if you have them all over your body, make sure ur body looks like something from a GQ magazine or like bradd pitt from fight club

just moisterize and hydrate yourself, if you have a sexy body, will stretch marks take it away??

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:28:06 +0000

Hehe. Nice. I am not there yet, but I know I won’t care as much once I reduce the fat.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:22:54 +0000

I did the same thing, put on a lot of weight when i was 17-18 got the marks to prove it, lost it all, toned up the stomach, they’re still there but very light, plus ive got body hair coverin them up a bit, so its not all bad.

I was worried at first that girls would be repulsed by the sight, but they never properly notice, so its all good.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:39:49 +0000

Hmmm, sounds expensive. lol.

By: TLL

TLL — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:20:48 +0000

Hi Israel I think there’s a cosmetic procedure for that. In our area we have a beauty clinic that treats stretch marks. You can have the stretch marks zapped with the help of laser. The treatment usually lasts for 5-8 minutes and is pain-free.

By: six pack abs

six pack abs — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:14:11 +0000

Stretch marks should be treated as medals. These marks are evident that you have gained and thus your workout was a success.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:53:16 +0000

That’s unfortunate. My stretchmarks are now fade and white so they don’t show as much as they did before.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:17:52 +0000

Hi Israel,

I see that your original post about stretch marks was made back in 2007. How are your stretch marks now after the weightloss? Did they get worse/better?

I gained alot of weight (after losing it) in the past 7 months and my skin obviously just couldn’t handle it, and I have gained new stretch marks. I already had loads from my teens on my thighs, breasts and arms etc, but they are all white/silver now.

I’m really upset about the new stretch marks that I have gained, because I feel I had enough of them on me already! and also because they are new they are pink/purple and stand out so much more compared to white faded ones.

I need to lose about 3 to 4 stone. I am hoping that losing that weight will make the new stretch marks fade and not look so harsh.

I know they will never go away. But I do hope that after losing the weight they will look “better”.

Crystal

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:26:29 +0000

Joe, I agree, that if your inshape and look good, people wont care about the stretchmarks. Thanks for sharing.