Comments on: Stretch Marks Are My Biggest Regret

By: SadMan

SadMan — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:21:14 +0000

I have the most horrible stretch marks a man can have.
They are literally all over my body, my shoulders, arms, even fore arms, stomach, sides, just above ass crack, thighs, chest(breast) and groin area.

I am not even that big, there is guys way bigger than me that don’t have it and may I add I started getting these from a young age about the age of 8 and now 10 years later they are still growing trying to make me spider-man with all those ugly lines. I can’t even count the number of stretchmarks I have, I would say over a 1000 more or less.

I can’t enjoy my life, it’s not like I dont have other problems; I am overweight(NOT EXTREME), I got a masturbation addiction and I am depressed properly cause of those things. So yeah it really sucks to be me. Everyday I wish for that I could go back to being a kid.

Life scares me because of the situation, I don’t know what to do, will I ever be married, fine a good job and live happy? I ask myself that all the time.

It sucks so bad and has ruined my life and I have many years a head of me I hope but there is no hope maybe in the future there will be ways to remove them.

By: Israel Lagares

Israel Lagares — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:56:04 +0000

Damn skipppy!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:44:00 +0000

Haha awesome. That’s what I’m gonna call em when I get fit. Currently 380 pounds, used to be nearly 500 pounds. Battle scars lol. Definitely gonna use that. Thanks.

By: StepheeJay

StepheeJay — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:49:38 +0000

Hi, I’m 18 and just reading these posts have helped a little cause now i realise im not the only one….i felt like i was the only one who has stretch marks cause of weight and not cause of babies! I have really deep ones that are painful, some white and some redish fading ones i am stuck in a bad place at the moment, they are getting me so down and iv tried getting motivated but they make me feel sick everytime i see them so it just puts me on a downer If u have any tips that could motivate me it would be much apprieciated Thank you x

By: Animal

Animal — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:54:14 +0000

Strechmarks are your biggest regret? Im full of strechmarks I was so overweight and all the strechmarks put me in to bodybuidling and I start losing weight and building muscle and now I have a fit body I still get strechmarks but nothing to do instead of being fat or being skinny I prefere being a bodybuilder with strechmarks

By: susan

susan — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:53:04 +0000

hey jenny
i understan u as noone else!i am 20 years old and since i was 14 my body began 2 cover with that awful stretches,i struggled against that but there werent any changes u know i gave up…
but then i went 2 endocrinologist i diagnosed with too high rate for Cortisole in my blood its kinda hormonal problem,i had medical treatment in order 2 decrese risk of possible stretches in my body in the future…
But one thing 4 sure,stretches RUINED my life…I hate myself…contact me if u want 2 share smth

By: Stretch Marks cure when red

Stretch Marks cure when red — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:37:23 +0000

Hey israel and everyone if your marks are red-purple-brown-dark there is hope!

I had them and immediately got treatment by a local ethetician who worked on my sides-hips-inner thighs and armpits which got stretch marks and fresh. 70% glycolic acid and CP serum plus microdermabrasion and using a micro cloth daily.

I got rid of my stretch marks- completely 100% in 4 months. My skin became darker where the marks were and around like bruising but after 6 months I was 100%. No more marks and it cost me about 4,000 for all the sessions and take home work. I worked on my stretch marks 2 hrs a day.

THERE IS HOPE I lost the entire weight I gained and my body is back to normal.

I learned a BIG lesson.

By: ian

ian — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:39:44 +0000

hi im ian im 28 i used to be fairly lean played rubgy 3 times a week untill i suffered a bad knee injury with that i couldnt train but sadly i didnt stop eating the amounts i did i know have the worst case of male strech marks. i hate them there so ugly they dont bother me on other people but mine are horrible. ive tried everything from exercise drinking loads of water eating properly but things still they seem to get worse under my arm there is now only a gap between the lowest from my arm pit to the ones on my side although the ones on the front of my stomach already reach higher than them under the arms, im so depressed by them i burst into tears just thinkinhg about them some times as i know that know one willwant to be with me because of the way i look , i know people say if that’s what there worried about there not worth being with but in today’s world the hard thing to find for someone with no confidence is someone who genuinely doest bother them. am i destined to be on my own?? i fear i may be

By: Eric de Jesus

Eric de Jesus — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:38:27 +0000

Congratulations on the weight loss my friend.
If you want to further lose weight, you should try eating protein rich food like red meat and hard boiled eggs. There are also a lot that can be found just in your kitchen.
Also, try eating food that are rich in vitamin B and C. These vitamins can help you increase your thyroid hormones and metabolism

By: Craig Addyman

Craig Addyman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:25:07 +0000

Dude why don’t you try that bio oil?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:36:31 +0000

Congrats on your weight loss man. Keep it up. I’m trying to do the opposite though…bulk up to your size now. At 5’10, 238lbs lifting and eating heavy I don’t have stretch marks yet. As of right now, I wouldn’t mind having a couple. But once I get them I may feel differently about that. I know a few guys that have them and they’re like “trophies” (2 of these guys aren’t all muscle either). But a lot of people don’t like them, including my wife. Anyway, if I make it to 280lbs and still don’t have any stretchmarks, I’ll consider myself lucky. Again congrats.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:11:59 +0000

and most of my excessive weght is around my handles. my tits lol and stomach tht what i really want to work on but really im not to educated on wht workouts i should do

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:10:18 +0000

i use to weigh prolly the exact same as you i think maybe around 260. im 18 now and lost my weight about a year ago i have stretch marks in the exact same places as you. i weigh around 195 200 now and my skin is pretty flabby and still got the man boobs. if you can help me out on the workouts you getinto lifting workouts? tht would be a help my marks are fading with me but im still always like damn man i dont even want to take my shirt of anwer i go not even around my chick i been datin for 7 months like wtf ya kno.. i just wana get alittle skinnier and i cant really do it.. after i lost all tht weight it seems like no more is being shed… i want to work my stomach region chest for my pecks and kind of under my armpits…..
can you please give me the low down on what i should do i would really appreciate it bro

By: M.

M. — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:03:14 +0000

I have also have a lot of marks, ive had them since i was a young girl, I used to do lots of sport and gained them on my arms and on my thighs. But since I had my first child who was 9lbs 5oz I have had really bad deep thick ones on my belly. Im talking 2 inchs across here. Although creams help with the little ones, it doesn’t even touch the bigger ones.

Ive lost nearly 2 stone but this has not helped how deep and wide those ones are. It does get me down, considering that I complained about little ones on my arms and legs as a kid and now I got even more and even grewsome ones on my tummy. They are so bad that hair hardly grows on them.

I will never have a tummy tuck as my marks go from my breasts to my groin. So I would be replacing one grewsome marks for another.

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:42:02 +0000

Honestly man don’t worry about the marks. Most people have them, and its just a sign that your human. I have some on my arms from when I gained a few pounds of muscle, and some on my hips from growing, I think.

Anyways there are plenty of options to make them disappear, you can use lotions, tan, get a tattoo, get laser surgery, and a few other ways. If you don’t plan on taking your shirt off a ton you can get henna (its like a tattoo but fades after a month), use makeup, or even pick out clothing which hides them.

Now days everyone wants the perfect body so there are hundreds of ways out there to hide any imperfections. The reality is no one really cares about how you look, unless your trying to pick up some really shallow girls in which case just hide them. Its just a part of being human I guess (40% of men, and 70% of women get them).

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!