What the hell are stretch marks?

[neomits]

I overheard a conversation and the line was

"ew she had stretch marks?"


what are they?

 

[UglyCasanova]

I think it is when they are pregnant they get marks on their stomach from the stretching of the skin, but I am probably wrong.

 

[JellyBaby]

You can "loofa" stretch marks.

 

[minendo]

Stretch Marks

Warning: The pics are fairly graphic.

 

[amnesiac]

lines on the stomach and thighs from either age or fluctuations in weight.. kind of like small sections of saggy skin.
Pretty unattractive. :Q

 

[MacBaine]

Do they ever unstretch or go away?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: amnesiac 2.0
lines on the stomach and thighs from either age or fluctuations in weight.. kind of like small sections of saggy skin.
Pretty unattractive. :Q

Don't you get them during growth spurts and stuff too? I have some on the upper side of my legs that I got during my growth spurt.

I know some people who have some on their chests when they started lifting weights.

 

[ThunderGirl]

most commonly woman get them during pregnancy. But a person man or woman can get them from either gaining or losing weight to quickly.

 

[Rallispec]

yeah.. ist just caused by the skin being stretched faster than it can keep up with sorta..

of if your overweight, and then loose wieght, you cna be left with stretch marks.

 

[neomits]

weird

do only some people get them and some not? do they go away if you lose weight or have the baby?

 

[911paramedic]

Stretch marks can appear anywhere. It is when the connective tissue breaks down and you are left with a "depression" in the skin.

I am really drunk and depressed right now, so if I am off the wall nevermind.

<--not feeling well

 

[Mucman]

I got em Even after losing almost 40lbs they won't go away .

 

[JellyBaby]

<--not feeling well

Given your AnandTech name, could you not simply call yourself?

 

[FrustratedUser]

lol again

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: minendo
Stretch Marks

Warning: The pics are fairly graphic.

DEAR GOD!!!!!!!:Q:Q

 

[neomits]

Originally posted by: Mucman
I got em Even after losing almost 40lbs they won't go away .

that sucks.... and there is nothing you can do to get rid of them? No lotions or anything?

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby

<--not feeling well

Given your AnandTech name, could you not simply call yourself?

I would if I was still an active paramedic. I blew out my knee and lost my career.
I am in a very low period right now and am wondering what to do with my life. I tried to get on with the new "Bush" americas team but have not heard anything in over three months now. Shame since I am trained in Incident Command System and CA emergency management systems.

Not feeling well and my new doc wants me to take all kinds of meds, which I would rather not. Sleep would be nice soon...

 

[JellyBaby]

911paramedic, I'm sorry to hear that.

I'm no doctor but here's some general "good feeling" advice: get some sunshine, try to exercise a bit, communicate with family members (we here at AT count but not much!), eat healthy and take a daily supplement. (No need to tell me I'm a lousy cheerleader. Known that for years).

 

[HombrePequeno]

I have them on my thighs. I'm just too damn muscular.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I have them on my thighs. I'm just too damn muscular.

I have them on my shoulders... I guess it was a combination of bulking up and growth spurts.

 

[MaxDSP]

Ive got some stretch marks right above the armpits, some on my hips, and some on my knees. I started getting them like 4 years ago, when I gained weight and had a growth spurt, but I also started working out 2 years after that, and the marks are still there. from what Ive read and heard, stretch marks can be rid of using laser treatment only. No magic lotions or anything that can help it...unless anyone knows otherwise

 

[JellyBaby]

No magic lotions or anything that can help it...unless anyone knows otherwise

You can "loufa" them.

EDIT: now with self-explanatory linkage.

 

[LongCoolMother]

on my abs...some minor ones, and im too young to have them...thank goodness they arent that serious.

 

[KokomoGST]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
on my abs...some minor ones, and im too young to have them...thank goodness they arent that serious.

I got two stretch marks across my abs too... sucks... fairly unsightly but they almost fit in between the bumps in my 'six pack'. Not quite though... yuck.

 

[Maggotry]

My wife did not get them during her pregnancy. Her OB/GYN told her to use cocoabutter (sp?) cream on her stomach during her pregnancy. Well, it worked because she has no stretch marks.