Stretch marks

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I used to have some on my sides of my stomach but they faded away sorta and now its ok, but right near my belly button i have like 3 now and they are redish, im gonna try cocoa cream and use tanning lotions but im just so depressed over it, its all ive been thinking of since i met this new girl because she was jokin around and told me to take a pic with my shirt off and shit, i dont think they are as bad as some pics ive seen on the net, really you cant even hardley see them unless its really light out and your 5 feet away, but i dunno, what do u think she will say or think? what would u girls do? i just started seeing her and we really like each other.. i dunno im sad and depressed and i keep looking in the mirror thinking about it:( and i really need to do homework and school work but i dont feel like doing anything

don't worry about them, most people have some...it's not big deal, don't worry about something you have no control over

I hope she wont hate me:(

nobody is going to hate anyone because of stretch marks

I have these great big stretch marks on my back, looks like I was whipped or something. I don't have any control over it though, so I don't worry about it. They're slightly better than they were about half a year ago anyway, and they should heal eventually.

ive got them too im 16 and started puberty late 2002/early 2003 and i was like 5 ft in June 03 and now im like 6'4" and Ive got huge stretch marks under my arms, on my stomach around my hips etc. Im not even overweight.. Is it just from growing alot or another reason?

Yes, it would be from growing tall quickly. They'll gradually fade and become less noticeable.

dont worry honestly i bet she wouldnt even really notice i tell ya sumat though, try being a woman and having a baby lol then you get strecth marks i look like a map lol there are creams you can get but they dont really work as good as they state

I'm also 16, but I never hit quite so fast a growth spurt. I hit it in grade 6, and have grown more gradually. Still though, during my fastest years, I got some marks on the upper part of my inner legs which have mostly healed, some slight ones on the outside of my legs which have healed, and the bad ones on my back which are more recent since I've been going through alot more upper body growth over the past couple years. I'm 6 feet tall now, and may or may not be growing still (I've been going slowly over the last year and half or so). I'm assuming your stretch marks are just from growing alot.

oh cool. I thought i was a freak. Im still not gunna take my shirt off infront of my girlfriend though..

Don't worry about it, really! My man has stretch marks on him and I don't care, they're just another part of him that I love

Girls point of view - I honestly would be more uncomfortable being with someone who didn't have stretchmarks because then I'd be more self-conscious about mine! Thankfully, i don't know anyone who doesn't have them so I don't ever give mine a second thought. Plus, they fade with time

Stretch marks aren't so bad. I have, like, 2 on my side, but they're fading. It's just a part of, litterally, growing. Eventually they wear away. And don't complain, John, unless you're pregnant...which is a physical impossibility so you're totally fine. LoL

so u dont think anyone is gonna think different of me or anything.. I know when i see girls with them and i know i have them im like soo what.. But im not sure what othjer people would think, im decent looking and recently lost 35 pounds and and im not fat..The way i look at it is"These scars are just marks on the outside, what about people who are paralyzed or born with a disability... I should consider myself lucky"But I dont know if other people think of that or not, Im sure there are lots of people who dont care...ahh this sucks, anyways thanks peace

nobody will care, my brother who's 17 has them all around his waist and he's skinny as can be, he walks around without his shirt on when his friends are here and nobody says a thing, it's common

Thanks guys i guess

I just get so down sometimes looking in the mirror, somedays ill just run to the mirror just to look at them thinking about what to do.. I never get my homework done anymore , been so darn depressed about them and other things.. I just hope they dont get worse..

They arent the really wide stretch marks and u can hardley feel them when u feel the skin, (the ones on my sides) do you think tanning lotion would do anything at all?

Im getting into a relationship with this girl but I cant be happy i just keep thinking about what her reaction will be when were having sex or somethin..it hurts me so much , oh well

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My ex-girlfriend had a lot of stretch marks from her "boob growth spurt". She went from no boobs to DD in like 3 months. Anyways, she had to use a lot of cocoa butter lotion and that helped the stretch marks a lot.

It's amazing how boobs grow. I remember in middle school all the girls didn't have boobs and then right after summer break they were everywhere. lmao!

I must say i'm glad to hear that i'm not the only one with stretch marks! I was actually joining the boards to make a post on stretch marks because I couldn't find any, but luckily came across this board. I'm constantly unhappy about my stretch marks and while i'm not overweight i've had a few growth spurts and my weight has fluxuated. I have small faded stretch marks on my inner thighs, dark purple ones on the backs of my shins (behind knees) which forces me not to wear skirts, and I also have fairly red ones on my hips. I too get overly depressed about it. I know it is uncontrollable but i'm still upset and self conscious about it and something that often gets me upset is my friends wearing skirts and stuff, I know everyone has some kind of stretch marks but my friends seem to be strange freaks of the earth and not have any!The other day I saw a girl walking down the street with stretch marks on the backs of her legs and i thought good on her for wearing a skirt but I could never do something like that.I must say though I never knew guys got stretch marks but its also something I haven't really thought about, guys probally aren't too self concious of them either.I know it sounds silly but relationships I have had I broke off because of them. I feel that guys will laugh and stuff and I get out just as things start to get heated ~unhappy Sammy

If a guy breaks up with you because of that then he's not worth it anyway.I was overweight in middle school and now I have stretch marks on my back. But I don't think anything of it. I still go to the beach a lot in the summer and always with my shirt off. They really shouldn't be the determining factor for relationships. In fact, I met my last girlfriend at the beach.