SEVERE StretchMarks

Graphite · 11-07-2004, 01:04 PM

How long will these take to go(fade) away. Ill try to get some pics of it. Its very embarassing.

davemint · 11-07-2004, 01:05 PM

Ive had them on my arms some faded quickly while other seems to stay longer i dunno why :S

skelooth · 11-07-2004, 01:29 PM

When I was 17 and 295lbs, i had HUGE purple stretch marks on my back. When people saw them, they would ask me what happened, because it looked like I got whipped or something.

By the time I was 195lbs at 19yrs old, they were still there, but they were white/clear.

Now i'm 24ish, and they are almost not noticeible at all, and i mean AT ALL. If you really look close, they look like healed scars (a little lighter in color and a little raised).

Just to point out, when i was 295lbs at 17, i was in REALLY bad shape from being locked away and being forced to take lithium and thorozine, it was all chemical weight as far as i'm concerned, so my back was very fat. (amongst the rest of my body lol). When I was 280lbs not too long ago, I was actually much healthier...

tengals123 · 11-07-2004, 03:13 PM

try getting a tan it really helps. cheers

skelooth · 11-07-2004, 03:29 PM

yeah, tans do help, it will even out the color on your back and make them less noticeable.

Graphite · 11-07-2004, 04:18 PM

where do i get a tan during the winter lol.

Untame Guerilla · 11-07-2004, 04:23 PM

Ask a doctor or google stretch marks. I know there some **** out there that women use after spit'n one out to get rid of them.

tengals123 · 11-07-2004, 04:23 PM

solarium hehe

Clipse · 11-07-2004, 04:56 PM

I dont trust tan places, because 1 I have a skin condition, and 2, scared of future skin cancer. Anyways, about the stretch marks, I have them, I had huge purple ones, but now they just faded into the natural skin color. You can still see them, but they arent that bad, I'm more scared about this damn brown/bruise looking spot that has come up on my chest between my pecks lol.

tengals123 · 11-07-2004, 05:26 PM

From all the stuff ive read on stretch marks, mo cream, gels or oitment works. They are all a waste of money. Ive never tried them but that's what ive read. cheers

Graphite · 11-07-2004, 07:30 PM

well I got FULL upper body stretchmarks and and lower stomach stretch marks, Its REALLY bad. And since my skin color is brownish/tanish the white stretchmarks show really bad

skelooth · 11-07-2004, 08:01 PM

I think all you can do is weight it out man. Think of them as battle scars

tengals123 · 11-07-2004, 08:52 PM

small price to pay for a ripped body though. cheers

Supadude · 11-08-2004, 03:06 AM

Ive tried a lot of stuff and nothing really does anything. Hopefully your stretch marks will fade, but It depends on your body a lot. I have some which are over 4 years old and still have not faded.

Thardus · 11-08-2004, 09:15 AM

I had stretch marks when I was fat, my upper legs had many of them and I had a few near my armpits. A few months ago after I had lost probably 70 pounds I wanted to show off that I had stretch marks so I looked at my legs and they were gone. I still have the ones near my armpit, but they are not very noticable.

brakemasterjay · 11-08-2004, 05:12 PM

I have lots of stretch marks and i have talked to doctors and skin doctors and they all stress to stay very hydrated, they say that our hydration levels help with the elasticity in our skin, and i think with time they will go away, no cosmetic surgury for me lol.

Graphite · 11-08-2004, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tengals123

small price to pay for a ripped body though. cheers

very true,