How bad would u say these stretchmarks are?

[10inches]

I've been working out for about 10 months now and I've gained over 30 pounds quite fast. Stretchmarks didn't really bother me at first but I'm starting to think it might be getting out of control now on my left biceps/armpit. What do u think? I've been using Vitamin E and Retin-A stuff for awhile now. I guess it's been helping a bit. I really don't want to stop working out as i ****ing love it and i still have goals to accomplish. Any thoughts or ideas on what i should do? Am i overreacting? Here are some photos.

[AlvaD]

Unfortunate to have them on your front/bicep. Try not growing so fast? It's obvious most of it is fat but that's bulking for you. I can possibly think your doing phases where you gain 10lbs rapidly, sit, then gain another 10 lbs x months later for a total of 30lbs/10months. If that's the case, keep your gains smaller (ex. 1/2lb per week of gain consistently). You'll gain roughly the same amount but you won't be peaking the strain on your skin. That or do a more cleaner bulk w/o so much weight gain.

PS: there are articles on bb.com that inform you about stretch marks...

[consumingfire]

There is nothing that you can really do about them; however, they make lotions specifically for stretch marks that have worked great for me. I used to have very dark red stretch marks almost like yours but in time and with use of lotions they are hardly noticeable now. It seems that some people are more predisposed to get them and there just something that you will have to live with especially if you want to continue bodybuilding

[KewlBeans]

I have some pretty crazy stretch marks on the back of my shoulders and on my inner theighs. They arnt like yours, but theyre noticable. Yea those dont look normal, I doubt its of any medical concern however.

[KurtAUS]

^^

Do you train biceps with a sleeve shirt on? Ive only started out in the last 3 months and noticed stretch marks forming from wearing a shirt while lifting especially with the noob gains i was geting.

[10inches]

There is nothing that you can really do about them; however, they make lotions specifically for stretch marks that have worked great for me. I used to have very dark red stretch marks almost like yours but in time and with use of lotions they are hardly noticeable now. It seems that some people are more predisposed to get them and there just something that you will have to live with especially if you want to continue bodybuilding

Well that's a relief and thanks for the reply. Though, how long did it take for them to "fade"? and which lotion did u use. I might try it.

[annual]

Very similar to mine, but mine are slightly smaller, I tried bio oil, two big bottles of it for around a year and they made no difference at all to them didnt even fade them so i have just given up and accepted that they probably wont get much better any time soon, (3 years on) And the guy that said about putting on fat is causing them, This is not always the case i got them on my biceps and i hardly added any fat at all, it was just because i was so skinny to begin with and i have never been much heavier so my skin didnt have much "give" to it

[khuzul]

Don't worry about them.

I get new stretch marks every time I work out heavy with weights, that is, three times per week.
Eventually you get used to it, and there's nothing you can really do about them.

[MrSinister]

mate i had 10x worse than yours running all along both my inner biceps, it looked like i had been burnt there.. few years later now and they are a very faded white.. i hardly ever treated them too, bit of vitamin E cream here and there but imo they just heal with time.. definitely don't let it deter you from working out. When you lean out they hardly become noticeable though they definitely seem more pronounced the higher your bodyfat is and thus your skin seems "softer"

pic attached, its like 5 years old so excuse the very small arms

[azxangeles]

Yea my bicep looked pretty bad too just put some vitamin e and they become very faded over time

[truthseeker1]

It's quite normal to get stretch marks when you start training. They'll fade naturally over time. You don't need to spend money on lotions and the like.

[BjornTheBear]

dermaroller

[dmowski333]

Holly **** !!!

Go to doc., but not to Doc Rivers.

[thebeast110]

I've been working out for about 10 months now and I've gained over 30 pounds quite fast. Stretchmarks didn't really bother me at first but I'm starting to think it might be getting out of control now on my left biceps/armpit. What do u think? I've been using Vitamin E and Retin-A stuff for awhile now. I guess it's been helping a bit. I really don't want to stop working out as i ****ing love it and i still have goals to accomplish. Any thoughts or ideas on what i should do? Am i overreacting? Here are some photos.

It doesn't look too bad brah, definitely a bit noticeable though. How much mass did you gain, and how quickly??

[10inches]

mate i had 10x worse than yours running all along both my inner biceps, it looked like i had been burnt there.. few years later now and they are a very faded white.. i hardly ever treated them too, bit of vitamin E cream here and there but imo they just heal with time.. definitely don't let it deter you from working out. When you lean out they hardly become noticeable though they definitely seem more pronounced the higher your bodyfat is and thus your skin seems "softer"

pic attached, its like 5 years old so excuse the very small arms

Holy, that made mine look like it's nothing. Thanks for sharing that picture, i feel more confident and less worried now. Thanks.

It doesn't look too bad brah, definitely a bit noticeable though. How much mass did you gain, and how quickly??

Well i went from being around 128-30 to 153 in over 6/7 months. Then i took a huge plateau which i broke through over a month ago to 157-160. Its weird, my squats are still skyrocketing and everything else is like stable lol

[TheLulz69]

I heard red/dark stretchmarks can be removed with lotions, etc.

within time they turn to white, then it's impossible to get rid of them unless you go surgery.

[roybatty6]

Zinc and Vitamin C work well for my stretch marks.

[IanLMT]

FRESH aloe vera is your friend (like out of the leaf). It has a compound called acemannan that helps stretchmarks. It is only found in the fresh plant though and not storebought (dead) products. also cocoa butter will help.

[jerry193845]

was expecting to see pictures of a pregnant woman.













Not disappointed.

[daveel]

As much as it sucks mate i wouldn't waste your money on products to get them to go away because the won't.

Over time they will fade .

[alexk1ng]

dermaroller

there was a thread in misc where a guy was advocating a dermaroller. check them out on amazon for reviews and such.

[fightingfalcn91]

Get a tattoo..

[10less]

Dermamend three times daily for about a week or two got rid of the ones on my arm that were worst.

[T073]

I started to get those 2 years ago, but since lowering my bf a bit it's reduced drastically, and I noticed last summer when I got more tanned, it was almost not noticeable at all. Yours should start fading to a more skin tone color, and just tan to further reduce it.

[10inches]

Dermamend three times daily for about a week or two got rid of the ones on my arm that were worst.

Dermamend? i googled it and it came up with nothing? did u mean dermablend?

[SkyTrAsH]

I got bad stretch marks in the same area when i started lifting. after a few years they fade and its pretty easy to hide them with a nice tan. plus chicks dig scars

[WaveyBaby]

mate i had 10x worse than yours running all along both my inner biceps, it looked like i had been burnt there.. few years later now and they are a very faded white.. i hardly ever treated them too, bit of vitamin E cream here and there but imo they just heal with time.. definitely don't let it deter you from working out. When you lean out they hardly become noticeable though they definitely seem more pronounced the higher your bodyfat is and thus your skin seems "softer"

pic attached, its like 5 years old so excuse the very small arms

this is exactly what i have,except im black so my marks are light brown on dark brown skin, lol i showed someone and they didnt belive it was stretch marks, they thought i was in a fire or some ****

[newbiebodybb]

damn..

[fitnessfreak20]

I got some pretty gnarly ones myself my shoulders blew up fast also traps must be growing because I'm getting some there as well!

[maudacity]

think of them as battle scars!