Stretch Marks

The Italian Oak · 03-18-2007, 10:51 PM

DAMN they suck!!

I have them under my armpits and the stretching across my chest!!!

But o well there my battle scars!!!

Any one else have them???

Any advice???

Shreddedness · 03-19-2007, 12:46 AM

I have them running out of my armpits, down the inside of my arms and also across my chest. Like you said, they're badges of honor.

I heard using a vitamin E based lotion will help out in decreasing any new ones. Also, get a tan.

Vuch · 03-19-2007, 12:56 AM

I think i got some on my tricep cos the first month of lifting I grew 1 inch on my arms, thats prolly why.

Matth3wJL · 03-19-2007, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Italian Oak

DAMN they suck!!

I have them under my armpits and the stretching across my chest!!!

But o well there my battle scars!!!

Any one else have them???

Any advice???

I assume thats not a picture of you in your avatar am I right?

Try putting lotion on BEFORE you workout. It will allow the skin to become more elastic and stretch more. Working out = Stretch marks just get used to them and a good tan will hide them.

Jare23 · 03-19-2007, 04:23 PM

i as well have them under armpits and thighs. I just recently thought about putting something on to remove them or shrink them down i guess. I know tanning doesnt make the size diff. but i do know that they are truly less visible. After my wife had our son our doctor told her to try a medicine called Mederma. Its made espcially for stretch marks for women after birth but im sure that it could work just the same in this case. I havent seen how well it has done in my eyes since i left coutry a month after he was born. But from what she speaks, it has worked amazingly. Its usually between $10-20 i beleive with some having $5 coupons. just depends i guess on how much you really want to get rid of them.

bonf1r · 03-19-2007, 05:09 PM

this is working for me
http://www.stretchmarkcure.com/
im on my second week of the thing and my marks hard gone down a lot, to only where i can see them depending where i look at them and how the light shines on them

lolinternet · 03-20-2007, 09:50 PM

i got them right behind my shoulders near my armpits. ive been using palmers cocoa butter, vit E, collagen, shea butter, and elastin lotion. its basically just a lotion for pregnant womans stomachs. ive been using it for a week or so now and ive had very noticible reduction. got it at rite-aid.

abe2cool4u · 03-21-2007, 01:19 PM

yea i got some stretch marks on my arms and small ones on the shoulders, they do suck but what can you do, i've been using retin-a micro for a while and they did make them smaller, but theres not much you can do about them.

israelr9r9 · 03-21-2007, 01:22 PM

i have heard miracles from a product called STRIXADERM.
its quite pricy but nothing is worse than a muscle freak with 4 foot strechmakrs all over, so yea i would say it is worth the prics. i have tried it and the marks went away completely, however, my strech marks werent super bad

Farmboy56 · 03-21-2007, 10:54 PM

I was talkin to a trainer that has been at it for awhile. He said there really isnt anything you can do, but since we are all young the marks have a good chance at goin away as we age. I have em all in the armpits and on the groin area. Damn....across the chest....never heard of that before. Thats good work

Iron Log · 03-22-2007, 01:24 AM

bro get some cocoa butter lotion! that **** is like a miricle worker for streatch marks, realy lightens them up to your natural skin colour making them very unnoticable. once you have them you will have them for life unless you go nothing short of surgery, but you can deffinatly reduce the size and appearance.

I also hear that those epidermal scar lotion creams may work realy well..

but deffinatly get cocoa butter my friend, after like 3-5weeks there should be a nice change, apply it about 3 times daily

TheWhiteVixenII · 03-22-2007, 02:02 PM

there all over my legs and it sucks

endymion88 · 03-22-2007, 07:01 PM

cocoa butter nough said

elmikeo777 · 03-22-2007, 07:42 PM

on the insides of my arms (by the armpits like you guys i guess) and on my chest (but its just two stripes on each pec. so it actually looks kinda bad ass, haha), and a little on the top of my triceps... i just use vitamen E whenever I can... im gonna go in to the doc. and get some prescribed **** soon though...

haha, people say "eww those look gross man"... I ****in' love it, shows progress!

Brian_Holmes · 03-22-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jare23

i as well have them under armpits and thighs. I just recently thought about putting something on to remove them or shrink them down i guess. I know tanning doesnt make the size diff. but i do know that they are truly less visible. After my wife had our son our doctor told her to try a medicine called Mederma. Its made espcially for stretch marks for women after birth but im sure that it could work just the same in this case. I havent seen how well it has done in my eyes since i left coutry a month after he was born. But from what she speaks, it has worked amazingly. Its usually between $10-20 i beleive with some having $5 coupons. just depends i guess on how much you really want to get rid of them.

mederma all they way, that **** works. it takes like eight weeks to fully work but its worth it, in the end you cant even see them anymore