stretch marks

[ackmedsgirl666]

who hates them and where do you get them the most
i get mine mostly around my waist, my arms, and my chest area

[inlove]

i got them under my arms love handle area and other places when i used food as a stimulus but since ive grown taller and started working out regularly i dont really have them any more..

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

I have them mostly on my hips. I have a series of four big ones on my left hip from gaining weight (when they're vertical it's from stretching sideways; horizontal is from stretching upwards/getting taller), and I hate those ones the most. They're thick keloid scars (the kind that are raised) and fortunately the color is starting to fade a bit. They were that nasty purpley color for a long time, but now they're pink. They're each about an inch and a half long.

I also have some fainter ones in the thigh/hip area from growth spurts as a kid, but those are mostly covered even by my swimsuit so they don't bother me much at all.

Something that's been helping me is cocoa butter. I use Palmer's cocoa butter cream for stretch marks. It's designed for pregnant women, but it helps to gradually encourage the marks to fade regardless of how you got them.

[xGreenling]

I have a bunch of tiger-stripe ones on my thighs, which is pretty hilarious since I'm so short. I used to be tall for my age, shot up like a weed, and then stunted my growth... Same height as I was at thirteen, with stretchmarks from when that was tall. :P

I used to hate them, but I've grown to rather like them... It was when my stepsister pointed out that they're like tiger stripes that I realised they actually looked kind of cool. And they blend in with the various scars on my leg, but that's another story...