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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Can we talk stretch marks?
OK...I don't even have kids and I realize this morning that I have some white ones on the underside of both girls! White means they are old, and I can do nothing about them...but still. Guess it's from a growth spurt? I emailed DH and told him thank God I'm not a nude model. Then again...those girls are blessed with body makeup and Photo Shop! I'm running to CVS to purchase some Bio Oil...and I shall slather myself in the stuff for the next million years.
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MikesWife
Wanting...........
Member since 1/06 6887 total posts
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Karen
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have them too!! 
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:28 AM |
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sticklee
LIF Adult
Member since 8/06 2984 total posts
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
don't worry - i'm 26 now and i've had them on my butt since i was 16. and i didn't even gain that much weight - just puberty!
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:30 AM |
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CaMacho
Sisters :)
Member since 7/06 15112 total posts
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have some in certain areas from a huge growth spurt I had when I was 13/14 (my mom and sis have them too... it's hereditary). I'm SO afraid of getting more when i'm pg. 
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:32 AM |
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KrisT
Two Boys for Me!!
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Kristin
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have them on my hips and I have not had any big weight gain and loss. I have NO idea where they came from 
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:32 AM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by sticklee
don't worry - i'm 26 now and i've had them on my butt since i was 16. and i didn't even gain that much weight - just puberty!
I went from skinny ballerina boobs (none) to a normal weight and that must have been when it happened. I was posing in the mirror this morning in disbelief. Not a pretty sight...
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:32 AM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by CaMacho
I have some in certain areas from a huge growth spurt I had when I was 13/14 (my mom and sis have them too... it's hereditary). I'm SO afraid of getting more when i'm pg.
To be honest, the more I learn here at a fitness magazine the more I find that SOOOO many women, even us non preggos, just have them. They go from red to white, but to be honest, I don't ever recall seeing RED marks ever...
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:34 AM |
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TreAnt427
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by CaMacho
I have some in certain areas from a huge growth spurt I had when I was 13/14 (my mom and sis have them too... it's hereditary). I'm SO afraid of getting more when i'm pg.
Same with me, I have them on my butt, thighs and boobs. I hate them! And can only image what will happen when I'm pregnant!
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:34 AM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Being a girl is so great...but then so bad at times. We are such fragile creatures! ha ha!
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:36 AM |
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2BEANS
wow time is going fast.
Member since 9/07 16106 total posts
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Tina
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have them on my boobs, but there are days you see them and days you dont.. right now im bfing so you cant see them. But now i have developed on my stomach b/c of pregnancy... im soo upset. Im trying vit e and coco butter and postpardum belt to help. I dont think it will make them go away but at least i hope it slows down the development of more.
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:36 AM |
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JP826
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I never understood this--- Do you notice stretch marks when you gain alot of weight or lose it? I ask because I'd like to know if what Im looking at is a result of a gain or loss. 
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:37 AM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by BabySammie
I have them on my boobs, but there are days you see them and days you dont.. right now im bfing so you cant see them. But now i have developed on my stomach b/c of pregnancy... im soo upset. Im trying vit e and coco butter and postpardum belt to help. I dont think it will make them go away but at least i hope it slows down the development of more.
Yeah...I could see them in one mirror, but not the other. And yes, I ran all over the house trying to see WHICH rooms I could see them in. Keep slathering yourself. Also take zinc to strengthen your skin...something I read. Also, when you are done with the pregnancy, you can try applying Retin A to lighten them...but when they're white, there's not much you can do. And I think even if you apply Retin A, they will only ever get white, it just might happen quicker. WHILE preg, you can use Mederma. See? I know what helps, I just never knew I had them or I would have used something!
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:39 AM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
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Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by SIBride06
I never understood this--- Do you notice stretch marks when you gain alot of weight or lose it? I ask because I'd like to know if what Im looking at is a result of a gain or loss.
It can happen from both, esp. if the gain/loss happened fast--which I don't recall happening but it must have.
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:40 AM |
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DaniJude
You're My Home <3
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Danielle
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
at least you have boobs to get stretch marks with 
i have no marks b/c i have no boobs! how could the skin stretch?!  
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:40 AM |
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2BEANS
wow time is going fast.
Member since 9/07 16106 total posts
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Tina
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by DaniRella
at least you have boobs to get stretch marks with
i have no marks b/c i have no boobs! how could the skin stretch?!
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:44 AM |
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alisonggg
Cutie
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have had white ones on my hips forever.....and then a while back I gained some weight, nothing crazy, and I got red ones on my butt. They were AWFUL, it looked like a cat scratched my but. I was mortified, but oddly enough they just kind of disappeared over time
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:45 AM |
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CaMacho
Sisters :)
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Jess
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by Lanabean
To be honest, the more I learn here at a fitness magazine the more I find that SOOOO many women, even us non preggos, just have them. They go from red to white, but to be honest, I don't ever recall seeing RED marks ever...
I never remember them being red... I don't think they were, do they have to be?
I was so teeny tiny up until 8th grade and then my mom says I had a huge growth spurt where I ganed like 25 lbs in a short amount of time. Happened to her, happened to my sis... o well.
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:49 AM |
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Kissy331
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have them on my boobs & my hips but they never were red. They have always been white & I can remember using Vitamin E & Coco Butter since I was about 12!!! I can only imagine what will happen when I am PG
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:50 AM |
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Kara
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Wanna trade? I have them all over miy girls and I've never had kids either. I just grew quickly.
And let's not start on my hips.
I'm a stretch mark freak show at 26.
Message edited 10/4/2007 11:55:27 AM.
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:54 AM |
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LuvMyDH
LIF Adolescent
Member since 10/05 882 total posts
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K
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I got red ones on my belly when I was PG and started showing... That's when they first come in. I put so much cocoa butter on myself that I should have purchased stock in Palmers.
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| Posted 10/4/07 11:55 AM |
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Nicole728
My Happy Girl
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I had some old ones from losing weight when I was younger...and now I have some news ones from gaining weight
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| Posted 10/4/07 12:58 PM |
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Emily
Kasey & Me! Lurves it!
Member since 7/06 8703 total posts
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
I have awful stretch marks from losing too much weight. My dermatologist gave me Vitamin yada yada in its oil form. It works great, they are starting to fade.
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| Posted 10/4/07 1:36 PM |
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Posted by Lanabean
Posted by CaMacho
I have some in certain areas from a huge growth spurt I had when I was 13/14 (my mom and sis have them too... it's hereditary). I'm SO afraid of getting more when i'm pg.
To be honest, the more I learn here at a fitness magazine the more I find that SOOOO many women, even us non preggos, just have them. They go from red to white, but to be honest, I don't ever recall seeing RED marks ever...
Oh, I remember seeing the red marks on me!  It was when I gained a lot of weight and at first I didn't know what they were. I thought maybe some kind of infection. But when they turned white I realized what they were. Now had I realized it at the time, I may have been more motivated to lose the weight. It doesn't matter because I lost it a few years later. But it was still an eye opening experience.
BUT, I have a bunch that are just from puberty that I had even when I was thin.
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| Posted 10/4/07 2:32 PM |
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Lanabean
Yoginis
Member since 11/05 9202 total posts
Name:
Lana
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
Bumping--there is comfort in numbers 
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| Posted 10/4/07 4:50 PM |
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ILJ619
LIF Adult
Member since 6/06 1985 total posts
Name:
Irene
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Re: Can we talk stretch marks?
i have them from pregnancy on my stomach and I'm an olive complexion so its awful!
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