Well its weird saying this but oh well. I’m 15 and well…big. But you see there are people bigger than me with no stretch marks…but I seem to have quite a lot of them.
Is there anyway I can get rid of these? A Cream? Anything! Its very embarassing to go swimming or anything of that sort. It really brings me down about myself. I am trying to lose the weight but I dont think they go away when the weight goes. Thanks 
Dan
They fade with time but they won’t ever go completely. Some people are more prone to them than others. They are caused beneath the skin so applying a topical cream does nothing.
Mine were horrendous after the birth of my second son. They’re not too bad now although I won’t be modelling bikinis any time soon,
Rapid weight loss and gain can exacerbate them so slow weight loss is desirable
Actually, most doctors now believe that their cause is hormonal rather than thru a “stretching” of the skin.
But it is true that they don’t ever go away, although they do fade a bit with time.
And they can really look neato when you get a sunburn.
I got mine during a growth spurt when I was a youngster. The redness went away after a few months, and now they don’t show if you’re not looking for them. They’ll never go away. Don’t waste your money on hokey hormone creams.
I have a question about that. I have a big Hawaiin friend who has stretch marks. They are long light lines. He said it was from growing fast. Then I went to Oregon Football Camp and went up against this HUGE black guy. I mean this guy was the size of a pro. I was talking with him later(he both go to private schools and were discussing that) and noticed he too had stretch marks. I was just wondering can white people get these as well? And is it just growing larger than your frame intended you to be?
Thanks,
Matt Shepard
Yes, white people can get them too.
I’m caucasian, and I have one stretch mark, it is right where the seatbelt used to sit against my belly. I used to draw my seatbelt really tight, back in the days before selfadjusting belts (this was on a '67 Dodge Dart). I don’t know if that’s really what you meant, though.
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I like to think of stretch marks as God’s own tattoos.
I’ve got a few stretch marks on my back, from a growth spurt. They don’t really bother me, because I never see them. I would be interested to know if there was an easy way to get rid of them though.
They never go away, but they do fade.
I had a friend of mine telling me that she is so upset over finding one stinkin stretch mark.
I told her to come back and let me know what she thought she looked like after five children.
My husband calls them badges of honor. I call them ugly. But most of the time I forget that they are there anymore.
Oh, and as for the sunburn part. My first day out in the summer every year, they are the first thing to burn.