# muscle expansion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-expansion/174638>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 12, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-expansion/174638 "2003-05-12T06:11:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-expansion/174638/1 "2003-05-12T06:11:18Z")

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yeah I have always been very strong but recently when I started really expanding the muscle in my arms I began to get stretch marks is there anyway I can get rid of this or will it just go away eventually?