# Stretch Marks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretch-marks/10464>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretch-marks/10464 "2000-04-16T18:13:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FilFil111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FilFil111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilFil111)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretch-marks/10464/1 "2000-04-16T18:13:00Z")

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## Once u have stretch marks on your body, can they disappear naturally?

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretch-marks/10464/2 "2000-04-16T19:38:00Z")

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Disappear? Sadly, no. They will, however, become lighter over time.

Sometimes people try to sell vitamin E or other skin creams as agents to get rid of stretch marks, but there is nothing you can use that will make them fade any faster, and they never do go away.

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Drink up, dear. I made it just for you.

_sig by_ **WallyM7**

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stretch-marks/10464/3 "2000-04-16T19:55:00Z")

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You know what. **Filfil**? I’m closing this thread. You’ve got nine posts, eight of which are original posts about sex or female anatomy. That passes the creepiness threshold for me, and makes me wonder whether you are sincere in your quest for knowledge.

Stick around, help answer someone else’s questions, and buy a friggin’ sex ed book.