Ahhhhhhh! I've got Stretch Marks :(

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Feb 2006 at 03:36

I've been going to the gym for nearly a year now and just recently I've noticed I've started to get stretch marks just above my arm pits. I've nicked the following picture from a body building website but it shows what I mean.

Is there any way to prevent, stop and/or remove these marks because they are beginning to become quite noticeable. I've read this is normal but I don't know anyone else that this has happened to. I don't want my arms to drop off, I still use them a lot

Takhisis · 7 Feb 2006 at 07:38

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1010612

Don't be put off by the label (it aims itself at pregnant women), this works really well, I had bad stretchmarks from weight gain and I used this stuff for a couple of months and now they're next to invisible. The cream may help to stop any more from appearing as well

rG-tom · 7 Feb 2006 at 07:40

Pigeon_Killer said:
I've been going to the gym for nearly a year now and just recently I've noticed I've started to get stretch marks just above my arm pits. I've nicked the following picture from a body building website but it shows what I mean.

Is there any way to prevent, stop and/or remove these marks because they are beginning to become quite noticeable. I've read this is normal but I don't know anyone else that this has happened to. I don't want my arms to drop off, I still use them a lot

lol dont worry, ive got them both on my arms and on my chest

just shows good progress imo

Tom.

theleg · 7 Feb 2006 at 07:49

If youre planning on working out for some time to come, youre gonna have to learn to accept them mate..

Stretchmarks only matter when youre skinny or fat...When youre built, it just shows progress and badassitude.

rG-tom · 7 Feb 2006 at 08:01

Balddog said:
If youre planning on working out for some time to come, youre gonna have to learn to accept them mate..

Stretchmarks only matter when youre skinny or fat...When youre built, it just shows progress and badassitude.

lol yep

this time last month my stretchmarks were considerably worse than that picture

being ill and rsi in my wrist has nearly stopped my workout in the last 2 weeks which is killing me, and they've backed off a bit as im not growing anymore, but they are still worse than that pic

Tom.

Ed · 7 Feb 2006 at 09:31

As Baldy says; accept it. When I starting squatting, the tops of my legs suffered badly with them as they grew very quickly. There's many cremes and potions around that help but best thing you can do is moisturise your skin [don't tell your mates] and drink plenty of water. Hydration is VERY important.

Morba · 7 Feb 2006 at 09:37

got loads, wait till you start getting them on the top of your calf muscles etc, you start to think you look weird in shorts

after a while they go kinda silvery unless your still gaining loads.

PAz · 7 Feb 2006 at 10:18

As said above, get some cocoa butter and start rubbing it on the areas where the strech marks exist, and areas where you think they might crop up.

BengalBoy · 7 Feb 2006 at 10:22

Takhisis said:
http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1010612

Don't be put off by the label (it aims itself at pregnant women), this works really well, I had bad stretchmarks from weight gain and I used this stuff for a couple of months and now they're next to invisible. The cream may help to stop any more from appearing as well

hehe yes my other half who is currently pregnant use's this. Worked so far

cheets64 · 7 Feb 2006 at 12:53

I heard that if you rub in moisturiser after your work out they arent as noticable or dont show at all.

asim · 7 Feb 2006 at 13:20

Dont worry. I am one gigantic stretchmark. They fade after a while which is a good thing and then you only notice when u stare hard.

Pigeon_Killer · 7 Feb 2006 at 14:39

@Takhisis - Thanks for the recommendation and link. I'll give it a try.

spinneR~uk said:
As Baldy says; accept it. When I starting squatting, the tops of my legs suffered badly with them as they grew very quickly.

I've just checked and the top of my left thigh looks like someone's attacked me with a rake. I've got five lines, four of which look like scars after an operation and one that's purple.

Balddog said:
When youre built, it just shows progress and badassitude.

Note to self: Keep reading this. Everything will go away.

GordyR · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:26

Lol stretchmarks. I was overjoyed when I first noticed them. Like Balddog says, it shows your doing it right.

iCraig · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:29

I'd kill for stretch marks

Would moisturising the marks help?

zain · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:33

You big baby!

DanH84 · 7 Feb 2006 at 15:57

Moisturising helps if you don't like them. Vitamin e cream seems pretty nifty but i imagine any body lotion will do.
They'll be next to invisible pretty quickly.

Lt. Manlove · 7 Feb 2006 at 16:11

Unfortunately I have strechmarks from when I was obese around my waist!

Morba · 7 Feb 2006 at 16:36

got plenty on my belly aswell :<

tho those arent from being 'built' unlike my others.
Pigeon - wait till they go down your arm to your elbow, if they are red/pink people will think its a funky tattoo

Dr_Evil · 7 Feb 2006 at 16:42

use Wheat-oil (says me missus)

rossyl · 7 Feb 2006 at 18:59

this is the daddy apparently!

http://www.bio-oil.info/

Although who really knows? I used Palmers concentrated coca butter for a while. Didn't do a lot.

Bio Oil does make a noticeable difference with ski. I had excema on my calf...was constanly itching. Put some bio oil on it twice a day for a week, and its fine now.

Stretch marks appear a blittle better. But i haven't found anything that makes them vanish, and apparently nothing can!