Stretch marks

[Satanachia]

Different kind of topic, i know

But i'm curious.

What are they?
What causes them?
And how do you combat/get rid of them?

[joedoe]

They are the skid marks left behind when you do the splits after not wiping your arse properly

Just kidding.

I think basically they are light scarring of the skin due to (relatively) quick stretching of the skin (like when women get pregnant, or when people go through growth spurts). I don't think there are any realy cures for them.

I got a bunch of them around my gut and around my shoulders because I grew really quickly (both upwards and outwards) between the ages of 12 and 15.

[scotty1]

Check out the health forum. There's a guy on there says that Vitamin E helps. Its on a thread called Destroy Free Radicals or something like that.

[Shadow Dragon]

Check the Cosmetic Stores for:

"Stretch mark creams"

Also often available in baby good sections for new Mothers, next to the Milk pumps, etc.

[red5angel]

I have heard vitamin e helps.
It comes from either a quick expansion of the are or a quick shrinking. I used to weight lift seriously and got pretty big. Once I stopped, my arms began to shrink and now I have a few around the inside of my bicep.