I love stretch marks

[Tithonia]

They look like silvery flames--a visible reminder of the power within.

And they go well with the blue lightning on my chest that shows my power to feed my baby when he or she comes! 

[Aliy]

lol way to give a postive spin to something most women complain endlessly about

[jcregan]

thanks for the better outlook! I will try to appreciate my flames of power more (especially since I can't do anything about them at this point anyway).  

[greenmulberry]

Oh yours are silver? Mine are dark red and itch!!!!!!

[kawa kamuri]

Originally Posted by greenmulberry 

Oh yours are silver? Mine are dark red and itch!!!!!!

They'll lighten up 

[FarrenSquare]

A lovely friend of mine had a tattoo  done on her side of a monkey with a paintbrush painting on her stretchmarks - because her and her husband always called their DS "little monkey." It is so cute and special. 

[Smokering]

Oh yours are silver? Mine are dark red and itch!!!!!!

Are you still pregnant, or did you have a baby recently? Give it a few months. They do fade. Mine are silvery - I have ridiculously pale skin, so they're almost invisible (I don't really know what they look like on darker skin tones, honestly!). DH says he can't see them. I don't notice them unless I look up close. I don't know when they faded - I kinda had other things to think about postpartum, like sleep deprivation! Just like I never noticed my linea nigra fading... but it did, and they did, and 2.75 years on they're really not a huge deal.

That said, I don't love them, fought valiantly with expensive Bio-Oil to prevent them (unsuccessfully, obviously), and don't really want any more this time around. But I can live with them. At least, the ones on my tummy. The ones on my calves, caused by extreme swelling due to pre-eclampsia at the end of pregnancy? Not so keen on those. I mean... calves.

[RoseRedHoofbeats]

I like mine too. Not so much when they were huge and purple and itchy, but now that they're pale and silvery... I like them just fine. I still wear bikinis and everything.

~Rose

[cocoanib]

love it!

i think i may have been born with stretch marks!

i have had them for a long as i can remember.

[greenmulberry]

Originally Posted by Smokering 

Are you still pregnant, or did you have a baby recently? Give it a few months.

 

 Yep, 38 week tommorow! Some of the actually feel like my skin is splitting (which I guess is what is happening?) I think my skin is prone to strech marks, I got them all over my boobs and hips when I hit puberty, and you are right they fade to nearly nothing.