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Doctor Responses: Stretch Marks
Dr Pixie answers your most frequently asked questions about stretch marks such as: What causes them? How can you prevent it? What is Mesotherapy?
With thanks to the Baker Street Medical Centre
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Hello Im a 16 yr old boy. I also have quite severe stretch marks the worst stretch marks on my body are at the base of my stomach and my shoulders. It's so bad some of my friends say it looks like I have had my arms sown onto my torso. I am sceptical about using bio-oil but I have tried it to no avail. What can I do?
hiii.
Ive got stetch marks on the tops of my thighs, and breasts, they have faded dramaticly, i used rescue oil itsa lot cheaper than bio oil and works a lot better. you get it from home bargains at about £2 xx.
Hi im 14 and i wanted to know if my stretch marks will disapear?
it makes it very hard to do water sports with my friends
and is it normal at my age?
Hiya I am 17 years old and have a baby girl called I love lilly withall my heart but wish I didn't have strech marks on my body I am only I young girl and I can't wear what other girls wear because of them they realy are getting me down sometimes when I think about them alot I cry will i be stuck with these strech marks for ever please help me .
i am 21 i have 2 children my stretch marks on my belly legs are realy bad they even bleed at times they get me realy down and low.i have been usen bio oil ant doen any good,and also had laser treatment on my legs it just maken life hard for me iz there any think that wuld have more dramatic results.? please help.
Hey, im 18 and have had around 30 purple 'bruise-like' lines on my backside for a few years- i wondered if this sounded like stretch marks as ive gone from a medium clothes size to x small in a few years – they dont hurt but when i touch them i feel nothing – like my scars – just numb – thanks :)
hey, i'm 15
and just recently i've realized i've got stretch marks on my bum when i'm only a size 8. is this normal?? help please.
Hi im 14 and iv got some really big and bad stretch marks and i i want them to go there really bad there all around the top of my thies and my bum and some around my stomach on the sides and i am fat and i think iv gotten it from mass gain of weight a few years a go i was skinny and now i way 13-14 stone and i cant louse it no matter what i do
as soon as i louse it i gain it again fast
Sorry i cant spell thies the bit under u privet bits and above u knees
hey, im fifteen years old and im goig on holiday but im embaressed to wear a bikini as i have lots of stretch marks on the back of my thighs. ive tryed using bio-oil but they havnt seemed to fade. im self conscious as it is, but having stretch marks makes it worse, and i would really like to get rid of them, please help me
Hello there,i'm 14, my stretch marks are so bad my parents don't even think there stretch marks, they think it's some sort of skin condition, i have them completely everywhere including on my bum ,hips,just behind my knee, and below the knee at the back of my leg, i didn't even know you could get them that far down. can you? i don't even wear three quarters anymore because they come so low down, please could you help me i even give up my dancing classes because i didn't want to wear a skirt.