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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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hiya
I have multiple big stretch marks on my breasts, upper arms, thighs, groin, stomach , hips ,leg and back.i had them for two years now and i have try everthing to rid of it but it not working considering all the hard work I have put in and the amount of bio oil,streatch mark cream ,cocoa butler etc I use,it really getting down i am 19 year and can't even wear a vest even at a very hot wheather i had to wear long sleve please can you help me.

hank you

your faithfully
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Hi, i have stretch marks at the top of my arms at th armpit area, on my hips and on the inside of my thighs, is there any creams or anything i can use to get rid of them? Please help!

Hi I had cervical cancer at 21 years old , radiotherapy and total Hysterectomy and a cesarean section all within 6-8 weeks. I have two healthy children luckily ! but I struggle with my stomach due to scarring from my belly button down to my pubic bone and also other scarring and stretch marks all over my stomach . Every day I look in the mirror and hate what I see. I am constantly dieting to try and help but being fatter helps to hide the scarring and marks. It is my second bottom !! Help Help Help . But I'm very unhappy being fatter. what can I do. I'm desperate for help.

Hi,i am 14 nearly 15 and i have had stretch marks for a year now and they wont go. I recently had an abortion and since then my stretch marks have got worse, will they go after a few weeks !

HELP!!!!!

Hi i am 15 and i have stretch marks that look silverish on my legs since i was 11 and now im starting to have purple lines on the side of my bum i am 5'2 n 6 stone and i don't know why i have them and what to do and if they will go away or fade can you help? Thx

Hi my name is kieren, i am 16 years of age, i would like some advice about strech marks, i have had these for about 2 years and i'm embarrased to take of my top for the following reason , holidays,swimming gym ect ,and also i was wondering how to cure them.

Hi, im 14 and i have really bad stressmarks on the side of my stomach (hips) and on the tops of my legs and arond my bum sort of area, and on the backs of my legs. There realy putting me down and i dont know what to do about them as it is summer? help?

Hello,

I have multiple white stretch marks on my breasts, upper arms, thighs, groin, stomach and hips. The stretch marks on my breasts first appeared when I was ten when I started to develop I was large breasted by the age of eleven. Until my late teens, early twenties those were the only ones I had. When I became a student, then started an office job I gained quite a lot of weight, on average a stone a year, from 8 stone until I reached my top weight of 13 1/2 St, which at 5ft is very big! I currently weigh 10.13, and have lost the weight slowly (over 18 months) through healthy eating and exercise. However despite losing weight slowly, it fels like my skin isn't really tightening properly as I have so many stretch marks – it feels almost like I have ripped my skin and it's baggy, which is quite disheartening considering all the hard work I have put in and the amount of bio oil I use! Is there anything I can do to tighten the skin or am I destined to look like I'm wearing somebody else's skin forever? I really hope not, as the thought of this has me considering going back to my lazy unhealthy ways just so my skin looks full again! Which is something I really don't want to do.
Yours hopefully, S

Hi, i'm 17 years old and had a little girl a year ago. I have stretch marks on my boobs, bum, hips, legs and tummy. They're quite deep and painful. Some have faded but some are still appearing! They're really obvious and wondered if there was anything I could do. I've used all creams I can buy! Hope to hear from you soon! X

i have stretch marks on my boobs and on my thighs….they show pretty bad so im affraid of showing my body when i go swimming incase people laugh or my friends say something….what can i do to fade them or make them go away?

please help




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