Stretch marks, do they go away? [Archive]
I have really bad stretch marks. I got them first through lifting and then through gaining fat, I think more due to poor skin than incredible periods of growth. Mine are for the most part still purple and after hearing this I'm gonna make some initiative to start being more vigilant. I had used a product called Strivectin, I didn't use it quite long enough to get the results but I am thinking of starting again. It's touted as a miracle cure for stretch marks. The catch? $140 a bottle, that lasts about a month, and I'm looking at no less than 2 months. Also apply 3x a day. AND, the user reviews I've read online are inconclusive. Some people claim great results, others say its a total rip. This could entirely depend on how vigilant people were about using it but it is unsettling…
I had heard that lasers didn't really work well – not true?? I would seriously consider using them. My dreams of being skinny and all are seriously overshadowed by how bad my stretch marks are.
For reference, they first appeared under my armpits and like across the front of my shoulder. Now? All across the front of my stomach in arranged rows, all along my sides. The space between the top of my side marks and bottom of my pit marks is probly only 3-4 inches. I have dense patches of little marks that start from my shoulder and prettymuch cover my bicep, just short of my elbow. I have marks that run from the front of my chest along the edge of my pit and onto my arm that are like 1/2 inch wide at points and so thin in skin that you can practically see whats going on underneath. Sorry to get so graphic but I had to get it off my chest.
As I hear it, these will probly stop growing in response to weight loss but will not get or look any better. My oldest stretch marks are back to a flesh color but thats like 2.5 years old, 90% are still nice and fresh.
Ladies, I'm not looking for undue sympathy or morale boost, but relative to how much I'd be willing to spend to fix them, how unattractive are stretch marks? To take the extremes, if they were a 100% nonissue for women I would do very little, but if they were the absolute worst thing possible I would spend quite a lot of time remedying them as best I could. Where would you assume they rate in between these extremes? I don't think stretch marks would ruin a girls physique for me, especially having them myself and knowing how it is, but at the same time I'd sure admit that I'm a big fan of girls' nice smooth belly, and I know that mine feels like I've been a burn victim. Sorry to drag on, its just an important topic to me 
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