tractor
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Post by tractor on Apr 15, 2011 8:38:46 GMT -5
Any way to help avoid them? I get them on my shoulders and on the upper parts of my legs. They hurt like hell some days and I have been trying to put lotion on them. I guess it's one of the side effects of getting muscles to grow.
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Post by pig on Apr 15, 2011 8:44:55 GMT -5
I've had quite a few in my early days of lifting. They come from gaining weight too fast. That being said mine were never painful just ugly. They do fade with time. They sell creams for pregnant women which I used and it does work but you have to be religious in their use. I got mine about 20 years ago and you can't even see them now.
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cael
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Post by cael on Apr 15, 2011 8:46:28 GMT -5
Lots of cocoa butter helps!
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RoadToRiches
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Post by RoadToRiches on Apr 15, 2011 8:47:04 GMT -5
cocoa butter works I heard.
Like Pig said...they come from weight gain too fast or from fast weight loss.
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Genuine GA Peach
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Post by Genuine GA Peach on Apr 19, 2011 6:18:52 GMT -5
XH and his brother both had them. I know that for XH the stretch marks seemed to sunburn very easily. He hated them, but they really weren't that noticeable IMO.
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tractor
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Post by tractor on Apr 19, 2011 8:04:14 GMT -5
If I lost 100 lbs, I'd look like I was loosing the battle with bulimia. |
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Post by pig on Apr 19, 2011 8:46:24 GMT -5
Stretch marks are ugly any way you look at them Snerd.
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The J
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Post by The J on Apr 24, 2011 9:06:22 GMT -5
They've never been painful for me. I found that I don't get them when I lose slowly and steadily, as opposed to periods of rapid weightloss.
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Post by pig on Apr 25, 2011 7:32:56 GMT -5
I found that I don't get them when I lose slowly and steadily, as opposed to periods of rapid weightloss.
Stretch marks are NOT caused by losing weight. You get them by GAINING weight at a rate faster than your skin can stretch. If you have them they will be there BEFORE you lose the weight, they just become more noticeable by losing the weight.
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