If i lose weight, will my stretch marks go away?

[kaplods]

I just read recently that stretch marks aren't actually from stretching, they're from damage done by inflammation (from various causes).

That bit of trivia isn't really helpful, but kind of interesting.

Most of my stretchmarks occurred during puberty and adolescence, and they've faded about as much as they're going to. I started looking at them differently though after a stand-up comedian compared his gf's stretch marks to tiger stripes, and how beautiful and sexy he found them.

Hey, I'm willing to run with that.

[kimicat76]

mine have become less noticeable but you can still the the rigidness (i guess what you would call it) or un smoothness of the skin that was stretched.

[Me1stAllways]

Lost 100lbs years ago and have 100 left to go...i have more streatch marks on my skin than not lol. they can not go away, they are damaged skin cells resulting mass axpanshion faster than cell prduction. We can make them appear less obvious by loosing weight to reduce the tention, rubbing vit E oil on them and I tan (lol not the recmended route but they are the same color as the rest of my skin now instead of pimk n purple) but they dont actualy bother me much in the grand sckeem of dropping 100lbs and id gladly accept more in exchange for dropping the remainder 100lbs )

[MariaMaria]

Originally Posted by Me1stAllways

We can make them appear less obvious by... I tan (lol not the recmended route but they are the same color as the rest of my skin now instead of pimk n purple)

This is because the scars have faded, not because you're tanned.

I've never tanned topless, and the stretch marks on my breasts (from puberty as well as from later weight gain) are the same lack-of-color as the rest of my skin.

[Munchy]

I have some silver stretch marks on my stomach and breasts from pregnancy. They didn't go away, in fact, look a bit more noticeable as I lost weight/deflated.

[k8yk]

I just got 2 new stretch marks, one on each oblique (side abdominal muscles) DOH! Oh well. They can make friends with all the other ones.

[CeciliaM]

Nope! Nothing can get rid of them except surgery.
Creams do nothing to be honest. All you're doing is moisturising, which you should do anyway. The scars fade significantly over time.
You can disguise them with special body make-up, or even self-tanner. But what I will say is just dress appropriately. If you want to wear shorts, you can wear 3/4 tights underneath or patterned hosery, which means its still cool, but breaks up the skin ( and sucks it in ) so you can't see imperfections.