I have never understood this one...people complaining about streach marks is like complaining about how much it hurt to hit yourself in the head with a hammer. YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Besides, I look at mine, and they have become like notches in my beadpost...each one represents a quality workout and solid gains. Call them battle scars of you will, perhaps the manly association with war will make you less prone to view yourself in the context of pregnancy (the condition we most often associate with stretch marks). They are fine...they are more than fine.
Stretch marck = gains!
--MOE