Stretch Marks- good or bad???

[royale13ii]

I got stretch marks on my traps again, its happened before but a long time ago after a vigorous shoulder workout.

are these common, or am i overtraining?

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[Tatyana]

Strech marks happen when you grow too fast for the skin overtop (it can also happen with rapid weight gain or in pregnancy,early adolescence), the basal layers of the dermis are damaged.

A lot of the time, they don't show up until people lose weight. It is a bit different with gaining muscle though.

They do fade with time, but they are not exact the most attractive things.

I would use a moisturiser, things like bio-oil are meant to reduce the appearance of scars such as these.

 

[biggernu]

Yea man, I get them on my chest sometimes, but they have gone away. I use some coca butter oil.

 

[NJL52]

Stretch marks.....sigh. At the start of the 6th grade I was 5'1". By the end I was 6'0''. My back is one giant stretch mark. From the little dimple marks on the small all the way up to my shoulder blades.

My younger bro has the same thing. He grew a foot in middle school as well. His back isn't as bad but his shoulders look like somebody put them through a cheese grader.

 

[the_alcatraz]

all bodybuilders get stretch marks at one point...its either because your muscles grow a lot faster than your skin, so your skin tears to cope with teh bigger muscles, or because you lose size too fast, so you get excess skin.....take your pick!

 

[Kidda]

Tell me about it - I've got them in my armpits, on my chest, on my biceps, at the top of my lats and a couple small ones at the top of my forearms. And I'm bloody natural. CRAZY! lol

 

[chaos13]

use coca butter oil for a few weeks and you should get rid of them no problem

 

[deathdroprob]

Band to look at, also good becuase your gaining fast



or shrinking

 

[mustang_00]

the only cure for stretch marks is prevention.. always use coco butter EVERYWHERE!!!

what kind of stretch mark is it?? when i use a machine with shoulder pads i get little scratch/stretch marks on my traps but their not cut into the skin like a real stretch mark. the fresh scratch looking ones will go away with oil/coco butter but there's no hope for the ones that look scratched into you. The color will fade of course but not even lazer surgery gets rid of them. There was this cream on the tyra banks show thats suppose to take the color out of them immediately and hide the appreance of them but it was 90 bucks.

 

[royale13ii]

the only cure for stretch marks is prevention.. always use coco butter EVERYWHERE!!!

what kind of stretch mark is it?? when i use a machine with shoulder pads i get little scratch/stretch marks on my traps but their not cut into the skin like a real stretch mark. the fresh scratch looking ones will go away with oil/coco butter but there's no hope for the ones that look scratched into you. The color will fade of course but not even lazer surgery gets rid of them. There was this cream on the tyra banks show thats suppose to take the color out of them immediately and hide the appreance of them but it was 90 bucks.

its not the stretch mark that heavy people have when they lose a ton of weight. its on both sides of my traps, about 2-3 inches from my neck. its maybe a half inch purple squiggle. i dont get bummed out about its appearance cuz it makes me feel like im progressing in the gym!! haha. but yeah, thanks for the advice. i'll definately get some cocoa butter and slap it on there

 

[jumpmaster82]

yea they will happen when gaining muscle real fast or when losing weight real fast. i get them on my upper outer chest right beside my armpit sometimes. use cocoa butter twice a day and it will get rid of them.