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Are DD's stretch marks bad?

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DDNeedsReassurance · 13/05/2016 21:17

DD is 14. She isn't big or anything. However, she has been hit hard with stretch marks. Hates wearing her PE shorts/school swimming, etc. I have said they're not even bad, but I suppose in a 14 year old's eyes it's the worst think in the world. She says that no one has them... Hmm do any of your DD's have them? I don't really know what to say to her. I think they look fine.

Are DD's stretch marks bad?
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Janecc · 14/05/2016 06:46

From what I understand, when our bodies grow fast, we need extra nutritients. Zinc amongst others is supposed to help repair the skin. Other recommendations include vit A, E and C. Supplementing with Zinc I think is the most important and will possibly help them to silver quicker. Many of us have stretch marks in one place or another as many posters have said, she is not alone. She cannot control her body from doing this, in the same way that she cannot decide how tall she wants to be as an adult - it's part of life.

Toddzoid · 14/05/2016 06:57

I got them on the inside of my thighs but they disappeared completely by the time I was 16! Returned when I got pregnant though Sad.

They're barely visible when they fade. Get her some bio oil to make her feel a bit better about it. I think it's shameful that as a society we feel the need to feel disgusted by any remote imperfection. I love scars and freckles and marks, they're like the body's natural tattoos and set us apart from everyone else. Try to reassure her as best as possible that most people get them, completely normal and no one will notice/care.

Eminado · 14/05/2016 07:05

Start a bio oil / vit e oil regimen. They will fade and she will have lovely soft skin too.

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heyhulahoop · 14/05/2016 08:43

They will fade, that's all you can say really, you can put oils and creams on but tbh I'm not sure what much use they will do, but they will fade. I have loads but the ones on the back of my legs bothered me the most so I have sympathy with your dd.

It's interesting the comments re boy's stretch marks, my DH claimed he didn't have any until I pointed the ones on his hips out, I guess men don't inspect their body as much as women!

I think some skin is just prone to them, I have loads on my tummy from being pregs but I quite like those! Not in a cheesy "tiger stripes" kind of way I genuinely just like the look and feel of them!

needanewjob · 14/05/2016 08:53

I got them on my legs as a teen. I was a size 8 so felt really hard done by! They do fade although I am still conscious of them now. The things that make mine look better are regular exfoliation and bio oil or Nivea cocoa body lotion (the one in the brown bottle, that stuff is great all over) I'm currently on my third pregnancy and have very very few on my tummy - whereas my friends that had none as teenagers have loads on their tummies. It's pot luck I think as my mum only got hers through pregnancy and she is a lot bigger built than me. Encourage her to keep exercising though as it does help with skin elasticity and tone.

GoneGirl1234 · 14/05/2016 09:58

Your poor DD, stretch marks are one of those things that no one tells you about being a teenager and can make you feel really self conscious. I had them on the back of my hips when I was a teenager and they faded after a couple of years (and then I got pregnancy ones on my stomach and hips). The good news is her skin is so young and full of collagen that the marks should fade a lot quicker than pregnancy ones.

Two things that really work for me to minimise them;

• keep skin moisturised (I use a moisturising shower gel - the Nivea In-Shower Moisturiser is really good and followed by moisturiser afterwards. Palmers Cocoa Butter is really good but any nice rich cream would be good, she can have a nice time picking one with the fragrance she likes from Body Shop or similar)

• Bio Oil to fade stretch marks and scars - this really worked for me (but it does take months). This has worked for my stretch marks and a large burn scar I have on my leg from a motorbike exhaust pipe. Apply twice a day and massage it in to the scars/marks.

lljkk · 14/05/2016 10:43

I had loads from teen yrs & never minded them, never noticed before they went silvery I guess. Now I'm middle aged I can't really find them (not because I'm fat, I think they just have faded away very much). Don't understand why anyone minds. I never got any from pregnancies. And obviously did nothing about them.

I think it's genetic because my mom had lots stretch marks in same places, but then DD doesn't seem to have any. My mom went nude all the time so I was very used to ordinary sight of hers.

lljkk · 14/05/2016 10:51

...publicly outed your daughter's skin flaw

stretch marks aren't a skin flaw. Confused The only flaw is people trying to see them that way.

lovemyway · 07/06/2016 23:17

Yes my DD15 has them on her bust and hips and some on the back of her knees. She hate them and we've had lots of chats. It breaks my heart. She has always been skinny and has suddenly got curvaceous in the last year so I think her skin can't keep up. I give her bio oil but they are still red. I had some on my hips that I only notice if i look for them DH had them too. she says some of her friends have them too on their legs that she has noticed. It's hard being 15.

lovemyway · 07/06/2016 23:18

It breaks my heart that she gets so upset about them, not that she has them btw.

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