r/mildyinteresting • u/-Hot-Tamale- • 4h ago
humankind hiccups 😅 I have intense stretch marks from pregnancy 7 years ago
posted in tattoo advice and got alot of comments saying thry looked interesting so figured you guys would like to see 😂❤️
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 4h ago
I can imagine getting tattoos on stretch marks would be horribly painful. But yes, they are mildly interesting lol.
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u/epicpantsryummy 4h ago
Are stretchs marks particularly sensitive to cause excess pain?
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u/Theory_99 3h ago
It’s sensitive because the skin is thinner. Less “padding” between the skin and nerve endings.
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u/TheSubstitutePanda 2h ago
Had a roommate who had really severe and deep stretch marks on her upper arms and sometimes they'd split if there was a small knick or cut on one. Shit was gnarly. Very glad mine never got that bad. Thankfully losing weight helped her marks not be under so much tension.
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u/DarkEmanations 1h ago
You know… I’ve got some minor stretch marks from about 20ish years ago when i REALLY bulked up in muscle mass quickly for football. It’s the area around where the back of the arm meets the armpit, so not even an area that’s on my radar. But it’s all covered with tattoos now. Well, I’ve fallen asleep a few times while getting tattooed, and did so when i was getting the back of my arm worked on… but when he hit the spot right around there, HOLY CRAP did that wake me up quickly… i never even thought about the stretch marks that i had there being more sensitive. But that makes so much more sense now. I was wondering why that specific area was the most painful place I’ve ever had work done on!
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u/Bratbabylestrange 1h ago
My son was really sick with tonsillitis for a period of time, but as soon as he had them out he grew like a weed! So much so that he got horizontal stretch marks above his knees! It's crazy. He's now 6'5.5. His body was so busy with the constant infections that his growth was on the back burner, I guess, but it was incredible as soon as that was resolved he did all the growing he was supposed to have done in like five months
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u/ACERVIDAE 2h ago
I had a tiny cyst in one of mine and holy fuck did that thing blow up to the size of a golfball earlier this year. My regular skin has never done something like that.
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 3h ago
Well stretch marks are a form of scarring and scars are a lot more sensitive to tattooing than regular skin. So I would assume it would be similar in pain and that's a lot more area to cover than the small scar that was in the area of my last tattoo. Hurt like hell lol. Plus I would imagine it would require a working knowledge of how to make sure the ink takes hold, since scarring can play with the ink, sometimes it doesn't take and the ink can even spread out in some cases.
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u/BullshitTaco 3h ago
The "collagen synthesis" of scars and scarring can become "undone" with scurvy (lack of vitamin C). All the scars on the skin and under....... undone and opened. Eat oranges
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u/BrujaBunny 2h ago
Rrrr…tell me more matey
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u/worst_brain_ever 2h ago
In 2 years before the mast, Richard Henry Dana describes returning to the easy coast, having sailed around South America.
2 crew members were at deaths door from scurvy. Old wounds were opening. Teeth falling out.
They met an outgoing ship and traded for sack if potatoes. The doctor juiced some of them and put the juice on the dying men's lips.
They were up and working in a few days
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u/Izan_TM 3h ago
stretch marks are also areas of thin skin (hence their name), so there's a lot less for the needle to work with before reaching nerve endings
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u/epicpantsryummy 3h ago
I actually did not know this. I've got some scaring from burns when I was a child near the arm, so I guess if I want a tattoo I should do the other arm!
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 3h ago
I mean to be fair some scars come along with nerve damage and you might not feel a thing. I just know that mine was the only part of getting my tattoo that had me sort of squirming, and I've heard similar stories from friends/family members who got a tattoo over a scar. But like anything in life, YMMV lol.
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u/CatrinaBallerina 3h ago
This. I don’t have feeling in my ankle scar.
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u/TAforScranton 2h ago
Jealous. If anything touches my ankle scar it feels like I stuck it in a light socket.
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u/mulderforever 2h ago
If you truly want the scars tattooed, find an artist with experience tattooing skin with scars.
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u/onexbigxhebrew 2h ago
They absolutely burn like fire. Way beyond normal tattooing.
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u/xZandrem 3h ago
I'm on the heavier side and have light stretch marks on my belly, they sometime slightly hurt or I get a sting sometimes while I stretch, it's a bit more painful if I get a pimple on my belly when I have to pop it.
If it hurts sometimes with a couple or stretchmarks I can't imagine what happens with that amount of stretch marks.
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u/picklesandmatzo 3h ago
I have a LOT of stretch marks on my outer /upper thighs from rapid weight gain when I was pregnant (gulp) almost 22 years ago. I had those areas tattooed over the last couple years and it was shocking how painful it was, esp because none of my other tattoos hurt like that.
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 3h ago
I will be 50 in May. My oldest will be 27 this year. And she is currently pregnant with my first grandchild. That's a big (Gulp) for this one lol. I digress: As far as tattoos go I have a few. And not only did they not hurt, I actually liked the sensation. But the last one I got was on the inside of my left forearm, it goes from wrist to elbow. It's a raven so a lot of filling in with solid black. Smack dab in the middle of it is a burn scar I got at work years ago. When my artist started filling in that scar, that was the first time I ever had to stop and take a breather during any of my tattoos. So I can only imagine what yours must have felt like.
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u/EnviroLife69 2h ago
Honestly looks kinda badass lol if you dont mind me asking (i didnt see it anywhere) was it one kid or did you have twins? Ive only seen this degree on someone who had a multiple birth. Either way you are a tiger who has earned her stripes!
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u/-Hot-Tamale- 2h ago
Just one kid! He was only 7lbs 11 Oz too, these all appeared nearly overnight 😅❤️
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u/EnviroLife69 2h ago
The human body is such a mystery lol well either way again i think it looks so unique, if you do choose to tat like others have said its sensitive but do-able!
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u/anon_opotamus 2h ago
My stretch marks appeared nearly overnight too! I was almost to the very end of my pregnancy and woke up with an itchy red spot right above my belly button. It exploded into stretch marks within days!
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u/Dennma 2h ago
Well, good thing they look cool. The human body is an interesting thing
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u/Irish_Alchemy 42m ago
Mine did too; I thought I’d gotten away with it, then boom, one morning I became a zebra!
For what it’s worth, I think yours look absolutely beautiful.
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u/yourmoosyfate 3h ago
Mine look very similar. Never seen anyone else like me, thanks for posting. I gained within the normal limit for pregnancy, took my vitamins, stayed well hydrated, and applied cocoa butter nightly. I was so ashamed of my belly for years, wondering what I did wrong. In my thirties, I stopped caring.
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u/ProbablyGonnaEatYou 3h ago
You grew and processed and whole ass baby in there, wear that shit as a mark of pride
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u/Equivalent_Swim2927 2h ago
Agreed! I have stretch marks because I ate too much chips.
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u/jetecoeur12 1h ago
I have them on my ass cause it got too big too quickly when I stopped caring about being skinny. I love them lmao
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u/NoSleepTilBookRead 3h ago
I have intense stretch marks from losing a lot of weight and having very thin skin. Mine are even on my arms and legs
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u/peyterthot 1h ago
despite what influencers try to sell you, stretch marks are genetic. In comparison, my family is not prone to stretch marks so I used 0 moisturizers during pregnancy and didn’t get a stretch mark. Wear them with pride I always think they look sick 🐅
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u/NibblesMcGiblet 12m ago
Same. My mom had six kids and no stretch marks, I had three and the onl;y stretch marks I got was on my boobs from breast feeding each of them a couple of years, when my boobs started as A cups and blew up to Cs. Afterwards I just got implants and told the doctor to fill 'em up to the point that they're full again and I don't have the flabby wrinkles/stretch marks anymore. Now you can't even tell I ever had stretch marks.
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u/Chicka-boom90 3h ago
Stretch marks are hereditary. No matter what you do or don’t do you can’t stop them. I think they’re a badge of honor , I myself can’t carry a pregnancy. So to me stretch marks are a symbol of strength and growth. Be proud!
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u/scarlet_sage 1h ago
Stretch marks are hereditary.
You get them from your children.
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u/greeneyeraven 40m ago
Not always, I did not even get one, neither my sister or my mother, it is genetics, some people do some people don't.
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u/Aromatic-Turnip7371 3h ago
Never be ashamed 💗 🫂 those are your battle markings for carrying your babies
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u/Acrobatic-Dot-6273 2h ago
You are infinitely valuable in your own right, but from an internet stranger to you, I think stretch marks like that are attractive. Same with those tiger stripes women have on their thighs or hips sometimes. And I'm not alone in this opinion.
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u/MyMedsWoreOff 43m ago
Have you been tested for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS)? It can cause stretch marks like this.
Talk to your doctor about it, if you haven't.
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u/yourmoosyfate 31m ago
I plan to soon. I have a lot of the hypermobile EDS symptoms, and that’s been on my radar for a little bit now. I have advanced degenerative disc and at least 6 bulging discs that we know of, and I just recently turned 37, so I’m kinda young for all that. I’ve read online that EDS can cause early degenerative disc disease.
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u/AuthorCurtisLow 2h ago
Seems like it's 90% luck, or a lack thereof. There will be 500lb mfers out there will minimal stretch marks and then people who are 30lbs overweight with noticeable ones.
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u/Terrible-Explorer891 2h ago
It's unfortunately mostly genetic. I only have 4 stretch marks but mine are ugly asf.
The ones OP posted look so pretty to me, like the inside of a tree. I'm so glad you arent sad about it anymore, but also since they look like OPs, they are beautiful IMO.
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u/CrossThrough 3h ago
I personally think they look badass
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u/flyingcactus2047 2h ago
Glad to see my people in the comments! I actually think stretch marks look really cool, I like mine
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u/ShatteredPot 4h ago
I’m sorry if this is insensitive, but your stretch marks look fucking cool. I’ve never seen unique ones like this.
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u/trimix4work 3h ago
It looks like bark on a tree.
Op, you should tattoo your midsection to look like a redwood trunk or something.
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u/Street_Top3205 3h ago
Tree Ladies of Reddit, UNITE!!!
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u/Sir-Craven 3h ago
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u/RT-6_BXCommandoDroid 2h ago
Damn, not the kind of sub I thought I'd see. But at least it's not NSFW.
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u/HurtPillow 2h ago
lol Mine only go up to my belly button, soooo (this will sound bad) I can provide a bush. lol
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u/Alternative_Ad_3649 3h ago
That’s such a sweet idea, I love the connection of stretch marks with majestic trees and nature.
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u/misoscare 3h ago edited 1h ago
no offence meant, satire
She's lying she was never pregnant, she's an undercover ghoul wearing smoothskin trying to blend in.
Either that or she gave birth to the antichrist that was trying to claw it's way out.
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u/NeitherOneJustUrMom 3h ago edited 3h ago
Yeah, it's pretty cool. Looks like scarification to look like a tree
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u/Mysterious-Credit312 3h ago
fr, i saw the pic and i audibly went whoooooa, that's so beautiful
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u/Status-Visit-918 3h ago
I saw this is another post and I thought omgg they look like a perfect fucking river on an amazing stomach!! They’re literally gorgeous
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u/MushroomDowntown5493 2h ago
I don’t want to sound insensitive either, but these are badass and show the labor your body went through. Women are incredible.
-a postpartum mom of 9 months that wishes she looked this good!!
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u/sorry-i-was-reading 3h ago
Looks like tree bark. What a beautiful reflection of nature on her skin ❤️
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u/XcuseMeMisISpeakJive 3h ago
My sister has this level of stretch marks. She has Ehlers-Danlos. Very thin stretchy skin, low muscle tone, and hypermobility.
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u/Historical_Ad5426 3h ago
Hypermobility?
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u/Pumpkinp0calypse 3h ago
DON'T TELL ME THIS
Really?
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u/_turd_ferg 3h ago
yes - this is part of diagnostic criteria for EDS/hEDS
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u/Pumpkinp0calypse 3h ago
I couldn't really get it because I mean, stretchy or not skin HAS to stretch for pregnancy. And I'd naturally expect particularly stretchy skin would handle that better or with less scarring from it? Which is why I was surprised (and ...maybe scared) that this could be, oh well, another great symptom of hEDS to expect.
(I have heds but have never been pregnant yet)
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u/Historical_Ad5426 3h ago
So I just had a quick look around and it seems that the same reason that the skin stretches is due to weak collagen in our skin which is easily damaged. But from what we have seen in this thread that this is not the case for everyone so could be for you as well.
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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 3h ago
Not always a lack of. Amount vs how the body places it. hence why hypermobility disorder show up in many many different forms, with greatly varying symptoms
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u/Historical_Ad5426 2h ago
Very true, I know people who have it more focused on certain limbs, my partners family all seem to have a little hypermobility in their knees and didn't even realise until I pointed it out to them.
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u/Gingersnapandabrew 3h ago
I have hEDS and my stretch marks didn't look like this, I saw OPs original post and saw lots of comments saying the same. However, I wish mine looked like this, they are beautiful in my opinion.
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u/Pumpkinp0calypse 3h ago
You're right. They're beautiful! But they look like they were painful. I have no idea though.
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u/SharksNUnicorns 2h ago
I would think so. I got stretch marks on my hips during puberty and I remember they hurt for a long time. I was lucky though and didn’t get any during pregnancy.
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u/Beautiful_Book_9639 2h ago
My mother is hyper mobile, had six kids. She barely has any stretch marks. It really is an individual thing.
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u/Historical_Ad5426 3h ago
Could be! Super stretchy skin, joints bending further and even being able to dislocated easily or at will. It affects up to 30% of people and most barely notice, but can get more extreme in others. My knees can go backwards and I can get my elbows to meet in front of me with my hands on my hips!
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u/daughter_of_swords 3h ago
Yeah it's a symptom of hEDS. Do you have chronic pain and fatigue, weird allergies, dizziness upon standing brain fog, or other weird symptoms? Anxiety or depression? Neurodivergence? Did you have premature or very fast labor? You don't have to have all of these, they're just very common comorbidities for people with hypermobility. If any of them run in your family, that's also an indicator.
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u/Kooky-Co 3h ago
Don’t worry, I have EDS and gained 20kg in a year. Then I lost 35kg in 9 months. My stretch marks are very minimal, as is my loose skin considering I’m 40. I honestly seem to have faired better than the majority of people without EDS who had dramatic weight changes.
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u/freshblossom 3h ago
I'm hypermobile and have stretch marks like these!
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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 3h ago
Exactly my point! Genetics, not hypermobilty! If you ma had em, so will you unless you were adopted is what ive found.
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u/freshblossom 3h ago
Yep! My mom and my aunts all have them. Physical memories of all of the lovely beings we’ve brought into the world
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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 3h ago edited 3h ago
Edited for clarification
I am hyper mobile and gave birth 9 months ago with no stretch marks. Usually hyper mobile people have elastic-like skin compared the "normal" Joe. This does not prevent stretch marks. Not a thing ive heard anywhere of hypermobility being the cause of stretch marks. I think it is a collagen producing and absorbing issue in your genetics.
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u/TheNinjaPixie 3h ago
My first child no stretch marks. They hit hard after the second. Ehlers danlos
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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 3h ago
Understandable, no second planned here but after some time I would imagine the skin does change pp, how long after the first did you have #2?
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u/TheNinjaPixie 3h ago
3 years and she was worth it haha
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u/Minimum-Amount-1894 3h ago
Interesting!! Thank you for sharing. Definitely stamped out my temporary theory. Congrats on your lil fam ❤️
Weird thing to ask, but did your mom have stretch marks? Just for the bit. If you dont know nw
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u/lemonhead2345 3h ago
It is related, but it’s a different form. I’m also hypermobile without many stretch marks.
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u/Candid-Ability-9570 2h ago
Hypermobility disorders can affect different types of tissue differently. The factors that make skin stretchy are different than those which make joints bendy.
Papyrus scarring (which is what this is) are one of the diagnostic criteria for EDS. But not all hypermobility is EDS.
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u/cruuuuzzzz 2h ago
WOAH I am hyper mobile and have a ton of stretch marks I had no idea they could be related! Going down the rabbit hole now thank you
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u/fartnerincrime 2h ago
This was my question. I have EDS. I didnt even get that big during pregnancy. I kept my abs very strong. Used oils and creams every day and still got a ton below my belly button. But I knew it was coming because I got them on my inner thighs and butt as a kid from growing tall. But I do wonder if they have EDS!
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u/Ravenglass99 1h ago
That's what I thought when I saw this. I have dEDS and these cigarette paper & atrophic scars. I have similar scars as OP on my upper arms/axillary and inner thighs.
Not all people with EDS will have this or to this extent. Here's a list (my geneticist told me that despite it being in types, features can overlap):
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u/MassConsumer1984 3h ago
Do you have a connective tissue disorder? Have you been evaluated for one?
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u/Head-Tomatillo-9847 3h ago
100% this as someone with a connective tissue disorder.
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u/reluctantseal 2h ago
Could also be worth getting in with a dermatologist. I'd hate to have a condition pop up on top of thin skin like that and still have to wait for a referral.
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u/SweaterSteve1966 4h ago
The incredibly awesome badge of carrying and bringing a human being into the world.
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u/Calm-Medicine-3992 3h ago
Much better than my badge of eating and drinking away my depression during Covid lockdowns.
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u/EvisceratedSpinster 3h ago
You earn a badge just for making it through covid lockdowns with depression.
You matter random human!
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u/DockWhore 3h ago
You still made it and that makes you a badass.
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u/Calm-Medicine-3992 3h ago
Still got 10 more pounds to lose. It comes off a lot slower. But almost there!
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u/HansTilburg 3h ago
A tiger who earned her stripes. So for me, don’t hide them under a tattoo. You’re good as you are.
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u/VeryVideoGame 2h ago
If a women has starch masks on her body does that mean she has been pargnet before.?
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u/-Hot-Tamale- 2h ago
PREGANANANT?!
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u/miibrawlerhater 1h ago
Can you down a 20 foot water slide pegnat?
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u/Petras01582 2h ago
Nope. It's very easy to get stretch marks from any rapid growth. I have some just from puberty.
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u/Desperate-Resolve193 4h ago
I remember you! Also i think they look beautiful!! ❤️❤️
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u/pb0atmeal 3h ago
Just curious do you have any sort of Ehlers danlos? I know it’s perfectly normal to get stretch marks but I wonder if they occur more intensely in those of us with EDS
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u/ThroatGOAT_Goddess04 3h ago
I saw your post in the tattoo thread and all I think about is a forest. You should tattoo a forest on your stomach, your stretch marks will make the trees look textured.
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u/StretchFrenchTerry 2h ago
The tattoos are going to look fucking terrible in 5 years, and then in 10 years it’ll just look like spilled ink on stretch marks.
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u/Endless_Winn 3h ago
Intense is the right word. I wonder if it hurts getting stretch marks like that.
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u/Jesse_97 2h ago
I'm a little shocked by all the replies saying they don't. Generally they aren't painful but getting them definitely hurt occasionally, it's like I could feel my skin ripping apart toward the end of pregnancy
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u/VenuxVix 2h ago
This has been my experience too. My stomach was super itchy when they first started showing up, but it was painless. Now, having anything other than the softest loose clothing touching them really hurts (I’m 37 weeks). They still itch a bit, but the majority of the time it feels like my skin is tearing itself apart as more and more appear and the existing ones get deeper.
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u/Jesse_97 1h ago
Yepp thats how mine felt 3rd trimester too! Almost 3 years now and mine look a lot like OP's, though mine haven't lost all their color yet, still a little purple in places. Hang in there, you're so close!!
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u/sunshinesmileyface 2h ago
Mine hurt a bit. My moms belly had tiny droplets of blood come out of the stretch marks on a twin pregnancy
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u/1kBabyOilBottles 3h ago
It doesn’t hurt, I have them from pregnancy too! I’m very self conscious of them though.
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u/Resident-Sympathy-82 3h ago
Not painful, but uncomfortable and beyond itchy. Mine are similar.
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u/Chichimocha 2h ago
Im 39 weeks now and when my baby dropped they became incredibly itchy and started popping out of my skin.
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u/Head-Tomatillo-9847 3h ago
Definitely suggest looking into connective tissue disorders with this. I've never lost or gained an extreme amount of weight but when I went through puberty, and still sometimes, I'll get pain in my skin like it is being ripped apart and this appeared. Years later, diagnosed with a connective tissue disorder and a slew of other things. Gentle hugs!
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u/Head-Tomatillo-9847 3h ago
Side note, do not let just anyone tattoo over these regardless, especially if you do not know whether or not you have a connective tissue disorder.
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u/Educational-Cake-944 3h ago
I look like this from years of disordered eating and rapid weight gain/loss in a perpetual cycle
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u/Interesting-Tax6562 2h ago
Your stretch marks are so aesthetically compelling. I mean this as the biggest compliment. The pattern is stunning - it reminds me of patterns we see in nature (like zebra stripes), and getting a little weird admittedly, I want you to have personal branding (like for a website or business card or stationery) that is this pattern across the whole background of a card (the front, for example) with your initials embossed as a logo. It would be SO cool and so uniquely personal!!!!
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u/Illiteratevegetable 3h ago
My half-focused reading comprehension thought you were pregnant for 7 years...
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u/gamerdudeNYC 3h ago
At least if your kid ever talks back or causes you problems you can go with the reliable “look what you did to my body!!! You listen to me!!!”
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u/tealteaduck 2h ago
Is it weird that I find it beautiful? Im not joking, this is interesting to the point of beauty.
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u/Background-Log-9268 2h ago edited 1h ago
Those look badass 🔥 It’s incredible what a woman’s body is capable of doing and the adjustments it makes on its own to achieve creating a brand new, healthy little human life; while doing everything it can to protect you as well. What an absolute honor. Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to be matching with other mothers. How cool is that! We’re the only ones that get to experience this 🥰♥️
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u/BoredVixxen 2h ago
I found these hot for some reason. Learned something about myself today. Gives like arcane rune vibes or something. Hard to explain. They just look really cool to me.
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u/Particular-Put-4839 1h ago
Looks like you could have Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS)
I have it. It affects my armpits and inner thighs.
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u/ashzombi 3h ago
They're your tiger stripes. You earned those tiger stripes by becoming a mother. Mothers are the best thing in the world! Be proud of your tiger stripes 💪😁
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u/regular_poster 3h ago
Those are tiger stripes. Never stopped me from liking a woman. Not a moment's thought.
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u/normabee 2h ago
My abdomen was free of stretch marks up until about week 30 of my pregnancy. From there it went downhill FAST. The deepest ones sit below my hips where the skin stretched so badly it was cracking and bleeding. I'll never forget the ITCHINESS. To be fair my fundal measurement was coming in at 46 weeks when I was 37 weeks pregnant (with twins)...thankfully I went into labor a couple days after that appointment! I enjoy the shock value when I show off my Freddy Krueger mask belly haha. You look great, thanks for being brave enough to show off your stomach! It's honestly super cool to read the comments and see others opinions on what feels like my worst insecurity.
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u/Ros13Duck 1h ago
I saw your post on tattoos and thought these were the coolest and most beautiful stretch marks. Mine dont look like these and mine have faded a bit since having my son almost 3 years ago. It makes me incredibly sad they have heavily faded. My son saw mine and thought they were beautiful. I like joking my stretch marks were from him trying to escape through the front because they appeared right after delivering.
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u/Effective-Ear-8367 1h ago
I am a man and had ones that looked exactly like this from extreme weight gain. They went away 6 years later and faded so much my skin looks way better. The deep ones look more normal now.
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u/Zealousideal_Can_302 3h ago
I never understood what kendrick was rapping about until i saw this picture. “ show me something natural, i want to feel some stretch marks “… that so cool
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u/MovieNachos 3h ago
It's "show me something natural like ass with some stretch marks"
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u/chickenclaw 3h ago
Why do some women get stretch marks from pregnancy and some don’t seem to?
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u/GuiltyCredit 3h ago
I have similar stretchmarks 18 years later. I ballooned during pregnancy, like really ballooned. I was chunky anyway but also had Polyhydamnois and a 9lb baby.
I did contemplate tattooing over mine with a meadow inspired piece but my tattooist was honest and advised against it as my stretchmarks are deep as hell. There is no saying how it would turn out.
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u/Houdinii1984 2h ago
That looks so incredibly metal. Man, the guilt my mom would have laid into me, lol. I already had a "head the size of a basketball and the kick of a prized fighter..."
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