Are these stretch marks? :(

[anachronistic]

Around my inner thighs, I have purplish reddish lines. I just noticed them last night in the bathroom. There's just a few, probably 6-7 at the most. They look like long lines, and they kind of indent, like a gash. They do not hurt, they are not open sores, they just look nasty. I figure it's either a stretch mark or some kind of fungus.

After googling stretch marks, they do look like stretch marks, but I am unsure, because they bevel inwards a little.

What am I getting stretch marks for?

[shh!]

Sounds like stretch marks... have you had a rapid growth spurt or put on weight recently?

Stretch marks usually fade to a silvery-white over time, and they look better than when they are purple.

[lesa]

Are you pumping iron?

[NeoSeminole]

sounds like what I have on my inner thighs. It's due to a rapid growth spurt. If you're worried about it, put cocoa butter on them everyday.

[anachronistic]

Are you pumping iron?

Yeah, but just upper body. Maybe my thighs are getting chunky, or like Neo said, I am having a rapid growth spurt.

[someonelse]

There's a cream for pregnant women for stretchmarks. Would at least lighten if not get rid of it at this point.

[shh!]

Sorry, but there is no medical evidence that creams do anything but cost you money. Of course, they may make you feel like you are being proactive, but that's about it.

[anachronistic]

I'll just continue to eat a healthy diet, apply vitamin E mineral oil to my skin, and hope that changes something. At least it's just something superficial.

[NeoSeminole]

shh, perhaps you are right (keyword: perhaps). I started using cocoa butter when I noticed stretch marks forming and none of them have gotten worse since then. Although they won't make stretch marks disappear, I do believe lotions help prevent new ones from forming.

[jbrowning]

Yeah, lotions do really help. It doesn't erase them, but it can't hurt!

[klickaroos]

I also one like that and tried almost all the regimen that i can buy otc then last week i decided to consult vicki belo with just one session i lost 3 inches and lost the stretch marks too yehey! thank you belo shape

[LadieNisha4u2nv]

I got mega stretchmarks after having Ari. They were so dark they looked like tattoos at one point. But they're starting to disappear so I'm cool. I dunno, but for some weird reason, when I drink alot of water, I start losing them. As for cocoa butter, it does work. It's just a loooonnnggg time before you see any mega change, you'll end up giving up eventually unless you're really that vain.

[Charlie Boy II]

I thought only women got stretch marks??? I don't even really know what they are.

[misombra]

guys get them too. unless they don't have skin.

[Shadow2121]

Vitamin E, Carrots, and Water help the skin with stretchmarks....Dont worry about them, they will fade to a light color and be barely noticable when they do....

Im a guy and I have some stretchmarks on my sides, and arms from working out, and gaining some weight during a growth spurt.

I use to think I was the only guy with them, until I went through bootcamp and had to shower with 80 guys on a daily basis. 75% of men have stretchmarks....

Not everyone is a brad pitt or angelina jolie.