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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Positive Bodybuilding Discussion & Talk => Natural Bodybuilding => Topic started by: gibberj2 on January 25, 2006, 08:11:08 AM
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I'm starting to get stretch marks in my anterior delts and armpit area. what is to be done?
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Show them off...
;D
You get really fricken excited when you start seeing them on the upper insides of your thighs.......
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I think a lot of us would rather see them on the upper inside of your thigh. ;D
Sorry, couldn't resist.
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Yeah I'll fricken show you something.......and it don't have no stretch marks, maybe some rub marks, but no stretch marks.......
;D
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heres sum mine posted in another thread
my arms r riddled with tem and i dont even trainin my arms.
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mine are starting to get a little bit like that. how come you dont train arms?
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just really cant be arsed plus they get hit from back and bench and weighted dips. just lazy tho ill maybe start cos they look small compared to rest of body
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I have them on my delts as well, try coco butter it has worked well for me and those that I know.
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Oh wow, theres been a mistake Get_Bigger, I got mixed up and though you were that Jennifer Lynn girl. Please say your a women, if not I just said something really gay. haha
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Oh wow, theres been a mistake Get_Bigger, I got mixed up and though you were that Jennifer Lynn girl. Please say your a women, if not I just said something really gay. haha
LMFAO......I was wondering about that. I gave you the benefit of the doubt......LOL I thought you miss typed. Oh well.
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I thought you hardgainers didn't grow fast enough to get stretch marks
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I thought you hardgainers didn't grow fast enough to get stretch marks
Never claimed to be a hardgainer. I am more of a easygainer.
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I have them on my delt where Goudy does. :( And light ones on my Bi's
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Yeah, don't be proud of the ones on the sides of your belly if you have them ;D
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I thought you hardgainers didn't grow fast enough to get stretch marks
i would say i gain easier than at least 99% of the training population. if i trained like a bb i would be much bigger.
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I thought you hardgainers didn't grow fast enough to get stretch marks
The first time I bulked I wound up with stretch marks around my delts, only my delts, that's the only place that's grown fast enough to produce them. I was so proud. ;D
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well these are the first stretch marks i've ever had. i'm 189 (highest weight ever had) and i'm getting a little fatty too. been bulking for 60 weeks LOL.
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gibberj2,
There is no cure or quick-fix for stretch marks I'm afraid. Not that people haven't been looking for one, the pharmaceutical industry reckon even a preventative against stretch marks would be worth tens of billions of dollars a year. Every pregnant woman would pay whatever it took to get their hands on it.
Some interesting facts about stretch marks:
-UV photography has shown that nearly 90% of the population (over 25) have stretch marks in their armpits.
-the length and width of stretch marks depends not only on muscle (fat) mass, but also on muscle structure (the longer the front deltoid, the greater the extent of stretching)
-stretch marks extending across the pectoral are most likely to tear (ie: become wider than 1/2 inch and require stitching)
However, there is one little trick I've kept up my sleeve... one that works quite well... vitamin E.
Simply cut open a 400 iu vitamin E capsule and rub the oil (daily) into the reddened area of the stretch mark, this speeds up the healing (scarring) process and can even take the redness out of old stretch marks.
Good luck,
The Luke
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rub the oil? what oil? is the vitamin e a powder?
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Vitamin E usually comes in little oil filled capsules. Snip the edge of one with a scissors and squeeze out the oil, this is what you rub onto the stretch marks.
You're better off using a more concentrated vitamin E, hence I recommend at least 400 iu capsules.
The Luke
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time i think works the best....i got them all down my arms now and on my legs.....they've just started to fade now.
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Embrace the stretch marks, they are a size of progress................ unless they are on your love handles.
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I would agree with bald. Show them off with pride. Don't cover them up. They will fade over time, but then hopefully you will have new ones :)
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I got a few on my lower back and inner thighs, I haven't seen too many on the lower back before so I thought I'd put that out there
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i got them on my upper thigh before my armpit, all Ive heard is cocoa butter and vitamin E
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stretch marks are part of the game - get used to it
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I have stretch marks on the inside of my upper legs but they are not red the are like a grayish white color what the hell dose that mean are they the same as the redish looking ones.
You can't realy see them when I have a good tan
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I think red stretch marks are fresh......and lighten up over time. I could be wrong though........just a guess.
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Actually GET_BIGGER, you're right on the money.
The redness in a new stretchmark is the point where the skin is tearing, the pinky color is the beginning of the scarring process... old stretchmarks slowly fade to a whitish beige over time.[ ...a light or dark brown in darker skinned or black people depending on how dark the pigmentation is]
Stetchmarks, being scar tissue, don't tan the same way that normal skin does, so be careful of getting them sunburned as they are more prone to skin cancer than regular skin... well, at least while they're healing.
The Luke
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I read an article in an old muscle mag years ago that said stretch marks were related to a lack of zinc in the body. The article recommended a zinc supplement and proper hydration along with a moisturizing lotion to the common areas prone to stretch marks.
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There are only 2 products I know of that will alleviate stretchmarks.
The first is Strivectin, and the other is a product I carry called TriAction (http://www.jaguar.mysynergy.net/SynergyCorp/Content.aspx?PageID=1356&CatalogItemID=1534&OrderType=2). <---clickable link
(http://www.jaguar.mysynergy.net/images/1203/Products/LG_TRIACTION.JPG)
They are both expensive. Stretch marks will naturally fade over time, and alot of people say use Vitamin E, Cocoa butter, Shea butter etc., which are considered 1st generation products in that the only thing they do is lubricate and soften the skin. They may feel good, but they do nothing to actually alter the underlying structure of the dermis (deep inner layer of skin). It's kind of like trying to paint a wall with cracks and holes in it. You need to smooth out the surface first, before you paint. Unfortunately, you can't patch cracks & crevices in the skin, the same way you can on a wall. You need to have a lipofilling action taking place internally in the skin, ...similar to plumping up a balloon. You need a product capable of penetrating past the epidermis (outer layer of the skin) and deep into the dermis (deep inner layer of the skin) to affect the inner composition of the skin. Most oils are incapabable of penetrating into the epidermis much less the dermis. They'll feel good on your skin, but you might just end up with pimples. If you are going to try a cream of some sort, make sure that what you use contains "oligopeptides" which affect fat deposition in the skin, and that the product has a liposomal delivery system capable of penetrating down to the dermis.
A liposome is like an targetted heat-seeking missile. It is the envelope that carries the active ingredients to do the job. In the case of TriAction, which is consider a 3rd generation skincare product, our uniquely shaped liposomes penetrate deep into the dermis, where they encounter a specific PH. It is at this point, that the liposomes break open to deliver their cargo to the working cells of the skin (the fibroblasts and the keratinocytes etc) signaling skin cells to grow and to turn over more quickly as well as to produce more collagen & elastin and to create a greater interface between the dermis and epidermis. This results in a lipofilling action, similar to blowing up a balloon, while the oligopeptides affect the fat deposition beneath the dermis, all resulting in improved blood flow and circulation to the skin, greater elasticity to the skin, more radiance and a smoother appearance to the surface etc.
For a graphic display of how it works, consider viewing this flash presentation (http://www.jaguarenterprises.org/presentation.htm). At about slide 16, it starts to discuss the skincare.
Bare in mind, any product would be a waste of money if you continued to do what gave you the stretch marks to begin with (growing your muscles faster than your skin grows). You'd simply be re-inforcing them. The best way to deal with stretch marks is to simply avoid getting them to begin with. It's hard I know, ...especially since we get them as we're getting bigger, but most often only really notice them after we've gone down slightly in size. Other than that, ...there's TriAction (http://www.jaguar.mysynergy.net/SynergyCorp/Content.aspx?PageID=1356&CatalogItemID=1534&OrderType=2).
Hope That Helps,
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/Judi-sig50.jpg)
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Vitamin E usually comes in little oil filled capsules. Snip the edge of one with a scissors and squeeze out the oil, this is what you rub onto the stretch marks.
You're better off using a more concentrated vitamin E, hence I recommend at least 400 iu capsules.
The Luke
or you could get vit e rub that is a balm and rub that on instead if breaking gel tabs
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There's a much higher profit margin for vitamin e creams than there is for capsules, (on a IU per IU basis).
Hence I recommend the capsules.
The Luke
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dun be a puss!! these are battle scars ;D
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After tanning for a few years, and using vitamin e oil some of the stretch marks I got when I started bodybuilding are almost invisible. I use to have them on my biceps and outer delts like lightning bolts. I also had them in other places, and you really can't seem them unless you pull on the skin or look really closely.
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Am suffering from same after my delivery :-
I think wat will work best is either of these though none will have full guarantee:
1. Vit E capsules - cut the end and apply the liquid .
2. cocoa butter - u have to apply it every 2-3 hrs and not let the area dry ..
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Am suffering from same after my delivery :-
I think wat will work best is either of these though none will have full guarantee:
1. Vit E capsules - cut the end and apply the liquid .
2. cocoa butter - u have to apply it every 2-3 hrs and not let the area dry ..
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