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Stretch marks on legs and the side of my body.

All on the inside of my legs are big stretch marks and they are very noticeable they run from the top of my leg all the way to my knee and their are a few of them, same with the side of my body the abdominal area mostly.
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heyy, i have a similar situation. i have them from weight gain from a mix of regular weight gain and from being put on a medicine(2-3 yrs later so 3 months ago, i read the papers with it from the pharmacy and found out it is known for causing weight gain, doctor switched the med, and im losing weight FAST), so my stretch marks are getting worse. i have them on my shoulders, chest, top of my legs(only a little), 1 or 2 on my knees, sides, stomach, etc. it bothers me alot and recently my mom bought me    palmer's cocoa butter formula massage cream for stretch marks (with vitamin e, collagen & elastin) its a concentrated cream   (wrote everything it says on the box so its easier to find. anyways, i only used it ONCE so far, i used not alot but a decent amount everywhere i have the marks and about a week later i looked(kind of randomly), and was shocked. my stomach ones are alot lighter, my knee ones i cant even find, upper leg in one spot was sooo dark and is sooo light now! arms are a work in progress along with everything else but after just one use, my hopes are alot better. everyone kept saying "oh they dont dissapear" yes but they can almost. lol. sorry this is so long. another thing, a while ago i was going crazy over it so i took cocoa butter, reg lotion, vitamin e oil, and some aloe stuff and put everything on my stomach everywhere, and for a while they were alot lighter. wish i hadnt stopped, probably would be alot better now. anyways like i said im sorry this is so long but i was looking for something else and saw your post and knowing how it feels, needed to atleast tell you whats helping me. i dont know how much it was, i know its def. expensive, but i would definatly recommend you atleast check it out. definatly not a waste of money for me! good luck and if you find anything else, let me know cuz more then one treatment at once will probably work even better lol. (im almost 16, im not very patient with this.
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thanks for your help, no not that i can think of. x
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We all get stretch marks, as we get growth spurts, gain weight quickly, have swelling, or other conditions. These marks will fade away on their own as time goes on and typically won't be noticeable at all or just lightly visible. Has anything happened lately to cause them?  
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