I was just wondering if you are pregnant can you have stretch marks in other places other than your stomach.
2007-03-21 07:45:42 · 23 answers · asked by Kusheena J 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Yup I have them on my stomach, back and hips from pregnancy. I have them on the inside of my elbows and knees from a growth spurt in puberty!
Stretch marks can pop up anywhere - my other half has them on the inside of his knee from when he stretched a ligament and on his back from a growth spurt when he was a teenager.
So they don't just affect women either!!
I used all the cream under the sun in pregnancy but it made no difference. If you're going to get them, you get them and all the creams do is moisturise the top layer of skin.
Stretch marks happen in the lower layer of skin, and it either has enough elasticity or it doesn't!
I hope that helps!!
2007-03-21 07:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by Up-side-down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've gotten a lot of answers, and most of them are right- you can get em all over, but it's not true that you only get them if you gain a lot of weight. I'm 37wks right now with #2, and both times, I didn't have a single stretch mark til 8 months, then I got em on my hips and tummy. I am a fairly small person and gained within the recommended range of weight. I will tell you mine faded well- you could still see them, but they were white and faint.
Also, breastfeeding and my milk coming in gave me pretty bad stretch marks on my breasts, and they are typically small ; )
2007-03-21 15:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Holly N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. I got some on my legs and other places...it definately isn't pretty. I wish i would have tried that cocoa butter for stretch marks.
2007-03-21 14:48:57 · answer #3 · answered by sara s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yea. pretty much everywhere! I tried the cocoa butter thing and it didn't really help. Just watch your weight. I'm like a walking stretch mark and trust me it's not pretty
2007-03-21 14:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by blessed mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, thighs, arms, boobs (usually on the side) and butt. Heck, you can have them without ever being pregnant! Men get them as well, but usually do to being overweight.
2007-03-21 14:56:21 · answer #5 · answered by CarbonDated 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, you can have stretch marks anywhere, even if you aren't pregnant, they are caused by gaining weight.
2007-03-21 14:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by Shotty11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can! I got them on my sides like on my love handles and on my boobs. I didn't get any on my stomache until this pregnancy.
2007-03-21 14:58:02 · answer #7 · answered by I love my kids! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boobs!
I dont call them stretch marks, rather DECORATIONS.
Lovely redish purple lines....
But other places are hips, butt, thighs.
2007-03-21 14:51:56 · answer #8 · answered by MommyTwice-TwiceTheLove 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because some people gain weight so your skin strechs too...I never got it in other places because I never gain weight in other places so yes strech marks anywhere else...
2007-03-21 14:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by nena_en_austin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my, I have them on my boobs, my butt, my knees and my hips. I even have them on my thighs!! I just hope I don't find any anywhere else, I'm devestated enough!!
2007-03-21 14:51:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋