Unsightly Stretch Marks
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I have the same insecurity about my stretch marks, but the lovely support at studioveena has helped me accept them as part of my beauty. It's a process I still struggle with. A zebra can't fade their stripes, but why would they want to? ;-)
I have the same insecurity about my stretch marks, but the lovely support at studioveena has helped me accept them as part of my beauty. It's a process I still struggle with. A zebra can't fade their stripes, but why would they want to? ;-)
RM2012 ·
I haven't read through all of these replies... but thought I'd share :-) I didn't get belly marks with my 3 babies, but I need injections daily to stay pregnant. Goodbye nice toned bum and welcome cellulite! And scarring. LOTS of scarring. My second baby decided to arrive at 25 weeks, via a lovely classical section (my other two were natural births thankfully). So there's another reminder for me. Then my last pregnancy made TERM :-D Very exciting, also meant all my laparoscopy scars across my abdomen got stretched and 'lived in' along with my navel.... I used to dance for a living. I used to be toned, and a lot thinner than I am now (well, I used to have 'boy' hips, so that's actually a positive lol) Oh and I used to have boobs that didn't move when I jumped hahahaha! :-) Pregnancy (and pumping/breastfeeding) meant a big hello to gravity! But you know what, when I look at my beautiful kids, I am so proud!! My daughter just turned 3, my son just turned 2 (we lost his fraternal twin, and he was our 25 week preemie) and my youngest boy is 8 months old. Both boys are in therapy (physio & occupational therapy for both, speech & language and sensory etc for my prem plus a whole tonne of follow up and assessments!) Going through this has really changed my view on my body. I used to be sad about my muscles being separated, and all my scars, but then I look at the fighting these boys are doing and how far we've come in the therapy and how gorgeous my little girl is with her brothers, and all I can think is that I'd have stretchmarks and scars over every inch of my body if it gave me that experience again! It's not about not caring for me, I still get insecure at times, it just really makes me realise that how I view my body is not the way my kids view me. Now I'm either too busy to worry about how I look, or those times I do think about it, I know this was for these precious babies and I know that to them, I'm Mummy who fixes things and cuddles them and I'm the only one they want when they are scared or tired or sick. These changes to my body remind me that *I* have changed, and I am grateful for that change! :-)
I'm a 32 yo mom of two (boy 11yo & girl 17 months) I got stretch marks in my inner thighs with my son and a small one on my stomach. I got very faint ones on my tummy after my girl. Sometimes I feel weird about them especially in pole clothes but I have to remember how far I've come and what I have. I weigh less than I did before my girl and my boy and the most important my children are happy and healthy...to me it was worth the war wounds :) Also what I have noticed from all of these pole videos i have been watching/studying on you tube and studio veena, I haven't noticed one purple, gray, silver, red, white, or clear stretch mark on anyone!!!!! That is because, as a poler, you (and even spectators) are looking at the whole picture. The beautiful lines your body makes when u r in a move or the fluidity of your body as you do a move (that may expose your imperfections). It's the whole picture that I see. It's just like when u see a beautiful perfect woman or man and then they talk or act a certain way and your outlook is changed!! Suddenly they could be the ugliest person you have seen. It's all on the inside!!! In pole I could start off seeing a overly heavy person with cellulite and stretch marks (if I inspected closely for imperfections) and then they dance whether they are good or bad, and I can see no imperfections at all. Beauty from the inside can come out and cover all that someone is afraid of, u just have to b open enough to share your raw emotions whether by talking, actions, dance, or other. The courage and fearlessness it takes to expose your body, your ability, and your emotions will hide any imperfection you have on your body any day!!!!! Xoxo
^^^^that is so true ^^^^ i am HORRIFIED when i catch a glimpse of what my inner thighs are squishing and buckling and folding into when I do a pole sit. it's like a horror movie. but but but! no one else sees that... they just see the whole picture. (unless they are looking for that, and the only reason they are looking is because they experience the same thing on their thighs too lol)
I have recently started training and got embarrassed of my stretch marks so I have used http://http://www.imageskincare.com/collections/ormedic cream and getting good results. Now I am relaxed and can practice without tension.
Here is a link to something that has helped me accept and even want to flaunt my "battle scars" http://www.slrlounge.com/a-beautiful-body-celebrates-mothers-and-their-un-photoshopped-beauty I'd say don't worry about it--I doubt anyone is saying "Gross" let alone noticing them; as my great grandmother used to say, "If they're looking that close, kick em!" ;)
yrngrl ·
Thanks for the link... certainly made me remember I'm far from alone in having a messed up stretch mark stomach! And there's a good reason for it, right? :)
litlbit ·
Love this! http://www.abeautifulbodyproject.com/
I'm 25 years old, 125ish lbs and never had kids and I have stretch marks. All. Over. My butt and hips and thighs. And my boobs even though they are non existent...because my weight has fluctuated a lot. Frankly if anyone's getting close enough to me to see them, they're either about to get lucky or about to watch me bust a pole move. Negative comments at that point in either context will get you kicked out and locked out of my love hut.
@poledanceromance : omg, lol@love hut! I love it! I may have to steal that terminology for future reference!
Haha I just think, if I have had them even at my thinnest (about 105) then I am pretty confident that basically every woman walking the earth has them. And if literally every woman in the history of ever has had them, then I feel no need to hide them or be ashamed.
I used Mederma for stretch marks on my tummy after I had my daughter. I had some pretty big ones. You're supposed to put it on 2 or 3 times a day. I was really good about it and they faded. I was surprised it worked. I'm not sure how well it works on old stretch marks. I didn't have the discipline to put it on old spots that often.
I tried many products for unsightly stretch marks and was beginning to think it's a lost cause... I am so happy I gave it another try with dermelastic serum. I just started using it and I already see improvements. I use it on my pregnancy stretch marks as well as growing stretch marks on my knees.
