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Hello everyone
I've read that stretchmarks are genetic. I showed my Mum my stretchmarks last week and she said they were the same as hers and that hers faded within 6 months. So my question is if they arise through genetics will they fade the same also?
I hope so. :pray: But maybe Mum was just trying to be nice! :redface:
Hello...don't know the answer to your question but I'm not sure about the genetic thing either. My mum has never had a stretch mark yet I certainly have. She had 3 kids and no stretch marks, I have one and my stomach is covered. So dunno!
Hi NB
I have heard the genetic thing re stretch marks but i think that in general most stretch mark will fade after a while, i don't think they ever stay red although i may be wrong. My mum didn't get any stretch marks but i look like ive been attacked by a pack of lions so i guess it's not always genetic :lol:. Have to admit i don't mind them though as i just think as to how i got them and get a warm fuzzy feeling (but then ive never been a bikini wearer or belly-flasher so it's not like its new that im hiding them!).
Julie x
My mum never got stretch marks with me and my sister. She also didn't get morning sickness, she didn't throw up, she didn't get faint and dizzy she didn't get reflux, she didn't get blah bah blah blah...
Thanks mum cause i got it all and more!!!
My sis didn't get stretch marks either though
stretchmarks are genetic, that doesn't mean that everyone in the family will get them however (they may or may not carry the gene). i have a crap load of stretchmarks, my little sister also has quite a few - mum never got any (and she had six kids), no one on her side of the family ever got stratchmarks. on my fathers side however, they all have strachmarks, even the men. angelica will undoubtedly end up with strechmarks too, as both myself and my husband have them.
and don't worry all stretchmarks fade eventually - the skin will always be a different texture, but the colour will diminish - although the rate at which the red / purple colour dies down varies from person to person and stretchmark to stretchmark.
on a side note,no cream or oil has ever been proven to reduce the liklihood of stretchmarks or get rid of them - but if you still want to try any, they certainly cann't hurt.
Mum, has no stretchies after 3 kids, MY sis hasnone after her 2 kids & my younger sisw doesnt have any either & THANKFULLY, even the Midwives commented my last 2 appointments that baby #3 & no stretchies is almost unherad of these days, but I dont have any on my belly...
On the underside of my breasts I do though, with DD#1 I went from a C Cup to a G cup but it's where the breast hangs against my body so no big deal!
This topic was on "what`s Goof For You" a few weeks back, if your MUm didn`t get stretch marks your unlikely to.
My Mum didn`t get stretch marks (9 pregnancies) neither did I but my younger sister did.