Streeeeetch marks.

[Audrey]

Before I started HRT I literally had no butt.  Now that I am about 1 year HRT, I have gone from a size 5 to an 11.  Now I have a nice bubble butt, which don't get me wrong looks very female and I always get checked out by guys    However as a price to pay I have some pretty big stretch marks on either cheek.  There is about 4 or 5 big ones that are 4 in long.  Has anyone else had this problem and is there a solution.  I've heard that vit E oil can help, but am not sure if that is a myth.

Please help.

Audrey

[annajasmine]

I heard that coco butter suppose to work well. I been losing weight so all my old stretch marks are coming back and I use vitamin e cream it doesn't help. I will just have look like a zebra.


Later,
Anna

[gothique11]

I'm always changing sizes... I get bigger, and then smaller. I think I'm back to being a size 5, and when I started I was a 10, then 5, then 7, then now I think I'm 5... maybe smaller, I need new clothes again. It's annoying to be changing size all the time as my body changes. I have loads of clothes that don't fit, and then fit later on. I just finished moving and I'm still organizing. I have a huge pile of clothes to look through.

I've lost a lot of sizes, but I have more visible hips and a good shape going on... I'm also a lot smaller all around than I was when I started out. So, I'm a pretty skinny girl. I don't think I'm that skinny, but when the other girls at work are jealous of me because I'm thinner and have a nicer shape, it makes me smile and feel good for a moment.

My breasts always seem to change size, too. Recently, I swear they have been shrinking -- yet, that might be an illusion because my whole body is much smaller and losing muscle mass, so it might be that since my upper body muscle mass is going away, including fat, it looks like they are shrinking. The odd thing is that I still get growing pains in my breasts. *shurgs*

--natalie

Posted on: February 02, 2008, 07:27:55 PMOh yeah, I don't know what works with strech marks, I have tons on me, and some from pre-hrt. They sux, and are on my stomach and my arms (people think that I was pregnant before with the stomach marks). My arm ones suck, and I've tried different stuff like vitamin E. It made them not look as bad, but they are still there. I hear that since it's so deep in your skin, that there's not much that can be done to completely get rid of them (although, I her lasers can really help them diminish).

[Natasha]

i have stretch marks.  i developed some after my last two pregnancies.  oh the disgust! >

[Cortana]

Don't worry thier not so bad and they'll get less noticable as time goes on. Trust me, I've got stretch marks everywhere and mine are from getting to heavy and overweight. I have them on my stomach, boobs, my upper arms, my thighs, my waist, a little bit on my butt, ect. They are not that noticable and they are starting to go away and I've had them for at least 3 plus years, so don't worry they'll fade or go away completely eventually.

[Keira]

Actually, if your getting stretch marks, it means your probably not controlling your weight too well... Its not supposed to happen if you gain weight normally, say a few pounds in a month. There is nothing you can do to fix them with vitamin E. Stretch marks are tearts in the deep dermis only some very deep treatment like a deep TCA peel, laser or some such can help.

Time will make them fade, but they'll still be there.

I've got a bit on the thighs I got 15 years ago when I first took E and pigged out to take on weight. They're faint but still there.

Audrey, gaining enough weight to take 6 dress size is not a good sign, because it means your metabolism is way too low for the amount of food your eating. Two choice, eat less or gain muscle mass in your lower body to increase your metabolism.

I lost muscles on my lower body but with the fat gain, essentially my hips have stayed the same size with the extra fat (39->37 inch), but my abdomen has litterally imploded from 32.5 -> 26 inch. I'm a size 4 (fits hips and waist). You should gain fat on the hips with HRT, but if you look at young women who are in shape, they probably only have a one inch layer of fat over their lower body, maybe a bit more onthe buttock. At their abdomen, they've got just about no fat at all, which makes it very very flat. Their Waist to hip ratio is around 0.7 (mine right now 26/37=0.7).

[tinkerbell]

i have stretch marks.  i developed some after my last two pregnancies.  oh the disgust! >

ROFL    Right!  Wow, I have to contact your SRS surgeon since he seems to make miracles happen.  You are too funny! 

tink

[Audrey]

Hey keira,
Yeah my appetite really skyrocketed at first with HRT.  I used to be able to eat anything and not worry about it.  Now it is really catching up with me.  I never had any fat on my abdomen to lose pre Hrt, but now I have quite the tummy pouch.  I have read your previous posts about metabolic syndrome, so I have a good idea of your possible response to this.  All I can say is thanks for the good advice. 

A friend of mine has been bothering me alot about going to the gym with her cause her workout partner is really lazy.  I am going to get a membership tomorrow actually.  The gym has discounts for health care workers, so it will only be like 30 dollars a month.  I am really excited, because my body fat has been bugging me lately.  Its not that its bad at the moment, but if it continues unabated I could end up really out of shape well large.  Not to mention the fact that I get fatigued easily.  I feel that I have let myself go a little since high school gym class as far as the cardio is concerned.  So anyway wish me luck determination and I will try to keep it up.

Audrey

[tekla]

You're on your way, nothing is more important than a partner who will make you go when you don't want to.  And who you can return that favor for.  Professional trainers are OK, but are not as good as someone who really knows you, how to push your buttons, and really push you.

[MeghanAndrews]

Hey Audrey,
Just an aside, one thing that really helped me get into cardio was either 1) taking long long walks some place that interested me and could hold my attention, like the ocean or 2) record 1/2 hour long show onto I Pod or other handheld device and workout for the length of the show, it'll be like 20 minutes long. Work your way up to an hour. You'll get to the point where you want to keep working out because you want to watch more episodes I watched Grey's Anatomy that way and also Prison Break. Meghan