feel at least comforted that everybody has stretch marks so this is a universal problem from women. i have not seen one person ever who doesn't have stretch marks. what causes stretch marks is the rate of gain of weight. it just happens that if you gain weight at a certain rate a little bit faster than your skin can grow that's when a stretch mark occurs but you often don't see it till you lose the weight that's when you start to see it. so trying to control the weight is one way to avoid future stretch marks. once the stretch mark is there the sad truth is that there is absolutely no treatment out there that will eliminate it. people have tried a whole bunch of different things like lasers and retinoids and the doctor who figures out how to really truly solve the stretch mark will be a very well-loved and very rich doctor because everybody wants this taken care of. but as of yet there are some studies ongoing using lasers to treat stretch marks but there is nothing that i have seen that i think is effective and worth spending money on to try to treat a stretch mark.
i have stretch marks on my hips and thighs from gaining and losing weight. how can i get rid of these? will lasers help?