stretch marks on growing tween

My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but I
figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her butt,
thighs, boobs, and sides. She's very thin, at 5'3 she weighs about 108, but
she's growing pretty quickly right now, and I am wondering it the stretch
marks are going to be permanent or transitory. I understand that stretch
marks are caused by growth that is faster than the skin can keep up with,
but my pregnancy stretch marks are a permanent factor on my body and I would
hope that at 11 DD's will disappear. Anyone?

Marjorie

"animzmirot" wrote in message
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My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but
I
figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her butt,
thighs, boobs, and sides. She's very thin, at 5'3 she weighs about 108,
but
she's growing pretty quickly right now, and I am wondering it the stretch
marks are going to be permanent or transitory. I understand that stretch
marks are caused by growth that is faster than the skin can keep up with,
but my pregnancy stretch marks are a permanent factor on my body and I
would
hope that at 11 DD's will disappear. Anyone?

Marjorie



I don't know if it's normal, but I have stretch marks on my thighs which in
my mind have always been there. I probably got them sometime in my teens?
earlier? At 43, they are very very faded.

Jeanne

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animzmirot wrote:

*My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but I
*figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
*puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her butt,

well, I don't have a daughter who is old enough for that, but - I carry
stretch marks on my own boobs from their growth spurt which happened when
I was about 17 years old. They never went away, but they are so very very
very faint that you really have to be up close and personal to notice
them.

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In article , animzmirot says...

My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but I
figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her butt,
thighs, boobs, and sides. She's very thin, at 5'3 she weighs about 108, but
she's growing pretty quickly right now, and I am wondering it the stretch
marks are going to be permanent or transitory. I understand that stretch
marks are caused by growth that is faster than the skin can keep up with,
but my pregnancy stretch marks are a permanent factor on my body and I would
hope that at 11 DD's will disappear. Anyone?

Marjorie


I developed rapidly at the age of 13 and I'm very busty. I got stretch marks on
my breasts and on my hips at that time. They faded very slowly to a faint
thready look.

Banty

"animzmirot" wrote in message
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My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but
I
figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks?

I got stretch marks when I was a young teen. I *died* of embarrassment when
my mom took me in to see the doctor about them.

Like Hillary said, you have to be pretty upclose and personal to see them
today.


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I have a twelve year old daughter who developed breasts in a very short time
span. She went from nothing to something that turns adolescent heads in
about five months. I noticed very faint stretch marks on her and became
concerned since my own pregnancy stretch marks have not faded well. I have
encouraged her to use vitamin E cream or cocoa butter cream. She looked at
me as if I was a bit perverted to be encouraging her to rub lotion on her
breasts!

I think it is very normal; would like to hear your pediatrician's advice.

Jennifer


"animzmirot" wrote in message
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My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but
I
figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of her
puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her butt,
thighs, boobs, and sides. She's very thin, at 5'3 she weighs about 108,
but
she's growing pretty quickly right now, and I am wondering it the stretch
marks are going to be permanent or transitory. I understand that stretch
marks are caused by growth that is faster than the skin can keep up with,
but my pregnancy stretch marks are a permanent factor on my body and I
would
hope that at 11 DD's will disappear. Anyone?

Marjorie

Marjorie, I gained a bunch of weight right about age 11-12 when I was
"developing" and I got lovely purple stretch marks on my hips and on my breasts
to a lesser extent. I remember it being upsetting and confusing because my mom
kept saying this shouldn't be happening (but what the heck was I supposed to do
about it?).

They didn't go away but certainly did fade as time went on. One positive
aspect I found is that when you get pregnant, it's one less thing to have to
stress about: you don't have to worry about getting stretch marks because you
already have them and they're already faded so they look better than everybody
else's. I suppose that's small comfort to your DD at this stage of the game,
though. :-(

Heidi

animzmirot wrote in :

My friend swears it's normal, and I have a call into the pediatrician, but
I figured I'd ask anyhow. If you have a daughter who is in the midst of
her puberty growth spurt, did she get stretch marks? DD has them on her
butt, thighs, boobs, and sides. She's very thin, at 5'3 she weighs about
108, but she's growing pretty quickly right now, and I am wondering it the
stretch marks are going to be permanent or transitory. I understand that
stretch marks are caused by growth that is faster than the skin can keep
up with, but my pregnancy stretch marks are a permanent factor on my body
and I would hope that at 11 DD's will disappear. Anyone?

I got strech marks as I was growing up: I think they mostly faded away. Or
at least, they didn't bother me.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

Hate to tell you, but stretch marks are forever, and they have both a
genetic and a hormonal element to them. Your daughter's will fade to
silvery lines, but won't ever go away. It is common to get them on
hips, breasts - and a lot of boys get them in the small of their backs
(my husband is almost 50 and you can see them on him).

In adolescence I got them on my right hip. Go figure. Nothing
different about my right hip from my left hip (I am symmetrical and
didn't grow one hip and then the other !) - but I only got them on the
right, and at 47, you can still see them - rows of silvery marks.
Then flash ahead to my three pregnancies. I got to be the size of a
beached whale each time, and went into the overtime innings each time,
but I have NO stretch marks from pregnancy - even though I am quite
clearly capable of getting them. My mother never got any from
pregnancy either. Must be some wierd hormonal thing.

Mary G.