very embarassing question....

hello fellas.... i haven't being here much... they add a stupid filter to my internet at work.... but i never forget my real friends.... lol... well as in the news... im still in my monitored diet... im down...25lbs..need 7 more before doing the claim to the insurance again....  but i have this question.... and is kind of embarassing... at least for me... since we guys... really dont talk about... strecht marks... and is kind of unconfortable saying this but... im cover in them...  by shoulders... all my belly ( dr. said for loosing and gaining weight on and on...) my chest... my back.... my arms... all over..i have never know what is to be without a shirt... im really embarassed about them....  if everything goes good... (god first).... whats gonna happen to them... i have had them all my life... r they gonna go away???? im 300 lbs now... but i really dont know whats gonna happen... im really planning on not having plastic surgery after wls.... and just work my ass off at the gym since i really dont have the way$$$$ to plastic surgery... thanks...

I've got a few, and they've really diminished. I don't think they ever go away. They're scars. Let's worry about those things when it's time for plastic surgery or not. You've got bigger fish to steam

Not sure, but I think mine are a little less noticeable since I have lost more weight.

Jim 

As mentioned before they are pretty much scars. I have noticed that as I started dropping the weight, the big red marks I used to have are now kinda clear or just the same color as my skin but they are still there.

MIne are a lot less obvious, but they are still there. CB

I used to have them around my armpits and the front of my shoulders when I was lifting. Those are long gone now. I agree with a poster above. That ought to be somewhere in the double digits in the list of things to worry about with WLS and your journey.

I got mine still, but they don't have any color to them, and kind of blend in with the wrinkles from the loose extra skin! Still wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me though. Plastics or not, I'm still much happier with my health, and even my body image too...

If you buy liquid vitamin E and apply it to the marks on a regular basis, it will help the scars heal tremendously.    Pregnant women are often given the same advice. It's kind of a pain to do, but it may help. Guy

While they are still there, they are much less visible.   Bigger problem is all the hanging skin. Rich