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I do not know where to start!

I'm a 19 year old girl, uk size 12 and weight about 64kg (10 stone 7 lbs) I a 5 ft 7inches tall! Therefore I am not fat and within a healthy range on the bmi

MY LIFE IS RUINED BY MY STRETCH MARKS!

I have them all over my breast, hips, back, inner thighs and outer thighs.

I know people say they get depressed by them, but believe me I am MORE than depressed.

I just want to live a normal life, I want to be out there having fun, meeting lads, seeing my friends, showing a bit of cleavage etc etc... but id o none of this!

I will actually not commit myself to a lad, I have been on a few dates with lads, text lads. Etc etc, but come to commit to a relationship and I get FREAKED out. I will not allow myself to go into one, because of my marks.

My main fear is that I get with a lad, then they see them, freak out and run a mile (fair enough the lad isn't worth it if this happens) but I'm petrified he would tell his mates who would make fun of me and find out.

I actually can't cope anymore, because I'm meeting lads I really like and the only thing stopping me is my marks but I don't dare tell them, in case the turn out to be idiots and then I end up getting embarrassed.

I just feel any lad would be repulsed by them, even if they never admit it. They surely must want to be proud of their ladies bodies, but that could never happen with me.

I've tried every oil, cream, mousse under the sun and NOTHING removes them.

I'm getting in such a state though now, as I cannot live my life. I don't want to go through life in the state I'm in, knowing I actually cannot commit to a lad beause of my marks. I want to wear nice clothes, but I cant.

I just don't know what to do. I can't talk to my mum as she will think all I'm after is sex, which I'm not but she would be thinking well why does he need to see my body!

I can honestly see me never marrying as I really do have a barrier, and I'm losing so many lads as mates over it because I'm turning them down for reasons unknown to them, and everything about it petrifies me so much I actually am beginning to crack up as I can't cope!

Help please help me please

[kitten94515]

omgg! I know how u feel, but u shouldn't be worried, honestly you can use a different soap and put lotion mixed with tanning oil over it. [[call it crazy]] it makes them lighter and soon they will not disappear but you can use the other creams for them. It does work. Well for me anyway, but u should try it. [= its worth a shot.

[nauticalstar420]

You can't let something like stretch marks ruin your life hun. You may not know this, but guys get stretch marks just like girls do. Most guys also realize that stretch marks are a natural occurrence on our body and there is nothing we can do about it.

Have you tried a product called "Mederma"? It supposedly works very very well. Nothing will take them away completely, but there are products that lighten them significantly.

Don't feel like you can't talk to your mom about this. Parents are there to listen to you and understand and try to help you with your problems. You never know what your mother may be able to do until you talk to her.