Stretch Marks

[bulkybud]

Here's something I haven't had to deal with in decades... stretchmarks.

I could start to feel the skin around my armpits and shoulders feeling tight and now the few old stretch marks I have in my armpits by my pecs from a MUCH earlier growth spurt are spreading.

My body-weight hasn't really changed more than about 5 lbs. but now that I'm slipping into a consistent pattern of training heavier and eating better, I guess I'm putting on some mass and the skin is feeling the strain.

While I don't really object to stretch marks that are a sign of muscle growth, such as around the arms, pecs and lats, I have enough scars on my body already.

Any suggestions on reducing, preventing, or at least minimizing these? That is, without giving up this current growth spurt because I'm WAY into that and don't plan on stopping.

Thanks!
bulkybud

[msclbldr]

wear them with pride!

[bliblobblib]

My weight has gone from 112kg to 124kg in the last couple of months with my bulking cycle and i have grown some big stretch marks on my armpits and legs. I love them but my boyfriend told me the other day he finds them gross which never occurred to me before haha. So i'm putting coco butter oil on them.

[grywlf]

i been working hard since joining a more local gym over a month ago i was checking my arms the other day and i noticed some stretch mark on the back of my arm above were my triceps are never had any there before just my chest and quads

[nnnrg]

I've been told that vitamin E oil rubbed into the stretch mark and the skin around it will help reduce the visibility of the scarring. Other than that, make sure you have moisturizers, keep out of UV (because the UV damage ages the skin making it less flexible), make sure you're eating enough omega-six oils, and avocados and olive oils in the diet will also help, but really? I don't know of any way to teach your skin to grow faster to keep up with the muscle.

[middleman]

These are pricey but worked for me

[grywlf]

i do have some merderma i bought in august i was suprised to see stretch marks on my arms the other day i could of sworn my arms looked bigger when i woke up today i'll have to dig out my tap measure

[MuscleNerd]

I have had some start to creep up on me put don't mined as such means im growing and becoming more of the muscle monster i want to be !!