Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 > Shan, Well that is what the book I have on women's health says and what I have been told by doctors, is that they are hormonal. But anyway, yes, I meant to say that while they don't go away, they do fade and shrink. That reply was on the day I was upset with Mike still I think, which is why I just decided to go off line for the day. Grrr! He can be soo frustrating! Anyway.... I digress..... I'm fine :-) Gena :-) > > Unfortunately the stretch marks are hormonal and do not go away. > > While its true stretch marks are permanant they do usually at least > fade with > time. They are not however hormonal tho the arguement has been made > that > there could be a heriditary factor (ie if people in your family, male > or female, > have experienced them you may be more likely to). Stretch marks occur > when the > tissue under your skin tears from rapid growth or stretching. When the > skin is > over-stretched, it produces too much collagen, which can form the > " scars " > called stretch marks. Although short of microdermabrasion there is > nothing we can > do to eliminate stretch marks once we have them eating well, > exercising and > losing the weight that caused them (although growth spurts in teen > years > commonly cause them also even without weight gain) can go a > longgggggggg way towards > making them far less noticeable!! > > Hugs > Shan > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 > Shan, Well that is what the book I have on women's health says and what I have been told by doctors, is that they are hormonal. But anyway, yes, I meant to say that while they don't go away, they do fade and shrink. That reply was on the day I was upset with Mike still I think, which is why I just decided to go off line for the day. Grrr! He can be soo frustrating! Anyway.... I digress..... I'm fine :-) Gena :-) > > Unfortunately the stretch marks are hormonal and do not go away. > > While its true stretch marks are permanant they do usually at least > fade with > time. They are not however hormonal tho the arguement has been made > that > there could be a heriditary factor (ie if people in your family, male > or female, > have experienced them you may be more likely to). Stretch marks occur > when the > tissue under your skin tears from rapid growth or stretching. When the > skin is > over-stretched, it produces too much collagen, which can form the > " scars " > called stretch marks. Although short of microdermabrasion there is > nothing we can > do to eliminate stretch marks once we have them eating well, > exercising and > losing the weight that caused them (although growth spurts in teen > years > commonly cause them also even without weight gain) can go a > longgggggggg way towards > making them far less noticeable!! > > Hugs > Shan > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2003 Report Share Posted May 31, 2003 > Shan, Well that is what the book I have on women's health says and what I have been told by doctors, is that they are hormonal. But anyway, yes, I meant to say that while they don't go away, they do fade and shrink. That reply was on the day I was upset with Mike still I think, which is why I just decided to go off line for the day. Grrr! He can be soo frustrating! Anyway.... I digress..... I'm fine :-) Gena :-) > > Unfortunately the stretch marks are hormonal and do not go away. > > While its true stretch marks are permanant they do usually at least > fade with > time. They are not however hormonal tho the arguement has been made > that > there could be a heriditary factor (ie if people in your family, male > or female, > have experienced them you may be more likely to). Stretch marks occur > when the > tissue under your skin tears from rapid growth or stretching. When the > skin is > over-stretched, it produces too much collagen, which can form the > " scars " > called stretch marks. Although short of microdermabrasion there is > nothing we can > do to eliminate stretch marks once we have them eating well, > exercising and > losing the weight that caused them (although growth spurts in teen > years > commonly cause them also even without weight gain) can go a > longgggggggg way towards > making them far less noticeable!! > > Hugs > Shan > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2003 Report Share Posted June 1, 2003 OHHHHH Shan, You and I are going through the same emotions today, our boys are just at different ages. Gavin (8) still yells , " I love you, " as he whizzes by but I am having such strong feelings of wanting to put us both in a time warp. He is such a sweet kid, and since I am a single mother to him, we are especially close. Last night I took Gavin and a friend to see the " Nemo " movie as I had 2 free passes. Gavin announced that they did not want to sit with me. I was crushed and ended up sitting next to them anyway as someone took the seats directly behind them while I was getting their popcorn. This is also a very difficult time of year for my son who wants to know why he doesn't have a father. (Subsequently, it is an awful time for me.) He was out of the picture very early in his life, although I didn't divorce him for yrs. because he was homeless and I couldn't find him to serve the papers. I seldom hear from him. Ironically, I have received 2 letters in 2 days from him, asking for $. After 2 yrs. in intensive therapy for PTSD, I am not so devastated from this that I am unable to cope, but I ate all the leftover (insert-artery-clogging, fat laden, heart attack in a tub) popcorn last night. I took guardianship of a teenager last year. (I refer to him as my prodigal son.)It's too much to get into here, but it didn't work out and both Gavin and I were really hurt. Now I sometimes feel guilty that I created another loss for my son to face at such a young age. Thanks for posting your personnal stuff. You have such a great wit and I always read your posts first, but I knew there had to be some deeper thoughts you might share some day. You seem to have done a great job with . Hopefully, you can share all the new stages of his life with him and with Mike Sr. Afterall, there's always grandparenting when the time is right! PS. Hope I'm not out of line, but wondering if Mike Sr. is feeling trapped in the psycho relationship and relishes being with you because it's more comfortable for him. Sorry this got so long. Jinx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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