I have what I think are stretch marks on the inside of my thighs.

I got them from birth control pills. Yes I did. Mostly faded now. I got them on my butt (and I didn't gain much weight or change size either!!!) they were big and red/purpley. Gross.
They did not start to fade until I stopped taking the Pills. I truly believe they are a hormonal phenomenon as well. Well, it was with me anyway!

I hate them At least you can't really see them too much now.

I voted no, but I think I did have mild ones when I went through a growth spurt but they dissapeared by them self pretty quickly.

Ive got stretch marks. On my belly, mostly above the hip area.

They started when I had my first child at 19. My stomach got HUGE. They faded pretty quick and became those light silvery stripes that you cant really see unless the lighting and the angle is right.

Now that I'm pregnant again and the old stretch marks are once again stretching, you can see them. I still rock my bikini at the beach - stretch marks and protruding belly button and all.

It doesn't bother me one bit actually. It maybe did a tiny bit when I was 19.

In my profession (Registered Massage Therapist) Ive learned there are so many different body types and women of all ages and all sizes have stretch marks. They are just easy enough to photoshop out in magazines and commercials that we aren't all aware of this and tend to be embarrassed if we get them :\

I am going to admit I am surprised that so many people have them and it makes me feel a bit better about myself.

I have had them for the past year or so. I have faint ones on my butt and purple ones that faded to white under my butt. I also have stretch spots (they really are spots, not lines) on my inner thighs now and a few on my hips.

Mine are from weight gain.

I have them on my inner thighs, and the more tan I get, the more white they become...

I hate seeing them in a bathing suit.

*sigh* Yep, I've got them. On my inner and outer upper thighs, on the backs of my calves, on my boobs and on my butt. I also gained a little weight recently, so I have a few new ones in those areas. My skin is so darn sensitive. The stretch marks bother the crap out of me but I don't think anyone else has ever noticed them. With the exception of the new ones (which are tiny anyway), they're all silvery by now.

I'm 14 and gained weight really fast over the course of a few months, resulting in tiny ones on the sides of my thighs. I've lost a little weight since then, though, so they are beginning to disappear.

I answered yes. I have them, like, EVERYWHERE! Okay, thats an exaggeration but they're really annoying. I've been gaining and losing weight over and over... and I hate that I can't wear shorts or bathing suits anymore, in fear that I may look like an idiot.

Same as youreself I just filled out a lot when I was 12 and since then I've had stetch marks not only on my hips but on my knees! They don't bother me and I don;t do anything to them.

Yes yes and yes. I have the on my boobs. I developed very quickly one year and since I was 13 years old I had them. It was awful when I was growing up, but really not that big of a deal now. It's my body and far from perfect. I am working to become thinner, stronger, and more flexible, but it takes far too much energy to hate on myself for things I don't have control of like how much I grew or certain scars that didn't go away. You play your life with the cards you were dealt and make the best of it. I have lots of things I like about myself and my body too. It's all a matter of perspective.

Hips, bust, knees...mine are a really fine silver colour now and I don't worry about them too much.
Apparently a good way to avoid too many stretch marks would be to keep at a fairly constant weight.
This does not mean starve yourself to stay at the weight you was aged 16 to when you are 24, obviously the body will change shape and your weight will change but it means try and avoid putting on a lot and then rapidly losing a lot to put it back on again and lose it again.

I do, but I suppose with having 3 children, it was inevitable!

I did have them on my boobs when I was quite young, since they kinda exploded on me when I turned 17, but no-where else till the babies came along.

My brother has them all over his back. At one point he stopped doing P.E at school, because it looked like he'd actually been whipped, they were so bad. They've faded now though, but they were pretty shocking.

Yes, I've had stretch marks since a big growth spurt when I was ten. They've mostly faded to white now, but they're still a little noticeable. They actually don't bother me at all because I don't think I know anyone who doesn't have them.

Interesting this thread has resurfaced practically a year after I first posted!

Unfortunately now would have to vote yes-massive ones on my upper thighs and hips from putting on weight.

I don't know why, but I never got them. I've had many pregnancies and I was so paranoid about getting them the first time I used cocoa butter on every inch of skin I could reach. I think it is just luck though. I know women who didn't have babies as large as mine and were just a vigilant with moisturizers and they got them.

Interestingly, my husband who is just as thin now as he was when he was 20, grew 7 inches one summer, and has odd stretch marks on his lower back from the quick growth spurt. They are faded now, but I swear I can feel them with my fingertips. They are concentric and spaced about a half inch apart, like the rings of a tree.

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No, i dont have any although i was told from a young age i might because of all the dancing and flexibility. Its quite strange really because everyone else i know has them either on their hips or thigh area. They shouldnt bother you, their just one more thing that makes you unique to someone else

Last year I managed to rapidly grow some thighs, hips and bum, so I had stretch marks on my thighs and bum. But they seem to have faded naturally. I'm pretty sure anyway, can't say I've checked out my bum recently Its funny, I used to hate my legs and hips because I thought I was too skinny, then I started ballet and then suddenly I got what I asked for, but now I think my thighs and bum are too big!

I have them too on my hips, and I didn't know if it was just me or other people did too! I've noticed that when I'm not tan that they show up more, but during the summer they are barely noticeable, except its not just a mark its like a tiny rise in the skin as well as some color too.

At first I was devastated because I thought only obese and pregnant people had them and I thought there was something wrong with me because I'm not overweight and have never been pregnant, but now i hardly ever notice or remember that they are there!

After having 3 kids yes I do,and cellulite.I expected stretch marks but not cellulite,i thought cellulite only happened to the overweight and ive always been a size 8.When i used to tell people i used to get "cellulite?dont be stupid,your too skinny".
Stretch marks and cellulite dont bother me in the slightest anymore,i wear bikinis In my big headed opinion i have a good body lol
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Yep. I was such a scrawny, skinny little kid that when lovely puberty hit, I got them everywhere. The most noticable ones are on the sides of my stomach, but only if the light hits them a certain way. I got them on the inside of my thighs too, which kinda gross me out, but nothing to really do about that.

I have them too! I was really thin when I was younger, and did ballet very seriously all through high school. When I went off to college I stopped dancing and basically went through the physical part of puberty in a few months, haha...I have pretty deep ones on the fronts and backs of my upper thighs, and light faded ones across my butt, boobs, and inner thighs. The ones on the fronts of my thighs are the only ones that bother me, but I've learned that self-tanner does wonders on them! Reassuring to know I'm not the only young, fairly slender person who has them.

Yep. I got them when I was around 20 and my figure started to fill out. I had a very boyish shape as a teen, but later started getting a little curvier and got some stretch marks on my hips and breasts. Now, I have a ton of them on my belly, post-baby.

Yes I do, I used to have loads of dark purple ones on my bottom and thighs which I hated but now they've really faded to pale white/silvery I don't really notice them anymore
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I used to be pretty overweight when I was a kid so I have them pretty much everywhere they come.. arms, stomach, hips, thighs, butt.. you name it, they're there. They are very faded though and you don't really see them unless the light is right or something like that.