Stretch marks seem to be on the minds of many women. They affect women of every cultural, economical and social background. Big and small. Short and tall. Every woman who has them hates them. However, some don’t let stretch marks bother them so much. Quite a few have learned to live with them. The average woman doesn’t have $3,000 lying around to have laser treatment performed to REDUCE the appearance of stretch marks. And others don’t have $75 at their disposal to shell out on those creams that swear up AND down they can make your stretch marks disappear. The fact of the matter is stretch marks are permanent. Yes, you may be able to reduce the appearance of them but that doesn’t change the fact they’ll still be there.

I am in NO way knocking women who wish to leave their stretch marks in the dust. I, at one point, was one of those women. I did extensive research on every treatment under the sun. I began to see stretch marks when I was about eighteen. I had started to “fill out” and gained weight in what seemed to be the right places. But along with the small curvature came stretch marks. I was livid, y’all! As I got older, though, I realized they weren’t that serious.

No one really notices them but you. You have to find the confidence, that we both know you have, and rock those babies. We’re all so obsessed with being as close to perfection as possible but it’s not possible. At all. Just be you. Some women may feel men dislike stretch marks but what we fail to realize is men could care less about half of the things we’re worried they dislike. If he can’t get past your stretch marks, or any other trivial “flaw” for that matter, he isn’t worth the time of day. And some men have stretch marks, too. Who cares, though? Stretch marks definitely aren’t the end-all be-all. There are conditions far worse.

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