I can't speak for everyone out there but i think it's fair to say that stretch marks are annoying. Right?
Things are about to get real 'feminine', so boys, if you're here for some boob action, (lol, as if!), Then:
A - beat it. B - you won't find that here. C - you've been forewarned.
Moving on..
I'll be frank with you, I have dozens of them, on my upper arms, shoulders, back and upper legs in particular, but even my boobs are 'adorned' by them.
Why can't we all be like stretch Armstrong dolls? (+50 '90's kid' cool points if you know what they are!) Where our skin just adapts stretch-mark-lessly to growing or shrinking?
Ive filled my stretch marks in with makeup for years, I've cringed when people ask "oh Holly, what have you do e to your shoulders?" And I've cried literally every single time I've tried on anything strapless.
From coconut oil, to diet, to exercise, I've tried it all, but alas, my body still looks like a giant Harry Potter scar.
All these years, I've spent so much effort trying to change something that doesn't affect my health or how I live my life and in the end, after all the stress & insecurities, I still have them. It didn't change them.
I'm not alone, I know a lot of you are in the same boat. I have body dysmorphia which I've spoken about before on my blog, but even without it, so many of us women are consumed by the appearance of our stretch marks. We give so much power to our insecurities that it consumes our thoughts and affects our behaviour, but, they're just stretch marks.
It's only now at the age of 31 that I'm realising how much power I've given to something that shouldn't affect my life. Its taken me this long to realise, they're just stretch marks.
If i have to repeat it to myself a thousand times just to accept them for what they are, I will. I'm never going to love them but I can learn to accept them for what they are. They're just stretch marks.
H x
