Stretch marks are a common concern for many women, men and other people, often leading to questions about their causes and prevention. These silvery lines — medically known as striae — can appear ...

If you've ever stepped out of the shower and caught your reflection in the mirror to see an unfamiliar streak forming across your stomach, arms, butt or any other part of your body (and been surprised ...

Stretch marks can be both common and bothersome. These narrow, parallel streaks or lines that appear wherever the skin has been stretched too rapidly affect billions of people. You may have noticed ...

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Those silvery streaks that appear during pregnancy, growth spurts, or weight fluctuations affect nearly 80 percent of people at some point in their lives. While completely natural and medically ...

As we age, our bodies go through changes that can often result in stretch marks. They are natural, and beautiful; often a sign that we’re changing or even just had a baby. But, if, for whatever reason ...

If you’ve noticed a few red, purple, or silvery-white scar-like lines on your stomach, hips, or thighs recently, you’re certainly not alone — stretch marks are incredibly common, occurring in about 50 ...

Tiger strips, stretch marks, or striae distensae, as they're known in the medical community. Whatever you want to call them, these thin, reddish, white, or dark pinkish-purple indents, which appear in ...

Various so-called imperfections now appear so often in ads and images for lingerie that some consumers doubt their veracity. By Mattie Kahn When Marissa Vosper started the intimates brand Negative ...