While many new moms find the appearance of stretch marks disconcerting, others find them empowering. They tell a story.

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Not all hope is lost though. To get rid of stretch marks, you either have to see a dermatologist for professional and/or prescription solutions, or you need to diligently stick with an at-home ...

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 ...

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For most of my life, stretch marks were something I believed needed to be hidden—smoothed out, covered, or erased entirely. They were visible proof that I had failed to contain or control something ...

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