• Question: after womens pregnancy some of them have stretch marks. how does the skin stretch?

    Asked by demixx to Ailsa, Evan, James, Kath, Ryan on 20 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ryan Ladd

      Ryan Ladd answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      It’s not just pregnancy that can cause stretch marks. If a person gets bigger faster than their skin can grow they can get stretch marks – people who gain a lot of weight from eating too much or body builders can even get stretch marks on their arms because their muscles get so big so quickly!

      I actually got stretch marks when I was a teenager because I grew about 60cm in 2 years! Basically, my skeleton was growing faster than my skin which damaged it slightly. They’ve disappeared now though.

    • Photo: Evan Keane

      Evan Keane answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      I also got stretch marks when I was growing as a teenager. It is just something that happens if you grow quickly, and when you are pregnant your belly grows quickly! 🙂

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