I have had stretch marks since about 6 months before my diagnosis(surgery). After my surgery they were dark purple(black and blue) and more painful than the incisions(and my belly button incision got infected, so fun). Everytime I have a flare up (which is about every month for a couple weeks) I bloat and look six sometimes eight months pregnant and they stretch out more. My last REALLY PAINFUL flare up was about 5-6 weeks ago. I was looking in the mirror and notice several more marks that kind… read more