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
Stretch marks are really caused by hormones.So all you really can do is try to keep the skin hydrated.I also read somewhere tanned skin does it less but then you have the issues with that.