The stretch marks are more or less thick lines that form in the skin giving impression of breaks of the subcutaneous textiles and he forms in periods of more or less rapid modifications of weight.

The stretch marks can appear in the abdomen, the buttocks, the breasts, hips, thighs, etc...

To the beginning the stretch marks are lines of pink skin, but to the time they return to a pale color with scar aspect, going on to a more unnoticed aspect.

The stretch marks of the abdomen are very frequent in the pregnancy where the skin tends to stretch in a few months and then to shrink in a few weeks or days.

But it is not an exclusive problem of the pregnant women since it can affect children and adolescents in his growth the same way.

In the obesity they are very frequent for the same reasons.

Frequently they form like side effect of the capture of medicines as the steroids, or in chronic illnesses like the Cushing or the diabetes.