Re: Strech marks...anyone have on belly without ever being pg?
From: Valerie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:08:19 -0600 (CST)
I feel for you... I have no babies yet, but tons of stretch marks... I
froget the exact reason, but my endo told me PCOSufferers are more
susceptable to stretch marks... sorry to bring bad news, but perhaps it
will be good for you to know that among the people on this board you are
"NORMAL."
As for testing for Cushings... this testing was probably done because
sever PCO and severe Cushing's look pretty identical... (my endo
foretold that I'd come up negative for Cushing's based on the fact that
my stretch marks didn't have much color...Cushing's stretch marks tend
to maintain more pink/red) Glad to hear they were thorough enough to
check you for Cushing's... my endo said it's a standard test for anyone
with PCO symptoms in her opinion... yet I never was tested for
Cushing's until just recently (((NEGATIVE)))
Best of luck.
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ValerieC
At Tue, 19 Mar 2002, anonymous wrote:
>
>At Fri, 21 Apr 2000, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I started getting stretch marks when I was 17. I was on the pill at the
>>time and had only gained maybe 10 lbs. at the most. They started
>>around my bellybutton. I was extremely upset about them and once at an
>>appointment at Planned Parenthood the nurse said "Oh how neat, those
>>marks kinda look like sun rays around your bellybutton!" (Yeah, pretty
>>neat, you moron. I'm hoping to have the entire solar system on my belly
>>before it's all said and done!) lol
>>
>>Anyway, I've since had two children and got a few more, but they are the
>>same color as my skin now. You can still see them, but at least they're
>>not purple or red anymore. I've asked three different doctors about
>>getting rid of them and they all told me there's not much you can do
>>about them.
>>
>>You're definately not alone, let's just hope you don't encounter anyone
>>like the genius who commented on mine! hahahahahahah
>>
>> At Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Susan wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi, I was reading another post and it occured to me to ask...I was
>>>normal weight until about 21 then I rapidly gained 20-30 lbs and got
>>>lots of these red strech marks on my belly...I assumed it must have been
>>>cause of the weight gain..and my dr. check me for cushings becasue of
>>>lack of af, hairy belly, chin, and elevated prolactin...but everything
>>>came back fine...apperantly...and af returned so they decided it was
>>>nothing (prolactin went back to normal)...that was 9 yrs ago...(and
>>>syptoms continue)...just wondering if anyone else had the same
>>>problem...or is it just my very bad 'genes' ...bummer...:)
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