You are training to become a bodybuilder and to achieve a strong, muscular, lean and sculptured body. But you are disappointed when you watch yourself in the mirror and see a purple mark and a few purple scars. You realize that all your hard work and intense weight lifting training have resulted in something with which you haven't been faced before - stretch marks. The stretch marks in the pecs, legs, arms and shoulders is a common situation for most bodybuilders. They are a side effect caused by bulking up. Stretch marks occur in people from all walks of life for many reasons. Let's determine most commonly accepted causes (hormonal or endocrine) which may lead to the development of stretch marks:
1. Negative emotions, depression or extreme unhappiness (your emotions are neuro-pepties which have an impact on various processes and organs in the body.  2. Factors of development and its stages, growth and puerty for adolescents an budding your adults.
3. Deficiency in nutrients and vitamins . 4. Pregnancy. 5. Sudden and fast weight gain or weight loss. 6. Change in physical condition or in environment. 7. The consumption of medications and steroids. 8. Insufficient properties of your skin, building blocks and elements, like collagen and elastin (the main ingredients and connective tissue of your skin). Stretch marks can be also different in their appearance: they can be just slight pinkish red, cause pale skin coloration or purple to silvery white. Their appearance reflects the different stages of their development. Due to innovations in science, technology and advancements you can find various methods which can help you reduce the appearace and severity of stretch marks. To solve the problem with stretch marks you will be offered various medical breakthroughs and even laser treatment. Some of the procedures have less side effects, they are safer and cheaper than others. There are also procedures which take much time, they are risky and costly. They may lead to skin coloration and cause permanent scars. The procedures which involve peels can be rather painful and should be done several times, also they are expensive.
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