Wiktionary
n. (stretch mark nodot=true English), skin blemishes resulting from a pregnancy that women tend to be overly self-conscious about.
Wikipedia
Stretch marks, also known as striae, are a form of scarring on the skin with an off-color hue. Over time they may diminish, but will not disappear completely. Stretch marks formed during pregnancy, usually during the last trimester, and usually on the belly, but also commonly occurring on the breasts, thighs, hips, lower back and buttocks, are known as striae gravidarum.
Stretch marks are caused by tearing of the dermis. This is often from the rapid stretching of the skin associated with rapid growth or rapid weight changes. Stretch marks may also be influenced by hormonal changes associated with puberty, pregnancy, bodybuilding, or hormone replacement therapy.
There is no evidence that creams used during pregnancy prevent stretch marks. Once they have formed there is no clearly useful treatment though various things are tried.
Usage examples of "stretch marks".
And, he reminded himself, those stretch marks told him she had at least one kid out there waiting for her.
And from the stretch marks, she had given birth, though he saw no evidence of children.
Her belly was disfigured by gross-looking stretch marks, her breasts were bloated and sore, her feet and ankles swollen, and her legs were knotting up from her current position.
Louis's passage into the world had left, after all, only a few fading purple stretch marks.
She did not think the empress was really concerned about the matter of the stretch marks.
I kissed her shoulders, her neck, the faded shadows of stretch marks on her taut belly, and the scar on her upper leg from the skimmer crash some forty of her years earlier.
Carolina, with her shiny stretch marks, her dreams about Benjamin, her all-day-every-days in the house among sacred mur-murations.
Lord, this one even had stretch marks, cellulite, her clients not interested in anything that wasn't in a glass.