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It may sound silly, but a very important goal of mine is to be able to wear a bikini with no shame whatsoever. I have lost a lot of weight and I'm rather close to goal, but I found that my weight is no longer my problem to wear a bikini. I worry about my stretch marks and surgery scars. Unlike some people, I don't wear them with pride as a sort of "battle marks"... I wish I did. And my scars are SO there! I just keep wondering if they'll ever fade. I keep feeling like if I do wear a bikini, everyone will look at me and think "look at those stretch marks, she was fatty" or even know that I had surgery because of my scars (no one but my immediate family knows btw).

So my point is, I have these voices in my head making me self conscious about this. I was wondering, is anyone wearing bikinis? Being comfortable in them? has anyone's scars faded to a point of not recognizing them?

I live in south Florida by the way, lol. So the beach is right there, the pool is 2 mins away, I'm surrounded by Water and friends who want to have fun by the water! Lol.

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Use Mederma cream...scars and stretch marks fade but not completely...I noticed you weighed what I do now and I am wondering if your skin is loose or if it's fine?

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Even thin people get stretch marks! and most athletes get them too when they gain alot of muscle

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Use Mederma cream...scars and stretch marks fade but not completely...I noticed you weighed what I do now and I am wondering if your skin is loose or if it's fine?

Thanks, I'll try using it.

As far as my skin, it is a bit loose in certain areas like the upper arm, close to the armpits. Also, my breasts have shrunk and therefore sag more :-(. And the rest of my body is not very tight but I definitely don't have skin that is loose enough to make me self conscious or in need of more surgery. I think if I start exercising more, I'll be fine.

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Going to Florida this weekend. Wearing a bikini. stretch marks scars skin and all❤️

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It may sound silly, but a very important goal of mine is to be able to wear a bikini with no shame whatsoever. I have lost a lot of weight and I'm rather close to goal, but I found that my weight is no longer my problem to wear a bikini. I worry about my stretch marks and surgery scars. Unlike some people, I don't wear them with pride as a sort of "battle marks"... I wish I did. And my scars are SO there! I just keep wondering if they'll ever fade. I keep feeling like if I do wear a bikini, everyone will look at me and think "look at those stretch marks, she was fatty" or even know that I had surgery because of my scars (no one but my immediate family knows btw). <br><br> So my point is, I have these voices in my head making me self conscious about this. I was wondering, is anyone wearing bikinis? Being comfortable in them? has anyone's scars faded to a point of not recognizing them?<br><br> I live in south Florida by the way, lol. So the beach is right there, the pool is 2 mins away, I'm surrounded by Water and friends who want to have fun by the water! Lol.

get a nice spray tan. It will help the marks look less visible :)

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I had my gall bladder removed years ago and the scars are very similar-the scars won't necessarily point to bariatric surgery! "Scars are tattoos with better stories". :)

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