Since my biceps and chest have grown recently (awesone!) I've gotten some stretch marks (like a woman who's given birth......) on the inside of my upper biceps.  It's kind of gross, sorry.  

Anyone know how to minimize or get rid of them or how to prevent getting more in the future?

Thanks,

Nathan

Hey man!
Those stretch marks indicate that you fought the weights and won! They are warrior scars and you should be proud of them. Having said that, theres not much to do to fix them. Surgery will get rid of them but you re probably looking for less drastic ways. 

- I imagine they are of the colour pink red or purple by now. If you give it time they will turn to white and wont be very noticeable.
- Getting a tan might help, but it will only mask them.
- Applying hydration cremes will help for sure. I m not sure if they will go away, but it will probably prevent formation of new ones.
- They formed because your skin couldnt bare the sudden increase of mass underneath it, so perhaps if you lose some fat from the area and give the skin some time it will regenerate new cells and this might fix the situation.

Generally though, they dont really go away. Your genetics determine how elastic your skin is and consequently...if you are gonna get stretch marks :)

It's all good bro. I have stretch marks on both of my biceps as well. You cant really notice them unless you are just trying to. I would agree with Kostas. Getting a tan should help and over time they should dissapear.

my wife used oils that she got from the chemist when she was pregnant , she is a tiny women , she crried huge , and not a stretch mark on her. so some of these do work , i honestly dont know if it will work if they are already there , but i moisturise after every workout anyway , just in case , i also have stech marks on the undrside of my arm.

Scott , please if its possible get a spellchecker on this thing lol. english is hardly my first or even second langudge , so it would help :)

Have you ever tried coconut oil? Many says its effective!! :)

Yeah, I've done a little more digging and you guys are right, cocoa butter is supposed to help prevent them, but once they're there, they're there and there's not much you can do short of surgery.  it's cool I guess.  Even with the stretch marks, I look a hell of a lot better than I did before starting to work out in April.

Thanks guys,

Nathan

Great info in this thread! Love the community support!! #HTH

Take it from somebody who has had kids ! Vitamin E and co co butter ...vitamin c works wonders for the skin ! Lemon is also a natural remidy known to help fade acne scars which also help on the marks . While they probably won't go away all together they will deffinitly deminish with daily application these things.

Hey, then I'll smell like suntan lotion when I work out, too!

Hey hey hey Scott, looks like the subject finally got brought up!

guys I've actually been working on an article for a while about how ive been able to get rid of all my stretch marks but it had a set back.

this is just more motivation to get the job done for the community!