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plural form of stretch mark, skin blemishes resulting from a pregnancy that women tend to be overly self-conscious about

As I write this, I am reminded of the scene from Shirley Valentine, when, to Shirley's amazement, her Greek lover kissed her stretch marks, referring to them as symbols of beauty.

Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks
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Any of a series of red, irregular stripes on the surface of the skin caused by rapid growth of the tissues lying just underneath. They usually appear as a result of pregnancy, puberty or obesity, but can also be caused by rapid muscle growth
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A shiny line on the skin of the abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks that is often lighter than the surrounding skin and is caused by the stretching and weakening of elastic tissues as a result of pregnancy or obesity, for example. a mark left on your skin as a result of it stretching too much, especially during pregnancy
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a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)
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{i} thin shiny marks or lines on the front or sides of a woman's body which appear after pregnancy; narrow marks or lines that result from tension on the skin after rapid weight loss or gain
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