As a mother of two, I was just curious how people felt about stretch marks. Do they make women look unattractive? Opinions please.

I think it is a question of taste. Some guys go crazy over women with a belly covered in stretch marks. Me, personally, I am not a fan. However, I am not sure (maybe you can explain) but sometimes women cannot avoid them. Or they can, by rubbing cocoa butter on their bellies. In that case, my future wife will most certainly have a smooth, stretch-mark free belly cos I would rub it every day. But if she couldn't avoid them, it wouldn't make her look unattractive. I'd still will get hard etc.

Stretch marks cannot be avoided, no matter what is sold on the markets. They are mainly genetic but your skins elasticity plays a role. The lotions and oils sold for stretch marks won't prevent them or make them go away, but they may relieve t the irritation associated with stretch marks.

Depends. I like some. I only have few bellies with them on. I am on with it. But my mom never had them. Not even while carrying 4. But I've felt women with marks. It's like feeling a bumpy road.

(August 3, 2015, 6:40 pm)LilMama93 Stretch marks cannot be avoided, no matter what is sold on the markets. They are mainly genetic but your skins elasticity plays a role. The lotions and oils sold for stretch marks won't prevent them or make them go away, but they may relieve t the irritation associated with stretch marks.

This.

They're fine. I'm not one of the guys that goes especially wild for them, but I think they're beautiful in their own right. It's hard to get mad/criticize someone for something they can't control, so I've learned to embrace them.

Don't mind either way.

I never felt pregnant belly before

Depends. If the belly is ridiculously large they're actually kinda sexy because it makes it obvious that the body cant even handle said belly.

I'm indifferent to them but only within reason. Massive, highly visible stretch marks aren't attractive.

As already stated, it's a matter of personal taste. Some men like them and others don’t. Personally speaking, it’s not something that appeals to me. I don’t mind a few tiny, light whisps which are barely noticeable but nothing more than that.

I've always wondered just how much these oils and creams actually work. I'd imagine they’d probably have some small effect if applied regularly enough to keep the skin supple but indeed, if it's in your genetics there's not exactly a lot you can do. A shame really. Especially if you don't want them.