i am 16 years old and I have always been
considered to be quite bodily matured for
my age.
I am around 6 foot and I am within the
healthy range of the bmi.
I have stretch marks on the back, running
horizontally across my spine, on the
inside of my thighs, on my buttocks and on
the back of my arms - all of these stretch
marks are either purple or red.
Is it normal for me to have all of these
stretch marks? It's a little embarrassing
and I cannot take my shirt of in public
anymore.
By the way, my blood pressure which I just
tested with a electric self test kit is
134/72 or my second attempt was 128/72
my weight may not be totally accurate as i
dont know the fullk conversion but as
mentioned i am just withing the normal
section of the BMI
The stretched marks that you report
manifesting on your skin could be skin
stretches due to skin extension. The blood
pressure readings that you report are
within the normal ranges and are OK.
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