Why Are My Stretchmarks More Vivid?

[anime_freak_kouga]

I wasn't certain as to where I should post this, so I figured here would be a good enough place, seeing as my stretchmarks are a result of puberty.

I have some stretchmarks located around both sides of my hips. Puberty was slow for me, yet I still received stretchmarks. They were always pretty vague though, close to my own skin tone. But recently they have gotten more white to them and appear more vivid. I am almost twenty-one years old and figured I was done growing. I also have not gained any extra weight. So why would my stretchmarks become more prominent now?

Thank you.  

[Valgex]

I'm not sure.. but if you did some tanning.. that might make it blend more?  

[anime_freak_kouga]

I would think tanning would make them even more prominent? Considering they are scars, and scarred skin can't tan.

To be honest my stretchmarks don't bug me all that much, I was just really curious why now, all of the sudden, they are getting whiter and becoming more visible.  

[LorienLlewellyn]

Yeah, I was thinking that maybe if you were tanner than you were before, that might be making them more prominent. Other than that, I am not sure!