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From: adamsd@crash.UUCP (Adams Douglas)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Stretch Marks.
Message-ID: <406@crash.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Nov-86 11:57:32 EST
Article-I.D.: crash.406
Posted: Fri Nov 14 11:57:32 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Nov-86 00:05:18 EST
Reply-To: adamsd@crash.UUCP (Adams Douglas)
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Keywords: Stretch Marks, calcium

What, precisely, physically, are stretch marks? Are they degenerated
areas of skin protein, or what?

I ask this because my wife (who is a bodybuilder) has stated that 
it is possible to lose mild stretch marks by taking lots of 
calcium. Now, this sounds a bit bogus to me, but perhaps there is a 
chemical basis for it.

Any ideas?



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