Do you hate your stretch marks?⁣
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These lines used to be the biggest burden for me.

For as long as I can remember I hated them. I tried to scrub them off, bio oiled them 3-4 times a day, used every cream, gel, wrap and ointment I could find. They didn’t go anywhere.⁣

I didn’t wear clothes because people might see them, avoided situations where they might be looked at or laughed at.
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I never saw them anywhere else. They weren’t in magazines, in the movies I watched, they weren’t on the celebrity’s bodies I saw, they weren’t anywhere for 13 year old Charlotte. So I thought I was different – different meant bad, odd, disgusting and I hated them.⁣
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I still have moments where I struggle to love them. But now over hating them, I embrace them as part of my own growth. 13 year old Charlotte needed these expanders.⁣💓
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If I ever catch myself criticising them I tell myself they are dust left by the fairies when I grew 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️
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If you’ve struggled with a body part⁣.
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You don’t need to hate your body anymore⁣
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You can learn to love it and embrace it for all it does for you⁣
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And when you do, I promise you, you will feel more freedom than you ever dreamt possible.⁣