stretch mark

anatomy

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incidence during pregnancy

injury to skin tissue

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    In skin disease: Connective tissues

    …the skin may rupture after stretching, even in healthy persons, forming purple linear discolorations. Because of the defect in the continuity of the dermal connective tissue, these striae are soft to the touch. Initially livid, after several months the striae become ivory white and firm because of the formation of…

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