Is stretch mark a disease?
Though stretch marks can sometimes result for medical conditions like diabetes, Ehlers-Danos syndrome and Cushing disease, they might as well result from abnormal formation of collagen or because of hormone therapies, steroid intake or cortico-steroid creams. Stretch marks also show up as pregnancy develops and stretches the skin, which cannot cope with the rapid growth. The fibrous and elastic tissues in the skin are thus damaged and accumulate more scar tissue that increases the size of the marks.
