The truth about stretch marks is you can be predisposed to it. If your mother had it, you probably will have it too. You do not need to be pregnant to get it, but pregnancy aggravates it since your skin stretches badly. You can lessen the scars by applying cocoa butter stretch marks but you need to understand that they will never go away, they will only lighten in time. Be proud of them – they are proof that you have carried motherhood in your tummy for 9 months!