I have a lot of little stretch marks. A few years ago I got a new job sitting at a computer, and I starting eating fast food and greasy home cooked meals. I gained like 50 lbs in less than a year. I have small stretch marks all over my belly, chest, and biceps. I have since then lost a majority of that weight and gained a lot of muscle but the marks are still there, they have gotten smaller since my skin is no longer stretched with fat, and they have faded to the point where you can barely see them.
I have noticed that they are less visible if I am tan. I have never tried any creams BUT my wife rubbed her belly with vitamin E cream every day when she was pregnant with our son, she is a very fit woman so she worried about getting them as her belly got bigger. She didn't get a single stretch mark from her pregnancy!
