For women look is much more important and scars are considered embarrassing and unquestionably ugly. They are usually caused by spurts of growth in the teenage years, weight lifting and bodybuilding, pregnancy or when you have lost a lot of weight. Some people are wondering if there is a cream to get rid of scars others would like to know if is it possible to get rid of stretch marks in the first place. It has not always been easy in the past to prevent or get rid of stretch marks. However with much more emphasis on nutrition these days and advances in science to produce a new wave of stretch mark cream, things look more hopeful. One such product for stretch mark removal was highlighted on the Tyra Banks show, a stretch mark cream called Trilastin SR. This product claims that in a variety of ways it can be proactive in repairing skin to remove and prevent stretch marks.