Stretch mark fading

[pshreck]

I am 22, and over the past 6 months developed my first ever 'stretch marks'. They are on my hips, especially bad on my right hip for some reason.

So as I noticed them looking bad, I have been heavily dieting and exercising for a while now. The weight is rapidly going down to normal, but of course the stretch marks are looking the same. What kind of time period am I looking at before the pink/purple appearance goes away? I know the faded look is somewhat permanent, but that looks 100x better than this color nonsense.

No one link me to google, you'd be surprised how random and insufficient stretch mark info websites can be.