I think they will be dark as they are new, I read that the new ones are red and very noticeable but when they get older they fade to white so hopefully won’t be as noticeable then…I have a small red one on mine and have been using Mamma Mio goodbye stretch marks, it was quite expensive though and it says it takes 3 months to see results, I also read that Revitol is the industry leader for stretch mark removal and it is a little cheaper than the mamma mio one…If they do become a long term thing there are loads of other methods you can use now as well to help fade them, laser treatments are supposed to be the most effective….hopefully they will start to fade for you with the creams though 🙂 xx