Pregnancy is a magical, beautiful, wonderful?incredibly scary and anxiety-producing thing. It seems like every mom-to-be article on the internet is filled with info on what you?re doing wrong, or what terrors await you if you eat a pear on the 3rd Tuesday of the month during a full moon, or something equally insane. Basically, there?s a bunch of misinformation floating around the interwebs, and it?s especially prevalent when it comes to skin-care ingredients.
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So rather than let you swear off all of your favorite products for nine months for no reason?or, worse, use a product you definitely shouldn?t be using during pregnancy?we talked with the experts to set the record straight on the three skin-care ingredients that are most often vilified on the internet: retinoids, salicylic acid, and AHAs/BHAs (so basically, everything in your anti-aging or anti-acne products). Keep reading to find out how to keep you, and your baby, safe.  

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THE ACCUSED: RETINOIDS
THREAT LEVEL: HIGH
Retinoids is the umbrella name for all vitamin-A derivitves, which include topical retinols, like those found in your anti-aging serums and creams, and oral retinols, like isotretinoin (commonly known as Accutane), which are used for treating acne. Regardless of how you use retinoids, though, their purpose is the same: to speed up your cell turnover to give you newer, fresher, healthier skin. This is awesome news for any ski...