So, You’re Pregnant or Breastfeeding ? Here’s What You Can & Can’t Put On Your Skin
First, congratulations! What an exciting time.
Second, we?re here to help in the one way we can ? by answering one of your most common reader questions and clearing up some common misconceptions about what you should and shouldn?t use while pregnant and/or breastfeeding.
To state the blinding obvious, pregnancy creates substantial changes in the hormonal system, which impacts metabolism, the immune and vascular systems ? all of which can affect skin.
?It has been shown that 90 per cent of pregnant women will notice some sort of change in their skin: physiological changes, the common or expected skin changes in pregnancy; exacerbation or remission of pre-existing skin conditions, such as acne, eczema or psoriasis; and pregnancy dermatoses, specific inflammatory skin diseases that may occur in pregnancy,? explains medical and cosmetic dermatologist Dr Cara McDonald (she?s also mum to Felix, Claudia and Harrison).
Common skin changes include increased pigmentation on the face (melasma) and abdomen (linea nigra), stretch marks, skin oiliness, acne, and broken capillaries. Other women may see the famed ?pregnancy glow?, which could be the result of increased circulation, sweat and oil production, but just enough to boost skin hydration and luminosity, notes Dr McDonald.
Some women won?t see any skin fluctuations at all, and others experience changes post-partu...
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