Most women who become pregnant for the first time do expect weight gain, are willing to deal with a bulging tummy, swollen feet, and possibly even a double chin. But what most pregnant mothers-to-be do not expect is bad skin. This is contradictory to popular belief that with pregnancy comes the" pregnancy glow"; well not every women is lucky enough to experience this.
Old wives tale is that bad skin only happens when you're pregnant with girls and boys bring good skin. But this is far from the truth. As hormones rage havoc in your body, it is expected that some of the negative changes that takes place during and after pregnancy affects your skin drastically.
When you look at magazines and the media, one is easily fooled into believing that pregnant skin is flawless and radiant, and when you start seeing freckles, pimples, and lines running across your forehead.
Being pregnant isn't easy, with the bouts of nausea, stretch marks and bulging belly, the increased weight on your spine that you body is carrying, the added weight on your knees, can tire you out, to make your skin look warn out. Additionally, the excess water retention means you start having eye bags too.
Every woman is unique, and therefore the body reacts differently to raging hormones. Most women experience red freckles, darkened more by sun exposure, which can expand in to what is described as liver spots. For women with fairer toned skin, the problem is even worse as the marks, freckles, and spots are more apparent.
During the first trimester, you may experience itchy skin with long lines on the forehead, marks that you will find hard to cover even with concealer. As your baby grows inside of you, your body will need to increase blood flow, causing spider veins to form all over your body, specially need the ankles, knees, thighs, and the most obvious place your cheeks. These spider veins are persistent and will require treatment only after giving birth and not while pregnant.
As your hormones skyrocket, you will also notice your lips, cheeks and forehead darken. This is also known as Melasma otherwise hyperpigmentation. In many cases melasma comes with severe acne. However, aside from natural home remedies, cosmetic procedures are considered unsafe for pregnant and breast feeding moms.
Contrary to all these changes that take place on your skin, you are also likely to still have pregnancy glow which will become more obvious the furtherer along you are into your pregnancy. The pregnancy glow actually happens because your skin retains more moisture, plumping up, hiding fine lines and wrinkles, the increased blood flow improves the texture and colour. But the downside of this is, that it also darkens any spots that you may already have, due to the increased blood flow, you are also likely to become darker should you step out into the sun.
The Montreal International Clinic is a specialized clinic that helps with problem skin during pregnancy. Our highly qualified Dubai dermatologists, skin care specialists, aestheticians and beauticians who are qualified to help you with your pregnancy skin changes safely and effectively.
