Effects of Pregnancy on your Skin
Changes in skin during pregnancy vary from woman to woman. It is not certain that every woman find skin changes during pregnancy, but mostly in all women, you can find some changes due to many reasons. One main reason for change in skin is unbalance in hormones level during pregnancy. Some woman find shiny skin while some found dull depends on her skin color. These changes will disappear very soon a few weeks after pregnancy.
Various changes in Skin during Pregnancy
Glossy or Pinkish Skin
During pregnancy period you can gain more weight and your body also produces more blood around 50 percentages. This will cause more blood circulation in your body. Therefore, due to increase in blood circulation you can find yourself more glowing look during pregnancy. Many blood vessels are just below the surface of our skin which givesyou reddish or pinkish look during pregnancy.
Pregnancy gives you glossy or pinkish look, but many women find puffy look and red patches if you have any on your face which are not visible before pregnancy. Due to radiant look it becomes visible clearly on your face.
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Acne or Pimple
Acne is very common during pregnancy. Many women suffer problem of heavy acne that becomes very irritating for women as it affects their look. Due to increasing hormone levels your body produces oil which makes your skin very oily and which may cause acne or pimple on your skin. Wash your skin many times in a day to make your skin dry. Avoid any hard scrubs which may harm your skin as during pregnancy your skin become very sensitive. Acne problem generally occur more in the women who already have pimple or acne before pregnancy or irregular periods. It is not harmful and disappears soon after pregnancy.
Chloasma - Mask of Pregnancy
You can find changes in your skin during second trimester of your pregnancy.
You will find Mask of Pregnancy that is also known as chloasma in which you can find brownish or yellow patches on your skin. You can also find dark brown skin color of face. It is generally occurred in women with whitish skin and dark hair.
Many women found brownish uneven mark on some portion of face like forehead, or middle of face, upper cheeks, chin, nose and around eyes. During pregnancy estrogen and progesterone hormones stimulate the melanin cells in your skin that produces pigment additionally. This will cause marks in your skin.
You will find more dark skin if you do not protect your skin when you go outside in sun light as ultra violet rays from sun stimulates melanin production. You can not prevent yourself from Mask of Pregnancy as it is natural process. You should not worry about it or need to take any skin treatment. As it is natural skin problem and you will find it disappears soon after birth of your baby.
Linea Nigra – Dark lines on your Belly
Linea Nigra is the effect of pregnancy on your skin. Linea Nigra is dark lines that may appear on your belly during pregnancy which you have not even notice before pregnancy. It is white line appear from your navel to center part of public bone that become darken and you can find it clearly visible during pregnancy.
These lines look darker in women having dark skin color. Such lines are nearly one centimeter wide and start appearing during second trimester of your pregnancy. You can also find your skin getting darken in many portions like freckles, nipple, moles, etc. Dark lines can cause due to skin pigmentation. Your abdominal muscles stretch with increasing of your stomach area that causes such Linea Nigra. There is no alternative to prevent it.
Stretch Marks
Stretch marks are one more effect on your skin during pregnancy period. It is also very common and starts appearing on your stomach and near breasts with increase in size of your stomach and breasts. Stretch marks can be of different color as skin color of women such as dark brown, pink, reddish, reddish brown, etc. Stretch marks can be also seen on other areas of body such as thighs, hips and buttocks. During pregnancy increasing level of hormones disturb protein balance of your skin in making it thin than normal. You can find your stretch marks fade out after pregnancy period. Take well-Balance healthy diet contain full of vitamins specially vitamin C and E. You can rub oil or cream that contains vitamin E to remove stretch marks after pregnancy.
Dark Skin
Many women found their skin more darken during pregnancy due to change in hormone levels. Your skin will affect more if your skin color is already dark. You can also notice darkening skin in various portions such as nipples, freckles, moles, labia, thighs, buttocks, etc.
Spider Veins
Spider veins are reddish tiny blood vessels with outer branch also known as spider nevi. Reason for spider veins are increasing amount of blood circulation during pregnancy. You can find spider veins on cheeks, neck, face, arms and upper area of chest.
Rashes and Itchiness
Your skin becomes more sensitive during pregnancy due to change in hormone level. With increasing weight of your body, you will find your enlarge tummy. It will stretches and tightens your skin which cause you fill like itching and dry skin. Rashes and itchiness is very common during pregnancy. You can apply some natural cream to make your skin smooth.
Skin Tags
Another common skin problem occur during pregnancy is skin tag, which is very small, soft growth of skin. It will appear under your arms, breasts or neck. Skin Tags are also cause by hormonal changes. It can cause by hyperactive growth of a superficial layer of skin. In many women it will not disappear easily after pregnancy. In such case you need to take advice of skin specialist to remove it.
Skin problems during pregnancy are very normal and you should not worry about it except you find it severe. Some times many women find intense itching, in such case you should contact your doctor to avoid any further complications.
You will find all such skin problems disappear within a few weeks after pregnancy. You should not forget to drink more water, eat fruits and vegetables to keep your skin healthy and shiny Skin changes during pregnancy.
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