Pregnancy Skin Care Conditions and Tips

by Valerie Garnier

Pregnancy Skin Care Conditions and Tips It’s common for woman to be extra careful with her skin look or appearance. Expensive lotions, gels, natural creams and surgical procedures are the tools these women use to achieve such trait; remember, today’s society is a judgmental one, especially with women.

So, it’s important to know the skin disorders women could attain before, during and after pregnancy, and the tips to help them feel more at bay in arguably the toughest times of their life.

Pregnancy Skin Care Disorders (most common) and how to beat them!

The following are the skin conditions and tips for those pregnant months:

Dry Itchy Abdomen: During pregnancy the skin becomes stretched and tightens, which results in the skin becoming dry and itchy. Avert the usage of dry soaps or products with alcohol, baths and hot water.

Tips- Keep your abdomeurized; Olive oil is a great way to treat Rosacea during pregnancy.

Pimply Eruptions: This skin disorder commonly appears after the first semester of pregnancy in the appearance of red, raised patches on the stomach, buttocks and thighs – all troubling for the pregnant woman. Fortunately, these pimples disappear themselves after delivery.

Tips-Calamine lotion can provide relief from the irritation.

Spider Veins: This skin conditions attacks the face, neck, upper chest, legs, and arms in a purple or red color that looks like spider webs, thus are known as spider veins. It may be due to blood circulation and hormonal changes.

Tips – Increase the consumption of Vitamin C and try to avoid crossing your legs so as to reduce spider veins.

Chafing: During pregnancy two of the inevitable are temper flip-outs and weight gain. The flip-outs do nothing to our physique, just drives your spouse crazy. But the weight gains can result to chafing between your thighs or under your breast, resulting in moist, red skin.

Tips – Keep your skin cool by wearing cotton clothes and avoid wearing tight clothes. Also, talc may help absorb any moisture.

Varicose Veins: Enlarged veins in the legs which women obtain during pregnancy. But can be diminish with Vitamin C, tight clothes and light exercises. After delivery Varicose Veins go back normal or vanish completely.

Tips – gentle exercises; avoid crossing your legs and increase vitamin C intake

Melasma/Mask of Pregnancy: Commonly, the affected areas are the cheeks, nose, upper lips and forehead that receive a discoloration of the skin. They tend to fade after birth but appear in the second trimester as dark, irregular patches due to increased hormones.

Tips – Can be treated by staying out of the sun and using sunscreen before leaving your house – fades after delivery.

Linea Nigra: Commonly appearing during the second trimester is the ugly, dark skin condition that locates itself from the navel to the public bone – hormonal changes produce this skin disorder.

Tips – Proper rest and sufficient amount of sleep is required. In addition, reduce the pigment transformations by protecting yourself from the sun, avoid bleaching products and stay away from cheap skin care products.

And of course,

Stretch Marks: Primarily due to the sudden changes the body goes through with having a baby. Basically, the elastic fibers in the dermis layer of the skin rip or break causing to appear streaks in the lower parts of your stomach, hips and under arms.

Tips – Use a wash cloth or brush especially made for the body and massage around the areas affected by the skin condition.

Recommended products women should take while going through pregnancy should contain natural substances like, olive oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, soybean oil, jojoba and grapeseed oil. Products containing these rich substances may be more expensive than the usual but are great for improving your skin problems during pregnancy.

Remember, there’s nothing better than organic, natural skin care creams for women going through pregnancy. Especially if you’re not only seeking health but a natural, overall skin care glow.