Sunday, June 1, 2008

Acne and pregnancy

During pregnancy, acne is unpredictable. For some lucky women, the result is a welcome surprise — clear skin, the “glow of pregnancy” that you were told about. If this is your case, enjoy it! But don’t get overconfident. When existing acne virtually disappears during pregnancy, it often recurs afterward — sorry!

However, existing acne can also get worse. Pregnancy is a time of tremendous hormonal upheaval. Your levels of estrogen and progesterone are rising, and your skin becomes more sensitive to the changes in the circulating hormones in your body. In fact, some women may experience acne for the first time when they become pregnant, even if they never had acne during their teens.

When one gets pregnant the level of hormones increase which leads to more sebum meaning more acne. The acne or pimples increases in the first trimester and as the pregnancy proceeds further the level of estrogen increases the acne reduces or completely disappears. Besides the face acne can also appear on the chest and the back.

When breastfeeding some of the hormones that trigger your acne during pregnancy may still be at work and you may wish to continues treating those pesky pimples. But be aware, that certain medications taken by mouth or applied to your skin may wind up in your breast milk.

If you are facing the acne during pregnancy you can reduce and even eliminate by simply

Washing your face with oil free cleanser two three times a day

Don’t take stress/tension about the acne as its both dangerous for your baby and the acne.

Drink plenty of water as it will eliminate the body wastes.

Don’t touch your pimples as by touching you have the chance to spread on the more area.

Don’t squeeze as they will leave the scar which will be horrible.

For the wealth of information visit
http://acnecareinfo.blogspot.com
http://wwww.acnenaturalremedies.com

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