Skin Care During Pregnancy

Stretch marks occur

Usually your pregnant belly begins to grow only from the third month of pregnancy. The growth of the abdomen may be that you get stretch marks. These are small cracks in the subcutaneous connective tissue of the skin, which arise as a consequence of the increasing voltage. Stretch marks (stretch marks) on your pregnant belly and sometimes your breasts are often first red-blue in color, but later they become white and less noticeable. They are not harmful but disfigure the skin surface and are no permanent, unless you do something about it.



By keeping your skin supple and to smear every day with a nourishing oil can help prevent stretch marks. Smooth skin is indeed more flexible and stretches easily. Start with this at the beginning of the pregnancy and keep lubricating up to three months after birth.

Itching During Pregnancy

During your pregnancy you suffer from a dry, tight and itchy skin. The itch can spread to your entire body. Especially at night can itch the skin. This is because pregnancy your entire immune system scrambles, which may cause allergic reactions. It may also itch in places where the skin stretches quickly, as your abdomen, thighs and breasts.

take care of your skin with a nourishing body lotion or oil brings relief. After birth, the itch disappear.

Pigment Changes in the pregnancy

The skin on certain parts of your body may become darker. This is done under the influence of a hormone that is secreted during pregnancy by a gland in the brains (pituitary). Your nipples may darken and you can get a vertical dark line on your belly: the so-called stretch mark or linea nigra. Possibly also the skin in your armpits, arm or knee folds tanner.

Also changing moles. Under the influence of the sun discoloration is more pronounced, so avoid direct sunlight. Use a sunscreen with a high protection factor. After childbirth fades discoloration usually, but this may take several months.

Face stains or pregnancy mask

To prevent facial spots or pregnancy mask, you better not be in the sun during your pregnancy. This brown or yellowish spots appear especially on the forehead, nose, chin and cheeks. But also the entire face can get a blotchy tan. The skin around the eyes and mouth does not discolour it.

The mask is of pregnancy, as well as discoloration elsewhere on the body, caused by the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These hormones stimulate during pregnancy your skin to produce more pigment. After delivery it may take a few months for the discoloration disappears.

breasts

During pregnancy your breasts larger, fuller and more sensitive; they may feel tense. Also, tingling and pain in the breasts or nipples are perfectly normal. The area and the glands around the nipples may become darker and larger.

To ease any discomfort you your breasts rinse with cold water after washing or showering. They then massage with nourishing oil. This also brings relief. Moreover helps as stretch marks (striae) appear on your breasts.