Darkening after pregnancy

Everyone loves beauty, and women are especially fond of beauty. Many women hope to be beautiful when they are pregnant, but many women will become darker after pregnancy. This is very troubling for pregnant women. Faced with skin getting darker after pregnancy, pregnant women cannot use cosmetics. Cosmetics may harm the fetus. People need to use other methods to regulate it. If you want to regulate this situation, you must understand its cause. Here I will introduce why skin gets darker after pregnancy.

It is normal for the skin to darken during pregnancy. Because the pituitary gland secretes more melanocyte-stimulating hormone during pregnancy, the increased estrogen and progesterone have a stimulating effect on melanocytes, increasing melanin and causing pigmentation on the nipples, areola, linea alba, and vulva of pregnant women. The malar spots also affect the cheeks, periorbital area, forehead, upper lip and nose, with distinct edges, forming butterfly-shaped spots called chloasma of pregnancy, which disappear on their own after delivery.

Hormonal changes during pregnancy cause a temporary increase in melanin in the body. Melanin is a naturally occurring substance in the body that gives hair, skin and eyes their colour. A few months after delivery, the areas of pigmentation caused by pregnancy are likely to gradually fade and the skin should be able to return to its normal color. However, for some women, the spots of pregnancy will not disappear completely.

How to take care of your skin during pregnancy

(1) Washing the face: Beauty care during pregnancy mainly involves washing the face. Twice a day, morning and night, use your usual soap to create foam, wash thoroughly, and after washing, apply makeup. In the summer when it is easy to sweat, you should wash your face more often. Washing your face frequently is not only to remove grease, but also to make you feel refreshed. Due to the effect of hormones, freckles are easy to appear on the face. They usually go away after delivery, so you don’t have to worry too much about it. Exposure to ultraviolet rays can also cause freckles, so avoid strong direct sunlight on your face. When walking or going out, wear a hat and put some sunscreen on your face to protect your skin.

(2) Massage: Daily facial massage during pregnancy is also very important. It can speed up blood circulation in the skin and enhance metabolism, prevent skin diseases, protect the skin's tenderness, and restore skin function as soon as possible after delivery. Those who have been massaging before pregnancy should do it more frequently; those who have never done it before should start doing it from the moment they know they are pregnant. The essentials of massage are as follows: first use cleansing cream to wipe off the dirt on your face; wash your face with soap, then wipe it dry with a towel; apply cold cream evenly on your face, and then use your middle finger and ring finger to massage in a spiral from the middle of the face to the outside; after the massage, wring a hot towel to wipe it.