Can pregnant women use topical medications for skin?

Some pregnant women may experience some allergies during pregnancy, which will cause some spots or bumps on the skin, which may make them feel painful or itchy, so they want to use some topical medications to relieve them. Some pregnant women will also have some stretch marks. In order not to affect the appearance, they will also take medicine. So can pregnant women use topical medications for the skin?

In fact, generally speaking, short-term use of topical medications will not have much impact on the fetus. However, it should be made clear that topical medications can also penetrate the human body through the skin, so topical medications also have graded contraindications. For those topical medications that are clearly prohibited for use with caution or by pregnant women, they should be avoided as much as possible or replaced with other medications with less impact.

Pregnant women should use the following topical medications with caution:

1. Antibacterial drugs: Commonly used drugs include Bactroban, erythromycin ointment, neomycin ointment, silver sulfadiazine ointment, ciprofloxacin ointment, etc.

2. Antifungal drugs: Commonly used drugs include clotrimazole suppositories and ointments, Daktarin, nystatin effervescent tablets or ointments, etc. Since most antifungal drugs are Class C drugs, they must be used with caution during pregnancy.

3. Glucocorticoid preparations: Weak hormones commonly used for skin diseases include hydrocortisone acetate; medium-acting hormones include prednisolone, dexamethasone, triamcinolone acetonide, fludrocortisone acetate, etc.; strong hormones include halcinonide, beclomethasone dipropionate, fluocortolone, betamethasone valerate, etc.

4. Skin disinfectants: Commonly used external disinfectants include ethanol (alcohol), iodine tincture, gentian violet, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide, calamine, etc. The safety classification of the above drugs is not yet clear, so be sure to use them according to the drug instructions.

5. External medicines for trauma

6. External medications containing western medicine ingredients: Commonly used analgesic and anti-inflammatory analgesic external medications include compound lidocaine cream, Voltaren, etc., which are all Class B drugs and can be used by pregnant women, but avoid using Voltaren in the first three months of pregnancy.

7: External use medications containing Chinese herbal ingredients: Chinese herbal medicines that are prohibited during pregnancy include croton, raw aconite, raw Chuanwu, centipede, musk, motherwort, Chuanxiong, black cumin seeds, earthworm, Gelsemium elegans, Euphorbia pulex, Pharbitis chinensis, leech, Curcuma zedoaria, Trillium, Aconitum, Glauber's salt, and Xuanming powder, etc. Cooling oil and wind oil should also be banned.