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Skin Problems During Pregnancy

Your skin can undergo a lot of changes during pregnancy. The rise in female hormones (estrogen and progesterone) has an impact on your immune system, skin pigmentation, blood vessels, and glands. These alterations may be physiological or manifest as skin conditions.

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Skin Problems During Pregnancy

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  1. Skin Problems During Pregnancy

  2. Your skin can undergo a lot of changes during pregnancy. The rise in female hormones (estrogen and progesterone) has an impact on your immune system, skin pigmentation, blood vessels, and glands. These alterations may be physiological or manifest as skin conditions.

  3. Pigmentation Nipples, genital skin, and the center of your belly all darken in color. Existing moles and freckles deepen. Melasma is a black spot that can occur on your cheeks, forehead, nose, and chin. Here, the superficial and middle layers of skin have more Thankfully, the hue disappears following delivery. melanin deposits.

  4. Stretch Marks These are purplish wavy lines, which appear on the tummy, breasts, thighs, and groin. After delivery, they become paler in color but the striae remain as permanent scars.

  5. Blood Vessel Changes Palmar erythema, redness of the palms, venous varicosities of the legs, vascular lumps on the gums, and "spider nevi," or proliferation of blood vessels on the face and chest, are changes associated with blood vessels.

  6. Acne during Pregnancy As their sweat glands grow more active, most women tend to perspire more. The oil glands become active, especially in the third trimester, and acne or pimples can appear.

  7. Hair and Nail Changes overall. This is so that your hair can have a longer life cycle due to the elevated estrogen. Additionally, your face, back, and legs may develop more hair. Your nails can crack and become brittle. You appear to have more hair on your scalp

  8. Skin Rash during Pregnancy Severe itchiness develops on the skin. It is brought on by the liver's inability to transport bile, which circulates throughout your body, properly.

  9. Thank you Windows To The Womb

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