Hi there! 1st time mom here. I have pregnancy mask on my check bone lines and am looking for something to reduce the dark appearance of them. Do you have any suggestions? The dreaded pregnancy mask. It is something that many women don’t hear much about until you’re actually pregnant, at least I didn’t. Pregnancy mask is also called Melasma, and the irregularly shaped areas of different pigmentation can be lighter or darker than the surrounding skin and tend to occur mostly on the cheek, upper lip, chin, forehead, neck and upper arms. Once Melasma starts, it is a chronic condition that can recur with hormonal fluctuations or sun exposure. There are a lot of great products out there for treating Melasma. So many in fact that it can be completely overwhelming. Throw in a current pregnancy (or nursing post pregnancy) and it becomes even more confusing because a lot of those products are no longer safe to use. Whether you’re pregnant, nursing, have never been pregnant or whatever, there’s a few basics behind treating melasma that ring true. And you can do easily adapt these guidelines for pregnancy safety. I follow these same guidelines when my own areas of Melasma flare up. 1. Sun Avoidance It only makes sense that if you want to avoid hyperpigmentation, you would avoid one of the main triggers. Especially in the case of Melasma, where hormonal changes seem to exacerbate the sun’s effects on melanin production, minimizing your sun exposure and creation of more areas of hyperpigmentation. True sun avoidance is best. If you can’t handle that, then avoid the sun as much as possible between the peak times of
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