Tips for skin care

[Dancing_doris]

Hi, I'm about 6 weeks pregnant I think, and whilst having revelled in the previous weeks of lovely clear skin, I am now breaking out all over. The spots mean serious business! I read you're meant to avoid salicylic acid which means my Clearasil toner is out. Has anyone got any good skin clearing tips?

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I'm now 19weeks and my skin is SO MUCH better, but I had the same thing as you. Basically, I got my teenage skin back and had loads of spots on my forehead & chin.

I carried around a pack of Nivea cleansing face wipes (or whatever your chosen moisturiser/cleanser brand) in my bag and wiped my face at about lunchtime, and also early evening -in addition to usual cleansing and moisturising in the morning and before bed. It took a couple of weeks to see a sign of improvement but it definitely helped -plus also helped to freshen me up during the day. It was surprising/disturbing how 'grubby' the face wipes were after use! :S

[Dancing_doris]

Hmm, just read that actually small amounts in a toner used 1-2 a day should be OK, so maybe I'm worrying about nothing. But tips appreciated anyway!

[Dancing_doris]

Thanks Queenie! It would be nice to go makeup free really, but I might scare everyone at work! LOL

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If it's that bad or getting worse then pop to ur g.p they can prescribe some stuff. . There are loads of different meds for bad skin and ur dr will know if they are safe to use in pregnancy and it's free!