You may notice unusual patterns all over the skin surface including linea nigra dark line across the belly melasma dark patches on the face and darkening of the areola 1.
How to get rid of pregnancy pigmentation.
Avoiding the sun goes a big way to get your complexion back if you are out in the sun use a sunscreen with spf 30 cover yourself properly with a dupatta saree pallu or a scarf to avoid direct sun rays falling on skin.
While you may not be able to get rid of melasma completely and there is no assurance that it will not recur you can keep the spots away with proper care and preventive measures.
It s like the leaking body the joints that don t hold together in quite the same way and the baby brain weren t enough here have some dark spots all over your face as well.
Skin darkening also referred to as hyperpigmentation is common during pregnancy.
Pigmentation in pregnancy can be slightly minimized by using sunscreen even when you are not out in the sun.
Hyperpigmentation of the skin is an aesthetic rather than a medical concern for people most of the time.
You don t need to get scared if spots appear on your face and other parts of your body.
Pregnancy for example can trigger overproduction of melanin that causes the mask of pregnancy on the face.
Pregnancy pigmentation is yet another fun side effect of pregnancy isn t it.
These spots are similar in appearance to age spots but are larger areas of darkened skin that appear most often as a result of hormonal changes.
Melasma and hyperpigmentation during pregnancy are pretty common.