Has anyone else struggled with SUPER dry pregnancy skin? 21 weeks

[Jem9153]

Hii,

So my skin is always quite dry but since getting pregnant, especially the last month or so, it is SO dry. Especially on my face and legs.

To the point when after I shower, if I gently rub my face all my skin starts peeling up like sunburn! (It’s definitely not sunburn as I haven’t left the house in weeks due to isolation 😂)

I’ve been exfoliating and moisturising like crazy every day but it’s still happening 😭 I’ve noticed where I gently rubbed the skin on my cheek the skin has peeled up and left my cheek looking really red underneith.

Has this happened to anyone else? I’ve read lots about getting spots during pregnancy but that doesn’t seem to have happened to me, I’ve just turned into a lizard instead 😂

Me! I definitely wouldn't advise exfoliating though. You can get a prescription for E45 and it's worked really well for us! I would also suggest going to sleep with some kind of balm on your face, if you have any nipple cream that can be amazing for especially dry spots of skin.

Also try swapping to an emollient shower gel.

And also no hot showers! Try to keep the water warm rather than hot.

I had this. Ended up putting weleda skin food on my face at night which helped a lot, only washing my hair once a week instead of twice, and it got back to normal after I gave birth.

Same here! 20 weeks and looking like a snake shedding its skin! My hands are especially dry but think that's more down to all the extra hand washing atm

Also 21 weeks and have such dry skin! Been working from home for 3 weeks now on furlough so haven't been wearing make up and moisturising face morning and night and its still so dry! Moisturising body each evening as well wondering when this glowing pregnancy stage apparently happens!