Face cream, which safest in pregnancy

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Which face creams would be best and safest to use through pregnancy followed by 6 months breast feeding.

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all of 'em?

or waitrose baby bottom butter if not too claggy for your skin

What? Is this serious? Are there face creams that you can and can't use becasue of pregnancy?

omw! I have lots to learn.

The ones without pate in them.

Are you using them to eat? Cravings?

if they have soft cheese in 'em, probs best not to use those

at other posts. I am not sure about safe but do find need something gentler and more moisturizing as skin more sensitive and dehydrated than usual.

Ah! Now that makes sense. That happened to me in my first pregnancy. Try the burts bees radiance day cream. It's nice and gentle.

There are some you shouldn't use but I don't know how much of a risk it really is. For example I think salicylic acid is advised against and that's very common.

www.babycenter.com/0_safe-skin-care-during-pregnancy_1490031.bc

www.babycenter.com/0_safe-skin-care-during-pregnancy_1490031.bc

stuff in skin creams doesn't actually pass through into your cells / blood / breastmilk, anyway. If it did it would need to be classed as a medicine.

I had v dry skin in pregnancy and used Astral.

I read and heard from some mum's that certain chemicals could affect baby. I used Ren creams, the richer ones for my dry skin but in day and night my skin looks like I have not put any thing on. I will try burts bees brand and Astral.

AFAIK there is no evidence at all that face creams can affect your baby. There IS evidence that bf your baby for longer than 6 months will beneifit him /her, so i woudl encourage you to do so if possible. You do not have to stop bf because you are going back to work.

Bf for more than 6 months will also benefit your own health

KristinaM what does AFAIK and bf stand for. Thanks

Just for God's sake woman whatever you do don't carry a cake!!

Mama Mio have some beautiful skincare.

As far as i know

Breast feeding

The main thing to absolutely avoid is Vitamin A, especially in Retinoic Acid form - ie. Retinol, Retin A, Istretinoin etc. Also Salicylic acid, which your skin can often become more sensitive to when pregnant.

To the person who said you can't absorb products through your skin in to your blood stream, your skin is the largest organ in your body and considering the amount of stuff from inside your body (eg. sweat, sebum etc) that passes out through your skin I think it's safe to assume stuff can penetrate through it the opposite way too.

Paraben free skincare,no stimulating essential oils & maybe something to prevent pregnancy mask. Caudalie/ren/Sarah chapman overnight facial is great/Darphin.

Also,your skin will certainly absorb certain ingredients that should be avoided so good to check.

Oh yes, super high SPF to prevent melasma. Clinique's City Block SPF40 is nice as it's not too oily.

No, it's not safe to assume that because something goes one way it goes the other. Otherwise, because sweat comes out, having a bath would make you swell up like a bullfrog a you absorbed all the water.

If a person sweated at the equivalent rate as they would have to absorb water to swell up like a bullfrog after a bath they would make a hell of a mess wherever they went!

Don't bodies recovered from rivers etc after some time come out bloated?

Anyway, I still stand by the fact that the skin is the largest organ on the body and is permeable.

I'm with you havingkittens
Your skin absorbs everything into your bloodstream - it is indeed the largest organ and is very efficient at what it does. Ever wondered why nicotine patches work so well??

The volume and variety of crap we slather on our skin every day is definitely cause for concern. Add to it the chemicals in our atmosphere/homes and our food and it's a definite health concern in the long term. Skincare is within our control so we should all be considering healthier options - especially when pregnant. So the OP is absolutely justified in asking. I'm a big fan and a regular bore on these pages regarding Neal's Yard. Would defo recommend biyboo...they have a range for all skin types as well as lovely base oils which are amazing for moisturising your bump.