Pregnancy is making me ugly :(

pimples are coming out!! how can i get rid of them? we cant used acne treatments... :\

we are mommies. we are all beautiful!! :)

Im feeling the same way. Im a beauty consultant so my face has always been clean and smooth. Now that Im preggers Im getting these dark spots on my cheeks dh says it looks like someone punched me :( not cool at all plus Im breaking out... Im 9wks... I just hope everything goes away :/

Nuts and oily nut butters make me break out. Like really bad. try cutting out sugary foods too. My last pregnancy was terrible acne. Everywhere!!! but it was bc I ate nuts (I think) I am 7 weeks now and don't have any acne.

lol I appreciate it thank you :-)

If you have a derm or skin institute they carry gentle, all natural variations that are usually pretty affordable. I'm too cheap, especially when my skin is so unpredictable right now, to spend a ton on face wash...plus I'm not rich :) Haha, but so far the only thing that has been working for me is plain bar soap (which is normally a huge no-no since I went to school for skin) BUT, I have been using dove sensitive skin bar soap, its not too alkaline or acidic so its safe for your skin....And even if you feel oily make sure you use a face lotion that is water based, if you leave all the work to your skin it will freak out and break out worse. But the bar soap has been working for me! whatever you do, stay away from Clinique...every test I've ever run on their product has come back EXTREMELY alkaline, which is very very bad for your skin. sorry for the ramble! Hope it helps a bit...but right now for me, as long as whatever I'm using is keeping me from looking like a pizza face I'm happy!

@ parker.sara85 that's great advice on the apricot scrub I been using it every other day. where can I find some face cleanser that's safe during pregnancy and gentle on skin?

Be careful with apricot scrubs! They are actually very harsh for your skin, and can cause actual tiny cuts which will make your skin age faster. there is a natural oil barrier on your skin called the acid mantel and if you strip it to the plum of scratching the skin your oil gland will actually become over active and your face will be in worse shape :( Scrubs are great as long as you don't over do it! Most akin types only should be using it 2-3 times a week, tops! No matter how "clean" its making you feel...its probably causing more damage than good :) good luck ladies....I feel like I'm on the ugly train right now too!

Don't worry darlings. Your body is working so hard to make a beautiful baby that it's slacking off on keeping you hot. your beauty will come back! Just make sure to wear sunscreen daily to avoid permanent skin damage while pregnancy hormones make your skin extra sensitive to uva/uvb damage. Do that, and everything will go back to normal after baby.

Make sure you're using an oil free moisturizer. Whenever your face feels oily it's usually bc your skin is dry and therefore overproducing oil to compensate. I don't know how pregnancy effects it but that's the general rule pre-pregnancy. Hope that helps :)

me too but its hormones its like ur 14 again but once into ur 2 nd trimester it will die down

i hear you!! i have three zits on my forehead and i rarley get one! also my scalp has been so dry! i had dandruff.. never had it till now! ick!!

me too :(

Thanks for all the replies. None of my pregnant friends ever had this problem so it's really frustrating! Hopefully things will get better in a few weeks!

I'm fugly right now too... I think it should get better during 2nd tri tho. fingers crossed not sure how much more I can take!

Me too awful! Prob because I stopped using my benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid products :( which are only questionable but I figured better safe than sorry. Maybe I'll try the tee tree stuff! Anyone else have any tried and true "natural" stuff?

I know right! We're meant to be glowing.. I'm all gas, bloated and zits! I use the good old st Ives apricot scrub. It's the only thing that makes my skin feel CLEAN!

I am on my third preg. With my others, my face was bad the first trimester, and then clear as a bell the rest of the time. Once again, the zits have appeared---hopefully we'll all have nice skin in a few weeks!

me too! uglyyy. :/

I've had the same problem. I never really had a big problem with acne but ever since I was around 4 weeks (7+2 now) I've been struggling with break outs and it's really noticeable. I've been using Olay Facecloths morning and night as well as clean and clear astringent at night. It's helping a little but not as much as I'd like. Hopefully it will calm down soon!!

That's how i feel when pregnant (like right now! Haha) but I feel a lot prettier during my second and third trimester! Don't know what it is- maybe the big bump you'll have by then will just make you feel proud and glowing, acne or not! And people will notice your baby bump and not your acne! :)

I was talking to my hubby about it and we both remember with my first I had beautiful skin and now I'm breaking out so much he says that because my first was a boy and now he knows for sure it's a girl, w/e we'll see, I hate my face

My first child i never had acne. Then i got pregnant with her and bam* acne everywhere i looked like i had chicken pox on my face chest and back. Six years laters still hasnt cleared up. I was hoping with the next child it would reverse but it just flared back up slighty. They say girls take your beauty and boys take your brains. So maybe that explains it because my girls are Gorgeous!!! But all in all that was on hormone symptom i couldve did without even now with the third!!! Been on every thing but acutane. Docs wont give it to me. Say its not severe enough, to who them? It sure is for me!!!

I am 9wks & starting to get a few spots around my chin area. Think I need to invest in a good face wash for spots, I don't own anything like that! Any recommendations? I'm from the UK 🕩

lots of pregnant women get acne and blotches. I'm breaking out a lil too the wash won't help because its hormones causing it. just gotta wait it out. really sux :/

With my first pregnancy I didn't brake out at all in all the years hubby new me in high school and marriage I never once broke out.. Now I'm so ugly I have 5 high noticeable zits right now and I actually cried about it...he did admit to me that he's never seen my face that bad but I'm still as "pretty"as ever but I really don't feel pretty!

I started breaking out too. Although now I have switched to The Body Shops Tea Tree products. The tea tree helps clear blemishes and keep then away. And it's all natural so no need to worry about chemicals for bubs! Try some tea tree products. My skin has cleared up perfectly

yeah im breaking out too but im still told im glowing by ppl *shrugs* whatever i feel like complete crap

I don't feel near as pretty as I used to..

I'm having the same problem I feel hideous...