Every pregnant woman should look after herself and keep herself in shape. Some simple measures can help to overcome minor ailments in pregnancy. In connection with the hormonal changes in this period, women often feel a sense of fatigue, many weight greatly increases. All this gives a lot of inconvenience, but this needs to be prepared. In many respects the solution of your problems will be helped by proper clothing and special cosmetics, as well as do not forget to take care of your body. So, "caring for dry skin of the body during pregnancy" - the theme of our today's article.
During pregnancy, the hair becomes more dense and beautiful. Broken and dry hair becomes better, their loss decreases, which is due to the action of secreted hormones - estrogens. As for oily hair, they can become worse, so they should be washed with a mild shampoo and should not be dried with a hair dryer. After washing with shampoo, it is advisable to use a cream to restore the capillaries. It is not advisable during pregnancy to color and discolor hair the way allergic reactions can be. If you want to change your image a little, use vegetable paints.
If in the postpartum period you seem to lose much hair, then go for a small course of cystine and vitamins. In order to accelerate the growth of hair for two or three months, take sea salt.
Also during pregnancy, the nail condition improves, their growth accelerates and becomes stronger. If you used a varnish before pregnancy, then keep doing it.
The facial skin becomes thinner and more transparent and therefore looks more beautiful. The color of your face improves the rejection of alcohol and tobacco, rest, as well as proper nutrition. But unfortunately it can also be the other way round, to prevent this, one should not sit idly by, one must take care of one's body and prevent these little troubles. Do not use toning lotions on alcohol, do not use foundation creams that cover your pores, let your skin breathe as much as possible. You need to put almond oil and cream with elastin, massaging movements, from the navel to the sides and down, rub it.
With a feeling of heaviness in the legs, regular circular motions from the inner side to the outside, massage the hips. You can use a cream containing elastin or almond oil. But there is no need to particularly hope that it will help you to remove scars, even if it helps to maintain the elasticity of the skin.
As for cosmetics, you can do anything that you like. The main thing is that you feel like a beauty. To remove cosmetics from the face, use non-irritating nourishing and soft milk. It is not necessary to apply alcohol-containing and flavored products as, during pregnancy, the propensity to allergy increases.
Perhaps the appearance of red spots in shape similar to an asterisk, this usually occurs between the second and fifth months, but do not panic, because they usually disappear three months after birth.
Mugs, located near the nipples and scars, darken, a vertical brown strip often appears on the abdomen. It is not necessary to raise panic beforehand, all this will come to normal after the disappearance of pregnancy hormones, two, three months after birth. After playing sports, namely exercises for the abdominal muscles, the line on it will become pale, the skin will be straightened again and will become elastic, but only this takes time.
In case you have white streaks and survived after birth, try using a cream from the scars, moisturizing and nourishing the skin. Completely prevent the appearance of scars on the buttocks, abdomen, chest and hips, as the appearance of these bands can be not only with increasing weight, but also with poor elasticity of the skin, which is inherited.
If you do not usually wear a bra, then during pregnancy it is worth doing as under the increased effect of hormone secretion the breast swells. Do not forget that the skin of the breast is very tender and vulnerable. Wearing a bra during pregnancy is necessary so that the weight of the chest does not stretch it more than necessary. Just need to strengthen the tone of the skin of the chest with a cold shower. After pregnancy, you can keep a beautiful breast, even if you lose its tone and shape, but you will need to buy a bra with larger calyxes.
You should get tight pantyhose if you have a tendency to varicose veins.
Now you know how to take care of dry skin of the body during pregnancy.