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I often find its genetic.
Which skin-care products are safe during pregnancy?
Read the ingredients labels.
And keep your routine simple.
Weinstein recommends sticking with brands that have a proven track record.
Their research and development teams are robust and their history of being around longer also supports their safety.
What skincare ingredients should you avoid during pregnancy?
Anything absorbed systemically can get into your bloodstream and potentially affect the baby.
Godforbid a complication comes up, you dont want the added pressure of second guessing your choices.
What is the ideal pregnancy skin-care routine?
How soon should you change your skin-care routine once you find out you’re pregnant?
In an ideal world, pregnancy skin care changes should already happen when youre trying to get pregnant.
Should you use pregnancy skin-care products postpartum?
If youre breastfeeding, doctors recommend continuing to follow the pregnancy-safe parameters.
Like many recommendations during pregnancy, this is mostly out of an abundance of caution.
The risk of systemic absorption from topical tretinoin from skin to breastmilk is very low, says Dr. Weinstein.
But its still considered unsafe during both pregnancy and breastfeeding.
As soon as youre done breastfeeding you may immediately resume all topicals.
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