Help! My skin has gone crazy!

[leighe]

Being pregnant has done crazy stuff to my skin! My skin has always been a little on the dry side and I've always used Origins skincare and love it! I've always been really lucky and never had many pimples or anything like that. Recently, I have been really breaking out - especially around my nose and mouth. If, however, I use products to prevent breakouts then it makes my skin so dry that it gets flaky. I've tried stuff for combination skin. I've tried using one product in the areas where I break out and my regular products on the rest of my face. I am at my wits end! Anyone have any advice or suggestions?

 

[holycow]

Ah, the joys of being Pregnant! First Congrats to you! I just had my 4th 4 months ago and luckily I found some really great products when I was prego with my 3rd. I was having the worst time with my skin back then...until I found....Serious Skin care....it is on HSN...and it is really wonderful... Created by a mother whose daughter had very bad acne. I tried it 7 years ago and still love it. I ran out during this pregnancy and was just to lazy to purchase some more at the time...well, I purchased over the counter stuff and my skin was just horrible with break outs...so back to SSC...


Good luck with your pregnancy....sorry about the novel!

Holycow
Lisa

 

[RadioNate]

Ah, the joys of being Pregnant! First Congrats to you! I just had my 4th 4 months ago and luckily I found some really great products when I was prego with my 3rd. I was having the worst time with my skin back then...until I found....Serious Skin care....it is on HSN...and it is really wonderful... Created by a mother whose daughter had very bad acne. I tried it 7 years ago and still love it. I ran out during this pregnancy and was just to lazy to purchase some more at the time...well, I purchased over the counter stuff and my skin was just horrible with break outs...so back to SSC...


Good luck with your pregnancy....sorry about the novel!

Holycow
Lisa

It's the hormones. They had the opposite effect on me. My 1st trimister was horrible but by the end my skin was great. Of corse now at 30 I have FAR worse acne problems than I did as a teenagers. Oh the joy.

The only thing that really helps me is regular deep pore cleaning facials. At $120 I can't afford them often but maybe you can or have one as a special treat?

I also like the Serious Skin Care line. I use their cleanser and when I stick with the entire acne system I've had decent results. THe results have been just as good as determitologist prescribed things. FWIW, my DH loves their cleanser too and he's had great results with their products. He just gets the occasional pimple.

 

[Nancy]

I didn't get the breakouts but my skin got so dry it hurt....and the itching was horrible. On the plus side, my hair and nails never looked better.

 

[leighe]

Thanks for the advice. I might schedule a facial for this weekend. I just always feel like my face is dirty when my skin is dry and flaky. But if I use a heavy moisturizer it's going to make the breakouts worse. Yuck!

 

[mickeyboat]

I don't have any advice, but I can sympathize. My skin was beautiful the entire time I was PG. About two weeks after I delivered, it looked like a pepperoni pizza. I had never had acne so badly in my entire life! I have the picture to prove it! Good luck with yours.

Denae

 

[lulugirl]

I like Pro-Active. I used it when I was pregnant, now I use it 3x a week right before my period to prevent break-outs.