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When it comes to acne and pregnancy, women looking for some acne remedies have a very limited choice available to them because there is a serious lack of research and lack of clinical work dealing with this topic. None of the herbal compounds available for effective acne care have been rigorously tested related to pregnancy.
So this very simple warning has to preface this discussion. Herbal medicines can be very powerful, remember that many modern pharmaceuticals have been derived from herbs, and they may or may not be safe for pregnant women. The label herbal is no guarantee of safety for your unborn child. The hormonal changes and skin changes during pregnancy eliminate any certainty or ongoing trials on non-pregnant women.
As an example, you might consider soybean-derived medication to be safe because you likely eat soybean products. In fact, if you use a soybean-based skin cleanser during pregnancy, you might make some of those dark splotches, the mask of pregnancy much worse. Soy mimics the hormone estrogen and should be avoided. On the other hand, activated soy does not have estrogen because the estrogen compounds have been removed during processing. You have to read labels carefully.
You will see honey recommended and used for skin care. Research shows that medical grade honey does indeed have a healing effect on your skin. But research also shows that some food-grade honey is contaminated with spores that might make your skin worse rather than better. The problem here is that you dont know if your honey source is contaminated. nor do you know what effect this might have on the baby. When you are healthy, your body would shrug it off, does it do this when you are pregnant?
The questions that are raised about the health and safety of both the mother and the child can not be reliably answered because of a lack of clinical trials. And few people think the risk on a fetus for a clinical trial for acne medications is warranted. Bottom line? Your acne has a time-limited duration of nine months so this is, frankly, just one more thing to deal with. Other drugs to avoid can be found here. And the best way to deal with it is to use cleansing routines and keep your skin healthy in traditional ways.
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pDoug Green is a full time, award-winning, freelance-writer and researcher who specializes in health and garden related research and writing. His acne website can be found at a target=_new href=http://www.acne-prevention-and-treatment.com/ rel=nofollowhttp://www.acne-prevention-and-treatment.com//a./pbr
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