Am getting a lot of patches on my skin, why?
durga_satty posted on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 14:13
Its 2 months since I have delivered my baby. Just 2 weeks after that I have seen dark patches appearing on my skin. During pregnancy my skin was absolutely clean and had no skin problems. Then why am I getting these patches. And it is not going at all.
These things happen because of hormones. There is a lot of changes in the hormonal level during pregnancy and it takes sometime to get back to normal. It is possible that all the issues are because of it. You can wait for a couple of weeks and if you see that the patches are still increasing consult a skin specialist.
i thought this happens while you are pregnant and supposed to go away after the baby is born.
pl. get yourself checked. these patches could be for various other reasons. don't presume that this is due to pregnancy.
pl. get yourself checked. these patches could be for various other reasons. don't presume that this is due to pregnancy.
you are right dhoom. usually it happens during pregnancy. and it is supposed to go away after birth of the baby.
but in some cases it persists even after baby's birth.
this is called melasma.
hi durga,
you can apply some skin cream. any cream should be fine. but if you consult a doctor they will give you specific names. i am just not able to recall one cream that is useful. the improvement may be slow.. but you will soon be alright. avoid going under the sun if you can. this is summer. so this is going to be difficult. because this is caused by pigmentation. so going under the sun can make it worse.
inspite of all this, suggest you do as dhoom said- get yourself checked with a doctor. doctor may prescribe some medicine for a quick recovery.
hi durga,
have you shown this to your doctor who took care of delivery.
she knows entire history. so she is in best position to recommend right course of treatment.
in skin like cases, i have observed doctors want to know all about its origin and other details about self and family.
You can try eating powdered neem leaves. I dried neem leaves and then made a powder and I eat a spoon with honey everyday. This has improved my skin a lot and patches are also becoming light.
Give it a try.