How to reduce pre/postnatal acne
I can tell you today, that pregnancy acne for me was the worse. Never have I ever thought that it would take over my life and fill me up with shame. I don’t really wear make up, so I was trying to cover it up as much as I can, and what made it worse is that it’s always felt off to me, because naturally I love the natural look. My pregnancy with Sage wasn’t bad at all, my skin was actually glowing, however with Ollie my skin suffered badly, especially since I was too sick to really take care of myself or even figure out what my skin needed. The more I ignored my skin the worse the acne scars got, and I couldn’t take it anymore. So I set out to find the right products for my skin and being that I was pregnant I didn’t want anything toxic to possibly harm the baby. I searched for brands with natural ingredients and I needed a cleanser that was strong enough to get off all this farm dirt off my face but gentle on my skin. So when I was about 7 months pregnant and was able to get myself together without throwing up from every passing scent; I headed to Sephora to search their collections. That’s when I found Youth to The People, and I lie to you not! This brand saved my skin and my self esteem, because almost two years later I am still using it, and now my skin clearer than before.
When you are pregnant, you go through a major hormonal change, even after pregnancy, your skin some times doesn’t really go back to its old self, so you sort of have to find yourself again, through out all the work you have to do in motherhood. But I highly recommend having a skincare routine to balance your skin’s needs and to promote self care, which is imperative in the early stages of motherhood.
The first step in finding the right brand for you is…
1. What is your budget?
-- What can you afford? I can tell you to go get this item, but please make sure it fits in your budget in spending. Baby food/items are truly what’s important and you don’t want to over spend because of vanity.
2.
What does your skin lack?
n Do you have dry skin, oily skin, sensitive skin, are you ok with toxic ingredients? Do you need to exfoliate? This one was very important for me as well as moisturizing, A cleanser wasn’t enough for me, I also needed to exfoliate before washing to get the dirt that is hard to come off with just washing alone. Then added the perfect moisturizer for barrier purposes. Which helped me 80% of the time.
3. Incorporate a skin care routine
-- You need a routine, and you cannot break out od that routine. I exfoliate and wash two times a day, and depending on what my skin needs in moisturizer, I would apply, some times at night it would be a completely different moisturizer than the morning. If you stick to that routine, I guarantee that you’ll notice a difference sooner or later
4. Be patient!
-- Please don’t expect your skin to look radiant after two washes, it doesn’t work like that, you have to stick with the routine for at least a month or two to see results. And that’s just the reality of it, nothing works over night, let’s be real with ourselves here. We set ourselves up to give up because we think something isn’t working as fast as we want it to work. Give it time.
