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Pregnancy Acne Treatments – The Ones Pregnant Women Must Avoid

Treating acne is almost always the right move whenever you have the symptoms, but not always. There are certain stages in life when you should not treat acne. During pregnancy is one such time. As you know, this is a very delicate time in any woman’s life. It is during this phase of a her life that she must take extra care of herself. If a pregnant woman feels she needs treating for acne, then she must make sure that she equips herself with adequate well informed information.

If you are trying to become pregnant, or feel that there is a chance that this may be the case you should take the same advice. The following lists some medications for acne which are not good for use during pregnancy as they can be harmful for your unborn child:

Hormonal therapy – This may include flutamide, estrogen or spirolactone. These are to be avoided. They are harmful to both mother and fetus and and might lead to problems. It is better to avoid this altogether.

Another treatment which may endanger the lives of pregnant women is Isotretinoin. It has negative effects in a number of ways, particularly if you are breastfeeding planning to breastfeed. This can cause severe health issues for both mother and any unborn child inside a womb. It is advisable that a woman taking this medicine should be monitored by a medical professional. Anyone trying to get pregnant should ignore this treatment as it may trigger negative side-effects not only for the mother but most especially for your unborn child.

As well as these, oral tetracyclines can be problematic. If they include doxycycline, or tetracycline or minocycline these should not be used at all. Especially, pregnant women or anyone who is breastfeeding must refrain from the use of these. They can give significant side effects which would be but a serious threat to the mother’s life and to the child. The other main effect is a permanent discoloration of the teeth and increased risk of bone disorders.

The last set of treatments to avoid are topical retinoids. Treatments such as adapalene, tazarotene and tretinoin can be hazardous to a prospective mother and her unborn child. As those above mentioned, these are an important hazard.

So, regardless of whether you are male or female, pregnant or not, it is not wise to use these stronger measures mentioned.

For all of you who would like to treat their acne but are pregnant, you should find a more healthy, less dangerous less invasive way to address your skin disfiguration.

There is due time for treating your acne and during your pregnancy is not one of the safest times.


by: Abhishek Agarwal

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