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WTF is happening to my face?

allison8878allison8878 member
in South Florida Babies
I have hideous brown patches all over my face! I've heard of the "mask of pregnancy" but this isn't a mask per se, so I'm not sure if that's what it is. They keep getting worse and multiplying. At first, it just looked like I was getting more freckles and they were lighter brown. I could hide them with make-up so I wasn't too freaked out. Now, I have these dark patches in the middle of my forehead, a few on each cheek, and now I'm seeing it on my neck and arms! Make-up will not cover it :-(
I mentioned it to my OB when it first started happening and she said that it is just my hormones and that it will "probably" go away once I deliver. Probably?
Have any of you had this? Did it go away? Was there anything you used to lighten the patches up?
Of course I can deal with it until I have the baby, but I'm a little concerned at the chance of this not going away.
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  • MrsJOSEnADRIMrsJOSEnADRI
    From what I've heard the "mask of pregnancy" isn't necessarily all over the face but in spots.  My AP mentioned that with both of  her pregnancies the skin above her upper lip just got darker, like a mustache, but it went away afterwards.  If it doesn't go away after you have the baby, I would see a dermatologist b/c they can prescribe a cream or do a peel that will make it fade.  But, in most cases, I've heard that it does disappear after birth when those hormones have regulated.  
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  • CesEve99CesEve99 member

    ugh im so sorry! i hope it vanishes after birth.

    my face is completely broken out. nothing controls it :(

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  • MrsGiviRNMrsGiviRN
    Definitely sounds like the "mask of pregnancy"...it should resolve after hormone levels have returned to baseline....Big Smile
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  • FutureHernandezFutureHernandez member

    I've got to laugh because this is exactly what I said this morning after got out of the shower! 

    I had a verrry slight brown spot above my lip while pregnant with Matthew. You couldn't even tale unless I told you!   I'm extremely fair skin and I never get any sun.  Over the weekend I got a little sun on my cruise and guess what?  I've got what looks like a mustache.  It's so bad I was crying. 

    Don't get any sun!  It makes it worse. 

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