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How To Treat Acne During Pregnancy? |
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If a drug for a particular type of disease
causes side effects, what does it mean? It simply means in the process
of treating one disease, it creates several new diseases. Do you call it
a helpful medicine then? Can it be categorized as a treatment? Such is a
dilemma when taking medication during the pregnancy.
One popular and effective acne treatment consists of
Isotretinoin. If you have severe acne, and your acne does not respond to
other therapies, Isotretinoin is certainly the pill to be prescribed.
The
medication is bound to give you favorable results as far as acne is
concerned. But then breaking of certain side effects can not be ruled
out. Isotretinoin is a retinoid which is derived from vitamin A. The
medicine is rated as the best acne medication till date.
It is
highly effective on acne but is never recommended to pregnant women. The
pill is capable of causing birth defects to the fetus. Be in touch with
your doctor regularly, in case you are married and the pill is
prescribed to you. Discuss about your pregnancy with your doctor. You
look good even with your acne, but do you wish to be blessed with a
child with birth defects? No one would want it.
When looking at
the acne treatment options for pregnant women, the grave side effects of
Isotretinoin outweigh the merits. The side effects make a horrible
reading and any pregnant woman would not like the mention of the names
of such diseases.
You better
advise any pregnant woman not to go for acne treatment having farthest
connection to Isotretinoin. The side effects against which you are
warned are thinning of hair, red itchy eyes, dry skin and dry nose.
You may even face depression, nausea or vomiting. When you are
under the treatment of this drug, there are several do’s and don’ts
about which you need to take absolute care in consultation with your
doctor.
As a woman, you need to test yourself for pregnancy,
before you begin the Isotretinoin treatment. You need to tell the doctor
if you plan to become pregnant or breast feed the child in the near
future. You are supposed to stop taking this drug, if in the course of
treatment you become pregnant. You are even advised to adopt two
unfailing methods of birth control before you begin the treatment of
this medicine.
Hormonal changes are normal during pregnancy which
may result in acne inflammation. You may have the best skin and yet
during your first trimester, you may receive severe acne attack. As the
pregnancy advances, acne begins to heal itself and you may have better
skin glow.
Though, this is certainly not to advise you to sit
quiet about your acne during the pregnancy. Better avoid oral
medications. You have a growing fetus within you. You can't take any
risks in such a delicate condition. Try topical medications like Azelic
acid or the trusted benzoyl peroxide.
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