The Truth About Skin During Pregnancy
Melasma, Acne and 'The Glow': The Truth About Skin During Pregnancy
How many times have you accessed the internet and typed into the search bar, “How to clear up bad skin”, or something to that effect? I know I have, countless times, searched online how to be rid of acne, how to keep my skin looking young, how to reduce the appearance of scars or redness… I could go on for hours. Sadly, not everything that these search engines give us is reliable. In fact, some of the skin-shaming advice the internet bombards us with on a daily basis can be downright crushing, making us feel bad about our skin and our natural appearance.
At 47 Skin, we don’t believe in skin-shaming people into buying our products, in fact, it is our mission to make you feel beautiful inside and out, with our products giving you that extra boost of confidence. It’s rare that you find a celebrity that also preaches this message of skin positivity, but actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba had recently opened up about doing just that.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Alba confirmed that she didn’t always take time out of the day to treat her skin. However since the outbreak, she’s been allocating much more time to pampering herself, and taking the time to reset and recalibrate, as a form of self-care.
It's all too common in celebrity culture for well known figures to take us with them on their journey through pregnancy and motherhood, frequently expressing the joys they feel during both. Nonetheless, recently, as conversations around how carrying a child can affect a woman’s body both positively and negatively have become more frequent, some have also been opening up about the less instagrammable aspects of the process, giving a refreshing insight into just how resilient and awe-inspiring the female body can be.
Actress and Made in Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh last year posted a candid caption on her Instagram about her experiences with the additional, lesser talked about, side effects that growing a human inside your uterus can have on your appearance, much to the praise of her 1.4 Million followers.
Speaking of the symptoms she’d experienced alongside the famed pregnancy glow, she wrote “Breakouts, it’s like the week before my period all the time! I seem to constantly have an angry chin spot... also not helped by wearing a mask! I have also noticed pimples on the backs of my arms, I had these towards the end of my last pregnancy and they didn’t completely go away after.”
I chose to serve my dish with broccoli, just like the creator of the dish does in her recipe video. Broccoli adds antioxidants and Vitamin C for collagen production, whilst also containing a substance named “glucoraphanin” – this gets converted into sulforaphane by the body, promoting skin repair and skin health.
Even without the broccoli however, this recipe is crammed with ingredients that your skin will love! For example, this recipe uses fresh oranges, which famously contain Vitamins A and C, and garlic, which possesses antioxidant qualities.
In addition to this, the star of the original recipe, tofu, works wonders on our skin, as soy is high in both protein and calcium, as well as isoflavones which has been found to improve skin elasticity, water-holding capacity, pigmentation and vascularity.
As mentioned previously, I used a different protein (merely because it was what I had in the fridge at the time) – a plant-based chicken brand popular in the UK. This is fortified with vitamin B12 and iron, as well as being high in protein, and having a production process that has minimal impact on the environment.
I really can’t hype this recipe up enough! It has to be tasted to be believed.
Don’t take my word for it. Skincare goes further than skin deep, so give your body’s largest organ AND your taste buds a treat by clicking on the following link:
http://www.veganbunnychef.com/2021/11/vegan-orange-tofu-sweet-and-spicy.html
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As to be expected, fans and friends alike were elated for her, and many have avidly followed her journey of becoming a mother to twins, celebrating alongside her and fiancé Andre Gray as they start this new and exciting chapter of life together.
In spite of this however, Leigh-Anne, similar to Millie, hasn’t shied away from also addressing the less glamorous side of pregnancy skin, revealing in an Instagram advert that pregnancy can also have negative effects on your skin. In an honest and personal caption, she wrote “Pregnancy has given me many bad skin days”, shining a light on the more realistic aspects of the miracle of motherhood.
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