\nDuring pregnancy, the severity of acne can improve or worsen. It is common for acne to get a little worse in early pregnancy and to get better as pregnancy progresses. This may be related to increased levels of estrogen<\/span> present in pregnancy.<\/p>\nSome women have severe acne breakouts during pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>Acne in pregnancy<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/section>\n\n\n
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Acne in pregnancy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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<\/span>Acne treatment in pregnancy.<\/span><\/h2>\nIn general, it is preferable to avoid drugs in pregnancy if they have an effect on the fetus.<\/p>\n
<\/span>What treatments are safe during pregnancy?<\/span><\/h3>\nThe absence of safety data can make it difficult to advise on the treatment of acne in pregnancy. Most experts agree that current<\/span> Treatments that can be used safely in pregnancy include:<\/p>\n\n- Benzoyl peroxide<\/li>\n
- Azelaic acid<\/li>\n
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Fruit acids such as glycolic acid.<\/li>\n
- Low concentration salicylic acid preparations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Topical antibiotics and oral erythromycin may be prescribed if the acne is severe. Other antibiotics that can be prescribed are penicillins and cephalosporins.<\/p>\n
Light and To be<\/span> Acne therapies are also safe.<\/p>\n<\/span>What treatments are not safe during pregnancy?<\/span><\/h3>\nThe following drugs should be avoided<\/strong> in pregnancy or if you are contemplating pregnancy.<\/p>\nDo not use topical preparations containing:<\/p>\n
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Current retinoids<\/span> (tretinoin, isotretinoin, and adapalene)<\/li>\n- High concentration salicylic acid. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Do not take the following oral medications:<\/p>\n
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Tetracyclines in later pregnancy, e.g. Eg Doxycycline, Minocycline, Limecycline, these can discolor the baby's teeth.<\/li>\n
- Other oral antibiotics like trimethoprim + sulfamethoxazole<\/span> or fluoroquinolones<\/li>\n
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Isotretinoin - a teratogen<\/span> if taken during early or mid-pregnancy, causing fetal loss (miscarriage) or severe birth deformities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Durante el embarazo, la gravedad del acn\u00e9 puede mejorar o empeorar. Es com\u00fan que el acn\u00e9 empeore un poco al comienzo del embarazo y que mejore a medida que avanza…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6724","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","format-standard","category-glosario-definiciones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/6724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/6724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}