What Your Skin Is Expecting While You're Expecting

 

Mitonia's Beauty Trainer Quanita Talip-Samaai tells pregnant women what their skin goes through during pregnancy and presents the perfect solutions:

There is no other time in a woman’s life when she more deserves to be luxuriously pampered than when she is pregnant!!

When pregnant, omega levels are reduced because the baby is using the mother’s omegas as a source of food to make their own healthy bodies. Therefore, at a time when your skin is about to undergo it’s most challenging test, it is at its weakest. Omega deficiency has a direct effect on the elasticity of your skin, accelerating the ageing process. As the skin becomes drier and itchy, you may also notice that hair and nails are weaker and brittle. Therefore, you need to use skincare products rich in  omega 3, 6 and 9, they are beneficial in  supplementing the required  levels of these omegas directly on the skin where you need it most.

CHANGES IN SKIN DURING PREGNANCY

A woman can look most ravishing during pregnancy. Indeed, while pregnancy can leave some lucky ladies looking radiant, for others, all that extra hormonal activity can have the opposite effect, causing a variety of pregnancy skin problems.

Acne:

Acne is the most common skin problem during pregnancy, but there are also a variety of bumps and rashes and discolorations that occur due to hormone activity. Pregnancy can cause breakouts on the skin, particularly around your mouth and chin which are the most common areas for acne to occur during pregnancy.

Good to try:

Mama Mio Clean Slate High Protein Aloe-Rich Cleanser is a gentle, yet effective cleansing gel to remove impurities without leaving the skin tight and over-dried.

Pigmentation:

Pigmentation during pregnancy is related to hormones and exposure to the sun. Women with darker complexions and dark hair are at a greater risk. Staying out of the sun can definitely diminish the amount of discoloration you experience, so can wearing a sunscreen anytime you are outdoors.

Skin Stretching and Itching

From annoying belly itches to potentially serious body rashes, there is no question that pregnancy can sometimes make your skin crawl. Part of the problem is caused by hormones and part is the result of skin stretching, which also causes it to itch. Many women suffer from harmless, all-over itchiness during pregnancy due to the skin stretching resulting from the growth of the unborn baby.

Good to try:

Mama Mio Tummy Rub Stretch Mark Oil and Butter are designed to increase the skin’s elasticity. Helps to fight stretch marks and banish itchy tummies.

Stretch Marks

Stretch marks are caused during pregnancy when your tummy and breasts expand and stretch. It is important to treat the stretch marks before, during and after pregnancy for best results.

Good to try:

Mama Mio Goodbye Stretch Marks help to repair and minimise the appearance of stretch marks by up to 70%. It repairs cells both at the surface and at deep tissue level.

Postnatal sagginess in the skin

After delivery, most women struggle to retain their former skin tone. The body weight lost during delivery causes the skin in the tummy area to sag. In a quest to firm it up again and tone it, a combination of work out and using the right products should do the trick.

Good to try:

Get Waisted Body Shaper works by increasing lipolysis, the breakdown of stored fat, in the fat cells within your skin. Packed with 7 clinically proven waist whittling actives with the added bonus of two anti-aging skin tighteners for a drum-tight tummy. Get Waisted dramatically increases the destruction of fat leading to a tighter, less wobbly tummy.

Mama Mio products

The Mama Mio signature fragrance is Gravida, meaning Pregnancy in Latin. It is a blend of 10 essential oils created specifically for pregnancy with physical and emotional benefits and smells amazing too. Each one of the oils has been chosen for its safety and specific benefits during pregnancy. This blend is more than just a fragrance; it adds a crucial layer of physical and psychological well-being for the mother to be. None of the products carry more than 1.5% of fragrance, making it safe to use during pregnancy.

All Mama Mio products are free of parabens, petrolatum, artificial fragrance, synthetic colour, sodium laureth and laurel sulphate, phthalates and xenoestrogen. The products are not tested on animals, but have been thoroughly tested on pregnant volunteers. Mama Mio products are clinically tested, safety tested, allergy tested and free from harmful chemicals.