I was touching up my makeup this afternoon and found a big honking brown spot near my jaw line! I'm assuming this is chloasma. I'll pretty much die if I get it all over, the untreatable acne is bad enough!
Anybody else get the mask of pregnancy?
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Not yet. But I didn't think I would get skin tags either and that happened. Or kidney stones. Waaaaahhhh
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@tororojo:
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@ladyfingers: I figure I can't be too sad; there's a baby coming, woo hoo! And the kidney stone is gone. And I have lots of drugs I can take if another one shows up.
But the drugs don't really work. But at least there are epidurals for when the baby comes! 
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@tororojo: True! I panicked hardcore when my midwife told me that pregnant women are more prone to kidney stones. I was like hell no, I am NOT going through that again! Then again, when I got mine I was drinking Diet Coke and coffee all the time. No water.
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Yeah...I drink a lot of water, but I had worked myself up to a Dr. Pepper a day right before I came down with the stone. My doc said they aren't necessarily related, but I'm no longer willing to chance it! That's good though, I needed to quit drinking so much soda anyway and now it requires much less willpower. I hope you don't get any!
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No, but I've heard that weaing sunscreen regularly and avoiding sun exposure can help. Good luck!!
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@hilsy85: Thanks! I use an SPF moisturizer and avoid the sun like the plague to the point where I need to take Vitamin D supplements lol. I have very pale skin and burn easily and go from burn to peel... so I've got that part covered at least!
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No, but I was just reading about pregnancy safe sunscreens and I saw something about avoiding any facial products with soy or bergamot oil in it. They can aggravate chloasma.
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I had some issues with hyper-pigmentation prior to begin pregnant and I'm pretty sure that the dark patches of skin on my face have got worse during pregnancy.
On a positive note though my acne has cleared up since I hit 40 weeks!
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@JerricaBenton: Interesting! I checked, nothing I use has those ingredients. Phew!
But the drugs don't really work. 
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