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Suggest Skin Lightening Creams During Pregnancy

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2014

Question: my wife is aged 32 yrs she is having uneven skin tone on her face since few months specially areas like forehead chin & chick kindly suggest what needs to be done also to update that she is pregnant with 6.2 months is it because of the same pls advice but this uneven skin tone was present before she conceived also

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
use sunscreen

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
Thanks for the query.
Many skin lightening creams are available but it is better to avoid them in pregnancy.
The best option is to apply sunscreen regularly.
She can apply sunscreen with 50 spf daily.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar