Guide to Pregnancy Safe Skin Care

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Think about everything you put on your skin and hair, from when you step in the shower to when you step out your front door. We use a ton of products every single day: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, shaving cream, lotions, face wash, toner, moisturizer, deodorant, sunscreen, makeup, and hair products. All those products you use add up to a very long list of chemicals you introduce to your body. Pregnancy is a period during which you want to be cautious about the chemicals you expose yourself to because some substances can cross the placenta and reach your baby. The idea that you could potentially expose your baby to something toxic is scary, and there is a lot of fear around using safe skincare and personal products when pregnant. You should avoid a few ingredients and be aware of other controversial ingredients with less clear evidence of the risks. This episode breaks down the evidence on what ingredients have risks you should be mindful of, how to find safe skin and body care products, and how to understand marketing claims like "non-toxic."

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. Today's episode is your
0:17.7	guide to pregnancy safe skin care. When you think about everything that you put on your skin and your hair from the time
0:25.2	that you step into the shower to when you walk out of your front door, we use a ton of
0:30.4	products every day. Champoo, conditioner, body wash, shaving cream, lotions, face wash, toners, serums,
0:37.8	moisturizer, deodorant sunscreen, makeup, all the hair products. Everything you use adds up to a very long list of chemicals
0:46.4	that you introduce to your body. When you're pregnant, that's a time that you want to be
0:51.2	a little more cautious about the chemicals that you're exposing yourself
0:54.6	to because some of those substances can cross the placenta and reach your baby. And of course,
1:00.7	the idea that you could potentially expose your baby to something toxic is terrifying.
1:06.3	And there's so much fear around using safe skin care and personal products when you're pregnant.
1:12.1	Today we're going to put that into perspective.
1:15.4	There are a few ingredients that you should avoid.
1:18.2	There's some others that you might want to be aware of,
1:21.0	and there's some controversial ingredients that have less clear evidence on the risks.
1:26.3	In today's episode, we're going to break down the evidence on what ingredients have risks
1:30.8	that you should be mindful of, how to find safe skin and body care products,
1:35.7	and how to understand all of the marketing claims that are fueling this fear of toxic products.
1:42.0	You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this
1:46.1	episode at pregnancy podcast.com slash skin care. When you're pregnant a pile of questions come up. You may be listening to this
1:57.4	episode because you're wondering whether or not the products that you're using
2:01.0	are safe during pregnancy. For all of the questions that you're using are safe during pregnancy.
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