Masaba Gupta recently opened up about regularly experiencing a skincare issue during her pregnancy. The fashion designer, who is expecting her first child with actor-husband Satyadeep Mishra, revealed that she has been facing a “fresh bout of body acne every couple of weeks”. “Through my pregnancy, I have been getting a fresh bout of body acne that leaves a mark behind — every couple of weeks,” Gupta wrote on Instagram stories.
Masaba , who felt “troubled by it earlier”, added that now she has “just renamed them ‘baby kisses'”. “A reminder of the newness of creation maybe. But in case you are going through something similar, hormones can be wild.
You are not alone,” added the 34-year-old. But why do some women get body acne during pregnancy? Acne is a condition where the skin pores get clogged with oil and dead skin cells. “It is a common skin concern mostly in teenagers and adults.
Some women start to experience acne almost every week during pregnancy . There could be various factors contributing to acne such as stress, clogged pores, and taking certain medications,” said Dr Swati Gaikwad, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Motherhood Hospital, Pune . Advertisement Masaba Gupta on body acne (Source: Masaba Gupta/Instagram Stories) Hormonal imbalance is one of the major suspects of a fresh bout of acne.
According to Dr Gaikwad, during pregnancy, women undergo several hormonal changes that potentially increase the production of natural oil i.