Managing melasma in pregnancy
So I planned on doing some peels before summer but then I got pregnant. My melasma hasn’t necessarily gotten worse during pregnancy *yet* .. it pretty much looked like this already. I had taken a break from hydroquinone because it lightened my melasma but didn’t erase it. Jessners peels with other topical ingredients were working pretty well for me in managing it but I was doing the peels at home and felt nervous about that (but they did work pretty well) the downtime was just not great.
Anyway I was going to do another peel and then learned I was pregnant. Because it’s summer my melasma has gotten worse for sure. I’m currently using vitamin c serum and azelaic acid 15% as my main melasma combative products as well as the obvious SPF, but I’m wondering if anyone else has had success in at least lightening their melasma during pregnancy? Any procedures or beauty treatments that I can get done? I’m looking to do some low level fraxel once this baby’s out or picolaser. It’s just so bad right now and it’s hard to cover with make up. Any safe mandelic peels or something of the sort? Is my LED red light mask safe to use? Or maybe a green light one? Idk how I can get through 6 more months of this😓