okay---so I know I've got myself in a hole right now.
I am 4 months pregnany and a little bit before I got pregnant I got these weird dry patches under my eyes....then they went to above my eyes---I tried not wearing makeup for awhile--making sure to take my mascara off with my fingers (and not getting it on my skin) i tried neosporin and coconut oil ---needless to say--it has gotten really bad and I have red patches mostly around my eyes---then two below my chin and one above my lip.
Finally I went to the dr yesterday and he prescribed me Pimecrolimus cream. now I am way against drugs and I'm PREGNANT...but thinking--oh topical will be okay and I look like a leper and I am going to Hawaii in a week for a romantic getaway with hubby! ----okay so I put one dose on my face last night--and was reading the insert--and realizing--umm yea it's absorbed into my body and there's no tests on pregnant woman (and I "think" it binds calcium and in animal tests the babies showed delay of ossification of their bones--which I am 18 weeks and the ossification of my baby is starting and I shouldn't be binding calcium right now!!) so of course I had nightmares all night and don't want to continue with this cream.
I know there's other options.....and I know what you "may" say. but I need to hear it. 1st off--these are the face items I use and I know it could be any of these--it would just be SO expensive to replace--ah!!:
Dove soap bar for washing face
coconut oil for moisturizer
bare minerals powder foundation and bisque (like concealer)--then I wear blush and their eye-shadows which I LOVE --then I use mary kay mascara.
When he called it "contact dermatitis" at the office---(which I didn't think that was what it was since we've never had that stuff)- it clicked with me--because I think it started right around when I was having dairy here and there (since i was done nursing)--I have also been having small amounts of soy since I'm done nursing (like in veganaise, etc)--- so what are the odds that it is a food and not the list of above skin care products?!!
of course I'd love to go completely off dairy TODAY but I am about to go to HAwaii and eating gluten free is going to be hard enough--maybe I will go off it when I get back? (we got next sunday until the next sunday)-
any help or Duh you's would be appreciated! (p.s. I am gluten free and went off dairy and soy for my nursing DD--when I first went back on dairy I would have small bowel problems if I ate a lot--however I've been having a little here and there and the problems went away--maybe the symptoms then changed into my face problem?!) AH!H!H I just want a normal face again and a healthy baby growing inside of me!
p.s.do you think i'd be okay to just do 5 days of the cream to see if it helped improve it a little before I go to hawaii or no way- anyone know more about this drug?!!
I am 4 months pregnany and a little bit before I got pregnant I got these weird dry patches under my eyes....then they went to above my eyes---I tried not wearing makeup for awhile--making sure to take my mascara off with my fingers (and not getting it on my skin) i tried neosporin and coconut oil ---needless to say--it has gotten really bad and I have red patches mostly around my eyes---then two below my chin and one above my lip.
Finally I went to the dr yesterday and he prescribed me Pimecrolimus cream. now I am way against drugs and I'm PREGNANT...but thinking--oh topical will be okay and I look like a leper and I am going to Hawaii in a week for a romantic getaway with hubby! ----okay so I put one dose on my face last night--and was reading the insert--and realizing--umm yea it's absorbed into my body and there's no tests on pregnant woman (and I "think" it binds calcium and in animal tests the babies showed delay of ossification of their bones--which I am 18 weeks and the ossification of my baby is starting and I shouldn't be binding calcium right now!!) so of course I had nightmares all night and don't want to continue with this cream.
I know there's other options.....and I know what you "may" say. but I need to hear it. 1st off--these are the face items I use and I know it could be any of these--it would just be SO expensive to replace--ah!!:
Dove soap bar for washing face
coconut oil for moisturizer
bare minerals powder foundation and bisque (like concealer)--then I wear blush and their eye-shadows which I LOVE --then I use mary kay mascara.
When he called it "contact dermatitis" at the office---(which I didn't think that was what it was since we've never had that stuff)- it clicked with me--because I think it started right around when I was having dairy here and there (since i was done nursing)--I have also been having small amounts of soy since I'm done nursing (like in veganaise, etc)--- so what are the odds that it is a food and not the list of above skin care products?!!
of course I'd love to go completely off dairy TODAY but I am about to go to HAwaii and eating gluten free is going to be hard enough--maybe I will go off it when I get back? (we got next sunday until the next sunday)-
any help or Duh you's would be appreciated! (p.s. I am gluten free and went off dairy and soy for my nursing DD--when I first went back on dairy I would have small bowel problems if I ate a lot--however I've been having a little here and there and the problems went away--maybe the symptoms then changed into my face problem?!) AH!H!H I just want a normal face again and a healthy baby growing inside of me!
p.s.do you think i'd be okay to just do 5 days of the cream to see if it helped improve it a little before I go to hawaii or no way- anyone know more about this drug?!!
