Pregnancy Products and things you should know, Belli Beauty

This is especially concerning during pregnancy. On any given day, women typically use several topical skin care products, regularly exposing themselves to as many as 200 individual ingredients, including potentially harmful chemicals that can be absorbed through the pores into the bloodstream.

Shilpi Agarwal, M.D. is a medical advisor to Belli Beauty, a line of skin care products specifically formulated to exclude ingredients that studies have shown to have even remote connections to birth defects, miscarriage, etc. The board-certified family medicine practitioner is also a self-described beauty junkie and ingredients nerd. We have asked Dr. Agarwal to provide us with a “red flag” list of ingredients that are commonly found in skin care and cosmetic products but should be avoided during pregnancy and nursing. Check back soon for that information.

In the meantime, I’ll go over just a couple of Belli Beauty products that, even though I am not pregnant or nursing, I love. First off, the Anti-Blemish Facial Wash Complexion Perfect Cleanse is OB/GYN and dermatologist recommended. This product is allergy tested, Free of artificial dyes and fragrance. The formulation is phthalates free and free of any Parabens. Some of the ingredients are Cucumber, Olive Oil and Fruit Extract among other great stuff.

Here are some notes from research I have done on pregnancy and  acne. The Doctors TV quotes, my favorite LA based dermatologist, Dr, Jessica Wu as saying “During pregnancy, surging hormones cause a number of changes to the body, including blotches on the skin and acne. “If you’ve never had acne before, now is the time it will erupt all over your skin,” dermatologist Dr. Jessica Wu says. The Doctors TV goes on to say, “A safe solution is the Belli Skincare line of products, which are specially tested and pregnancy safe. They were developed by Dr. Jason Rubin in 2002 and are the only skincare line that offers teratology screening, which produces a higher safety standard that guards against ingredients with even remote links to birth defects.”

The second product I would like to spotlight today is the Stretchmark Minimizing Cream Skin Restoration Correct. Again, this is OB/GYN and Dermatologist recommended. About stretchmarks, The Doctors TV says, “Stretch marks, or striea, are linear dermal tears or scars that occur when the skin is subjected to progressive stretching. “It’s a true injury, it’s a true scar,” dermatologist Dr. Harold Lancer says.

Stretch marks can be minimized with creams. Belli Beauty Stretchmark Minimizing Cream Skin Restoration is specifically formulated to decrease the appearance of existing Stretchmarks of any age or any cause, even besides pregnancy. I have no stretchmarks but use the cream morning and night at the beginning and now once a day. I seem to feel it helps with my cellulite but I do not know that as true and Belli Beauty does not claim that.

I will be back with some facts from Shilpi Agarwal, M.D. , a medical advisor to Belli Beauty. She will provide us with some facts regarding product ingredients to avoid during pregnancy and nursing.