Physiologic skin changes during pregnancy: A study of 140 cases

Farhana Muzaffar; I. Hussain; T. S. Haroon

doi:10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00281.x

Physiologic skin changes during pregnancy: A study of 140 cases

Farhana Muzaffar^*, I. Hussain, T. S. Haroon

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Background: The endocrine, metabolic, and immunologic changes during pregnancy give rise to a number of physiologic cutaneous changes. Objective: We evaluated 140 pregnant women to determine the pattern of pregnancy- induced physiologic skin changes in our community. Results: The various changes observed include: increased pigmentation (90.7%), striae (77.1%), edema (48.5%), melasma (46.4%), vascular changes (34.2%), and others. Conclusions: Pigmentary changes were the most common finding, whereas the incidence of vascular changes was quite low (p < 0.01).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-431
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Dermatology
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00281.x
State	Published - Jun 1998
Externally published	Yes

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