maternity mask

Donna said:

thanks for that. ACTUALLY all doctors have said is that it will go away in time and not to worry about in. now i have a name for it i can look into more. cheers

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Donna,

You can take your doctor's word on that, but you might continue to research this topic further.

I happen to think that the cause of this problem may not go away on its own. I think you may have too much copper in your system which can show on your skin, and also give you natural red highlights sometimes too. Anne Louise Gittleman, a nutrititionist and author, developed this problem and didn't realize the cause until she developed the red highlights. (The skin coloring and hair coloring are basically copper tones.)

The mask of pregnancy can come about because of high hormones especially estrogen. When estrogen goes up copper must go up too. That is why some women will notice it gets darker around the time of their period, which is when estrogen starts to rise.

Women who use anovulatory meds (BC pills) can have a problem with vitamin b6 metabolism, making them prone to this problem and hormonal imbalances.

Vitamin b6 and zinc can help with reducing this hyperpigmentation.

One thing you can do to confirm my theory is try some Zinc Status which is sold in most health food stores. This product will telll you immediately if you have a zinc deficiency. Copper and zinc balance one another in the body. When copper is high then zinc is low. Zinc Status works, and this test is better than having some blood drawn and being told what your zinc levels are in your bloodstream.

If you look at other conditions that can cause hyperpigmentation you will see that there can be a copper zinc imbalance in those conditions too. Wilson's Disease is an extreme example, but Addisons Disease is another one.

Of course it is your health, so you can follow your doctor's advice or you can try to sort this out for yourself with further research. Most doctors use a suppressive therapy approach, that means they only treat the symptoms and never really address the underlying problem.