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Physiologic skin changes during pregnancy: a study of 140 cases
Author(s) -
Muzaffar Farhana,
Hussain I.,
Fcps .,
Haroon T. S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1998.00281.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , melasma , incidence (geometry) , edema , endocrine system , dermatology , physiology , obstetrics , hormone , genetics , physics , optics , biology
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).