Stop your Botox. Don’t get your hair colored. No more laser hair removal treatments, or retinol, or benzoyl peroxide, or salicylic acid. Finding out you're pregnant (congratulations, by the way!) comes with a laundry list of no-don’t-touch-that and it-could-be-bad-for-the-baby warning labels slapped across various beauty products.
And not without good reason. “It’s essential to reassess your skincare routine and ensure the products you use are safe for both you and your developing baby,” says Shiela Kassir, M.D., a board-certified plastic surgeon, mom of two, and co-founder of Kassir Plastic Surgery. “Pregnancy-safe skincare excludes ingredients that may pose potential risks, such as retinoids, salicylic acid, and certain essential oils.”
