Your body’s once-familiar terrain transforms when you are pregnant. Pregnancy symptoms like curly hair, desiring foods you’ve never liked, burping and snoring, drooling, and sweating are all strange in a lot of ways, don’t you think?
Therefore, it could seem normal to you when you admire your growing tummy in the mirror one day and notice a dark line on your abdomen called the linea nigra….CONTINUE READING HERE
According to Medicalnewstoday, Linea alba, which translates to “white line” in Latin, is a band that runs down the front of the abdomen, between the belly button and the pubic region, on all people, including infants, children, men, and women. Simply said, visibility is typically too bright. The linea alba becomes darker and more noticeable during pregnancy as melanin formation rises as a result of increased estrogen levels generated by the placenta.
According to Medicalnewstoday, about 75% of pregnant women have what is known as linea nigra at some time in the pregnancy.
The linea nigra typically measures between 1/4 and 1/2 inch in width and gets lighter as it rises up the belly. (source) Each lady has a unique color or level of pigmentation.
When Does Linea Nigra First Show Up?
Typically, linea nigra first manifests itself in the second trimester, or around the fifth month. With each stage of your pregnancy, it may get longer and darker. Some mothers claim that by the time their pregnancies were through, their linea nigra had reached the top of their bellies.
What Time Does Linea Nigra End?
According to Medicalnewstoday, It often starts to disappear shortly after the baby is born—probably within a few months. Since your body is still creating more hormones when you are nursing, it could take longer. Most women’s linea nigra will disappear when their hormone levels balance. However, it will most likely return if you subsequently become pregnant again.
It is impossible to stop linea nigra. The following daily routines, however, help reduce hyperpigmentation since some people just create more melanin than others:
Wear a coverup or sunblock. When possible, avoid peak hours (12 p.m. to 4 or 5 p.m.) and stay in the shade. Your skin tans (or burns) after exposure to the sun because too much sun can worsen hyperpigmentation.
Wear a coverup or sunblock. When possible, avoid peak hours (12 p.m. to 4 or 5 p.m.) and stay in the shade. Your skin tans (or burns) after exposure to the sun because too much sun can worsen hyperpigmentation.
Consume a lot of foods high in folate. The highest folic acid concentrations may be found in dark leafy greens like spinach, collard greens, and kale, asparagus, broccoli, and citrus fruits like grapefruit, oranges, and papaya.
Why Does Linea Nigra Occur?
Your skin’s melanocytes are stimulated by higher levels of estrogen and progesterone, which increases their production of melanin. This results in some areas of your skin being darker (including the linea nigra). Pregnant women may also notice freckles, darkening nipples, darker areas on the face, darker skin, and even darker vulva.
Since persons with darker skin naturally produce more melanin, they are more likely to develop a dark linea nigra; but, because of the contrast in skin tone, it can also be more noticeable in those with pale skin….CONTINUE READING HERE
