Reasons for dark neck during pregnancy

Some women develop dark necks after becoming pregnant. After the dark necks appear, many pregnant women think that it seriously affects their health and image. Therefore, they want to fully understand the reasons why the necks become dark during pregnancy. The following content gives a detailed introduction to many pregnant women. Women who encounter this situation can have a comprehensive understanding of it.

First, the reason why the skin becomes darker during pregnancy

The darkening of the skin during pregnancy is mainly affected by hormonal changes in the body. The changes in hormones in the body during pregnancy increase the activity of melanocytes, making melanin deposition more likely to occur.

At the same time, during pregnancy, due to changes in melanin, there will be more moles on the body and the color will be darker, and even moles may appear in areas that had no moles before pregnancy.

Second, the manifestations of becoming a "black girl" during pregnancy

1. Neck, armpits, abdomen

In addition to freckles on the face and darkening around the nipples, darkening of the skin during pregnancy also occurs on other parts of the body such as the neck, armpits and abdomen. The deposition of pigments makes these parts look like they have not been washed clean, dark and even have some lines, which makes pregnant mothers feel embarrassed.

2. Nipple and areola

After pregnancy, due to the increase in the secretion of estrogen and progesterone, the areola may also have pigmentation, making the areola and nipple appear darker and darker. This is actually a normal skin change during pregnancy and will gradually disappear after delivery.

3. Face

Chloasma of pregnancy will appear on a woman's face 3-5 months into her pregnancy and will gradually fade away after delivery. If melanocytes are not activated only by hormones, external stimuli such as ultraviolet rays will also greatly increase the number of melanocytes. The appearance of pigmentation such as chloasma and freckles is due to the presence of melanocytes under the skin that can produce melanin. Therefore, as the pregnancy progresses, pregnancy spots, mainly pigmentation and freckles, will appear under the eyes.

The reasons for the dark neck during pregnancy are introduced in detail above. I believe that many pregnant women have a comprehensive understanding of the dark neck and other dark skin parts during pregnancy. After a comprehensive understanding and finding out the disease, in order to make their skin white and delicate as soon as possible, they must find out the cause as soon as possible through a comprehensive understanding and treat it as soon as possible.