Pregnancy & postnatal skin health
Your skin goes through profound changes during and after pregnancy, often becoming drier, more reactive, or showing signs like melasma or breakouts. These shifts reflect the extraordinary hormonal demands of this time, but they don’t need to be endured without support. Our formulations are designed to care for skin undergoing transformation, with advanced, toxin-free ingredients that respect both your body’s rhythms and your baby’s safety. Safe to use during pregnancy and breastfeeding, they help restore comfort, hydration, and balance - gently, without hormone disruption.
Product recommendations
Oily skin
For periods when the skin feels more oily, opt for our Essential Trio. The Vitamin C Serum-in-oil is a light textured oil serum that will not leave your skin feeling heavy or sticky.
Normal to sensitive
For a full morning and night fitness program, opt for our Foundation System, the Quartet.
For just the morning skin care, opt for our Bi-Phase. The application of these 2 powerful serums is equivalent to a moisturising day cream.
For a night time skin care, our Exosome Advanced Night Cream helps support sensitive skin through targeted ingredients that improve the quality of the skin barrier.
Acne-prone skin
For spots, Regulation Serum to be applied on the affected areas, 2x a day, morning and night.
For a minimum skincare with 2 products, the Essential Duo.
For a skincare system with 3 products, the Essential Trio.
Tests & more tests
To ensure safety beyond regulations, Skin Diligent undertakes hormone disruption tests on the final formulas. We are the first brand in the world to systematically do this. Besides user tests by independent laboratories in the presence of a dermatologist, we also test new ingredients for cytotoxicity (ingredients capable of damaging or killing healthy cells). We don't guess, we test.
Ingredients to avoid during pregnancy
Have you ever wondered why certain ingredients are not recommended during pregnancy? Ingredients can enter and circulate in the mother's bloodstream and have an effect on the foetus or the baby.
The list of ingredients to avoid during pregnancy can be long, but here are some of the most popular in skincare:
- Retinoids
- High % of BHA or AHA (beta hydroxy and alpha hydroxy acids)
- Chemical sunscreens
- Bakuchiol
Beware of unsafe ingredients that target melasma / hyperpigmentation.
- Hydroquinone: A strong melanin inhibitor. Effective short-term but associated with skin irritation & rebound pigmentation. Banned in EU cosmetics but available in other markets.
- Kojic acid: A by-product of rice fermentation. It blocks tyrosinase but is unstable and can cause sensitisation with repeated use.
- Arbutin: A more gentle derivative of hydroquinone. Less toxic but also less potent, and still under regulatory watch.
- Tranexamic acid: Originally used to control bleeding, now used topically for melasma. But long-term topical safety remains under review, especially on thin skin.