When I was 25, I had my first child.  Other than a major problem with my thyroid condition, I had no real adverse skin effects during that pregnancy.  When I was 37, I gave birth to my second and last child.  And WHOA!!! What the heck happened?!!!! I had all kinds of problems with my skin.  My skin did actually clear up during my pregnancy, but my melasma got really bad.  So Bad, that my friends made jokes and asked about my rare skin condition.  Once I had my precious Daisy, I had serious heart trouble in which I was pumped full of meds.

Talk about skin problems.  Melasma, medicine break outs, dry skin, new food allergies, and now....Puffiness returned!!! Then I lost some puffiness and POOF! Fine lines and wrinkles Blossomed before me. 

I tell you if it isn't one thing, it's another.

So, To help myself and to help myself.  I cut out all the junk food and fasted for 24 hours.  Then I started eating a raw diet with lots of fresh fruits and veggies and lots of hot peppers.  This cleared my skin up with a week.

As for the Melasma, I did do a series of peels which has helped and the anti aging skincare helps too.

But MAN!!! Now I know why everybody told me that this pregnancy would be hard to recover from!!!!