those who get hormonal pimples normally - improved or worsened in 1st trimester?

[Heda]

Oh I had terrible acne I'm prone with any hormonal changes (like the pill) but I was terrible with DD2 until about mid-way. They were so sore! Hope you can avoid it but mine did clear up finally - just resist the urge to pop! LOL - I can't and I scar terrible

[littlemissmountain]

Thanks ladies... and good for you PZ.. nothing like that healthy glow
I guess I'll probably be like my mum and my pimples will reflect my hormones until I have gone through menopause!!

[Charlotte91]

I cleared up in the first trimester, but now I seem to get them when my period is due. Its weird, every 25-28 days I'll get a breakout! And I'm 29 weeks pregnant!!

[Jaycee]

I'm the same as PZ, usually had a breakout at the time of ovulation and again at af and since becoming pregnant I have had no pimples at all! I'm really loving it, my skin looks beautiful even if I do say so myself

However, when pregnant with DS I continued to get acne, so it really is different each time!

[angelaartsstudent]

My 1st tri this time was acne central...really, really bad! Face, shoulders, chest, arms etc. Face like an oil slick too.

2nd tri - all cleared up!

[bon]

1st Tri, they got worse, mainly in the T-zone. 2nd and 3rd Tri, they cleared up and my skin looked beautiful. I didn't notice it so much at the time (I just felt fat and horrible lol) but I look back on photos of myself in late pregnancy and just after giving birth and my skin was lovely, it really did have a "glow".

[Summertime]

When I came off the Pill, I broke out and my acne came back on my face, and now that I am pregnant it is still sticking around. I have just gone into the second trimester, and my forehead is clearing up, but not my chin! Also have one on my neck and one on my arm - strange places. It sometimes gets me a bit down that I have acne (and hormonal acne at that, its not like I am eating junk food or being unhealthy or anything), but there is nothing I can do about it at the moment! Hope it clears up soon, and looking forward to this 'glow'!