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Is it safe to apply makeup in pregnancy? i use top end mac cosmetics? worried about babys safety. 28wks pregnant

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Basic rule: The creams or lotions you apply to your regular or facial skin do not have chemicals that enter your blood trough your skin barrier. To effect your developing baby a med or chemical must be absorbed trough that barrier or taken another way that enters your blood.

Answered 11/12/2017

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