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BETTER MATERNITY THE \ PREGNANGY LINE } MOST WOMEN NOTICE A DARK, VERTICAL LINE FORMING ON THEIR BELLY DURING PREGNANCY. WE EXPLORE WHAT CAUSES IT, HOW TO MANAGE IT, AND WHY IT'S A COMPLETELY NORMAL PART OF Wale JOURN Eira THE DARK LINE LOWDOWN HE LINEA NIGRA (LATIN FOR ‘BLACK LINE’) IS A DARK, VERTICAL LINE THAT TYPICALLY RUNS FROM THE PUBIC BONE TO THE BELLY BUTTON AND SOMETIMES UP TO THE STERNUM,” EXPLAINS JOHANNESBURG-BASED OBSTETRICIAN & GYNAECOLOGIST, DR TAHEERA HASSIM. “IT APPEARS DUE TO HORMONAL CHANGES IN PREGNANCY, ESPECIALLY INCREASED LEVELS OF OESTROGEN AND MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE, WHICH BOOST MELANIN PRODUCTION IN THE SKIN.” SHE ADDS THAT THIS VISIBLE LINE IS ESSENTIALLY A DARKENING OF THE LINEA ALBA, A NATURALLY PALE LINE THAT MOST PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE BUT MAY NEVER NOTICE UNTIL IT DEEPENS DURING PREGNANCY.
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