1 Way Pregnancy Actually Changes Your Face

Every summer, it creeps back slowly, a subtle darkening of the skin on my forehead and temples that eventually comes into view like a map of some uncharted continent. It’s been a decade since I was last pregnant, but my shifting skin offers an annual reminder that no part of my body was untouched by the experience. I carry the memory on my face.

Sometimes called the “mask of pregnancy,” because it so often occurs when a person is expecting, melasma is a “hyperpigmentation or dark skin discolouration that can occur anywhere on the face...