A 35-year-old pregnant woman comes to the clinic for a monthly appointment.During the assessment,the nurse notices that she has a brown patch of hyperpigmentation on her face.The nurse continues the skin assessment aware that another finding may be:

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In pregnancy,skin changes can include striae,linea nigra (a brownish black line down the midline),chloasma (brown patches of hyperpigmentation),and vascular spiders.Keratoses are raised,thickened areas of pigmentation that look crusted,scaly,and warty.Xerosis is dry skin.Acrochordons,or "skin tags" occur more often in the aging adult.

A 35-Year-Old Pregnant Woman Comes to the Clinic for a Monthly