Is Coconut Oil safe during pregnancy?

It is rich in lauric acid, which is genuinely antimicrobial and very good at softening dry skin and hair.

That same fatty acid profile scores 4 out of 5 on the Fulton comedogenicity scale, making it a common trigger for congestion and closed comedones on facial skin.

Typical use on shelf: Common in body butters, cleansing balms and hair masks..

• Avoid on acne-prone or congestion-prone faces.
• It can also destabilise sunscreen if layered underneath.

One ingredient rarely decides anything. Paste the full list from each product you use into the pregnancy ingredient checker and take the flags to your clinician. The full write-up on Coconut Oil — what it does, irritation, pore-clogging risk — is on the Coconut Oil explainer.