Pregnancy safe skincare can be super difficult and confusing. I have an entire guide devoted to what products are safe to use while pregnant including information on what ingredients to avoid while pregnant and a huge list of pregnancy safe skincare products. The list has gotten so large that I’ve decided to start listing brands in their own individual posts.
Here you’ll find every pregnancy safe skincare product from Cetaphil as of 3/22/2018. If it is not safe, I’ll tell you why. All of the products meet my pregnancy safe criteria. If they release a new product that is not listed here, please comment below and I will add it. Note I will link to every product directly to avoid confusion. You’ll know exactly which product I mean.
On my next review I will add every other product to the other categories so you’ll know why I didn’t consider them to be safe.
Please note, it can take up to an hour to review the ingredient lists of each product. I review with my own list of pregnancy safe criteria. I obtain my ingredient lists from the brands and major retailers (typically Nordstrom and Sephora), and I review the US versions. Please do not ask me to re-review the same products over and over, I do not have the time to do so, and many people have been rude about this. For more brands, please head over to the list of pregnancy safe products.
Pregnancy Safe Products from Cetaphil
• Daily Advance Lotion
• Daily Facial Cleanser
• DermaControl Oil Control Foam Wash
• Facial Hydrating Lotion
• Gentle Skin Cleanser
• Gentle Skin Cleansing Cloths
• Liquid Makeup Remover
• Makeup Remover Wipes
• Moisturizing Cream
• Moisturizing Lotion
• Skin Cleansing Cloths
Not Safe for Pregnancy, Ok for Nursing
Not Safe for Pregnancy or Nursing
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Colleen says
January 18, 2019 at 7:55 pmHi! Love your site! Is Cetaphil Daily Facial moisturizer with SPF 15 safe? I figure not because the SPF not having zinc oxide it titanium dioxide but wanted to check!
Active Ingredients
Avobenzone 3%, Octocrylene 10%
Inactive Ingredients
Water, Diisopropyl Adipate, Cyclomethicone, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Polymethyl Methacrylate, Phenoxyethanol, Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Carbomer 940, Disodium EDTA, Triethanolamine.
15mins says
January 19, 2019 at 1:26 pmNo, I wouldn’t use this with the chemical sunscreen.
Jene says
May 7, 2019 at 11:00 pmIf you’re nursing (not pregnant)is this product consider safe?
15mins says
May 8, 2019 at 10:55 amYes
Maria Stridh Hanley says
February 9, 2019 at 12:49 amI would love to see which products from Paula’sChoice are safe as they are the ones I mostly use. I understand it’s very time consuming but just thought I would suggest it 🙂 Thanks!!
15mins says
February 9, 2019 at 10:07 amIt’s already on my list of brands to review 🙂
Jessa Copia says
March 17, 2019 at 9:56 amHi doc. Thank you so much for helping us. I would like to know if this is safe during pregnancy.
Cetaphil Baby Daily Lotion
Aqua, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil, Sorbitol, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, Panthenol, Hexyldecanol, Hexyldecyl Laurate, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Citric Acid, Dimethicone, Dipropylene Glycol, Disodium Cocoyl Glutamate, Glyceryl Caprylate, Glycine Soja Oil, Heliotropine, Parfum, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Hydroxide, Tocopherol
15mins says
March 17, 2019 at 12:59 pmThis is fine
Nancy says
April 29, 2019 at 10:27 amHi is the Cetaphil® PRO Oil Absorbing Moisturizer SPF 30 safe to use during pregnancy?
15mins says
April 29, 2019 at 10:30 amNo, it has chemical sunscreens and licorice root
Nancy says
April 29, 2019 at 10:46 amThank you!!
Which Cetaphil moisturizer is pregnancy safe? I have combination skin so sometimes my skin is dry (rare) and then it gets very oily throughout the day.
15mins says
April 29, 2019 at 11:10 amThere are 2 lotions and a cream listed under safe above.
Brittney says
May 20, 2019 at 7:05 pmHi! I was wondering if this was safe during pregnancy
I looked under all the Cetaphil products and Did not see this one listed
Cetaphil Redness Relieving daily facial moisturizer with sunscreen BROAD SPECTRUM SPF 20 -neutral tint
Titanium dioxide 10.1%
Zinc oxide 7.8%
Allantoin, benzoyl alcohol, c12-15 alkyl benzoate, caffeine, caprylyl methicone, Cetyl diglyceryl, tris(trimethylsiloxy)- silylethyl dimethicone, chromium oxide greens, dicaprylyl carbonate, dimethicone dipotassium glycyrrhizate, ethylhexyglycerin, glycerin, hydrogenated lecithin, iron oxides, isohexadecane, magnesium sulfate, methylpropanediol, silica, tocopherol, triethoxycaprylylsi-lane, trisiloxane, water
15mins says
May 22, 2019 at 1:19 pmThis has licorice root (dipotassium glycyrrhizate) to avoid while pregnant. Should be ok for nursing.
Angela says
June 7, 2019 at 3:00 pmHello!
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) Cosmetics Database lists Cetaphil gentle skin cleanser and cleansing cloths as having ingredients that are considered “level 7-high hazard” when it comes to developmental and reproductive toxicity (see links below). The ingredients are PROPYLPARABEN and BUTYLPARABEN. Can you please provide your take on this? I’ve been using these products daily for the last 6 months of my pregnancy and am now concerned of the potential effects they could have on my baby’s development. Thank you in advance!
http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/8634/Cetaphil_Gentle_Skin_Cleanser/
http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/599688/Cetaphil_Gentle_Skin_Cleansing_Cloths/
15mins says
June 7, 2019 at 7:34 pmI address parabens in the post on ingredients to avoid during pregnancy. They really are found naturally in things like blueberries, and studies don’t show definitive links to anything. The associations they thought were there were later disproven. All we can prove is that they are absorbed. You can avoid parabens more easily now than a few years ago, but you should know that the preservative that is usually used instead is prone to reactions and doesn’t have safety data.
The EWG isn’t a scientific group, they’re a lobbyist group. The scientific and medical community have major issues with them, they often take studies and come to very different conclusions than even the scientists that actually did the studies themselves. I don’t listen to anything they say truthfully.
Snehaaa says
June 18, 2019 at 10:40 pmHi please suggest something to apply on pimples during pregnancy they r huge n painful.. And i am scared of all the products lately…
15mins says
June 18, 2019 at 11:20 pmPlease check my post on acne during pregnancy
my tran says
June 26, 2019 at 3:13 amHi, I would like to know if this is safe during pregnancy.
Daily Hydrating Lotion with Hyaluronic Acid
Ingredients
Water, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Homarine HCI, Sodium PCA, Cetyl Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Erythritol
15mins says
June 26, 2019 at 3:02 pmLooks safe to me!