Monday, March 10, 2014

Strategies For Dealing With Post-Partum Hair Loss

By Maria Turner


Many pregnant women focus so much on what will happen during the birth of their baby that they forget to learn about the things that will happen to them afterward. Most women know that their stomach won't look like it used to immediately after giving birth but a lot of women are surprised at some of the other physical changes that happen to their post-partum bodies. One of the most alarming of these changes is the hair loss that happens after having a baby.





Your hair can start to fall out quite rapidly within a few months of giving birth. Somehow this little annoyance doesn't make it into many lists of what women should expect after giving birth and many new mothers run scrambling to find out if others have had this same experience. It is indeed normal for a new mom's hair to start falling out in droves as the baby nears four months of age and this can last for several months but rest assured it will not last forever and is something completely normal that happens to almost everyone after giving birth.

This hair fallout is not quite as dramatic as it looks. Although you will notice a shocking amount of hair in your drain, this is really the extra hair you had during pregnancy falling out and not your regular hair. Pregnant women have higher estrogen levels which cause them to lose less hair than normal. That's why your hair looked thicker while you were pregnant. Once the baby is out, estrogen returns to its normal levels, and the extra hairs that would have normally fallen out during your pregnancy finally drop off. It looks a lot worse than it actually is and the problem usually disappears completely after a few months.

If you are experiencing postpartum hair loss, you might need to buy some hair products that you never needed before such as mousse. You can use a spritz of mousse toward the roots of your hair and then lift it up a bit with your fingers to make it look a lot fuller than it actually is. A lot of new mothers opt to get their cut shorter out of frustration with finding so many fallen hairs and this can also help you make your beauty routine easier and give you more time with your new baby.
You should also be careful with the fallen hair that collects around your house because sometimes hairs can get wrapped around the baby's toes or fingers and restrict circulation. A lot of doctors tell parents to check little toes and fingers for wrapped hairs when a baby seems to be crying for no reason because this can be really painful for little ones.
You can also make your hair a bit fuller and thicker by using vitamins like biotin and B complex in general. This is an effective way to increase hair health and production beginning at the scalp. The best way to get the hair benefits of vitamins is to take them internally but shampoos and conditioners infused with vitamins can also add to the effect. Moreover, vitamins are good for your general health.