Post natal hair loss

[Just Me]

I lost so much hair after my last baby my hairdresser asked me if I was having chemo It's not fun and I have had it with both my pg so far. My hair is still a complete mess because I have different lengths all over my head.

Sorry I don't have any advice, just wanted to let you know that you are not alone. My hair usually falls out from 3 months after giving birth till about 6 months after. It does stop eventually and I still have some hair left even after losing handfulls in the shower every morning.

to you, I hope it stops soon.

[STARRYSKY]

I am like alibaby and have fluffy baby hair growing back now on my bald spots! it has only just started growing back.
I stopped combing my hair in the shower, only washed every 3-4 days (longer if i could get away with it!) and only brushed every second day. I have quite long, thick hair so it was really scary for me to be losing sooosooo much.
Hope it stops and starts growing back really soon for you.
oh I have also heard that low iron can affect it, as in make it worse, I think that was a big part of my problem!

[~Kim~]

sucks doesn't it? Mines just revving up too. Last time it continues well after I stopped feeding at 17months lol....was only just getting back to normal.
I've had mine cut short too, but it just means shorter hairs are falling out lol.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

same here... literally handfulls of the stuff. why does it happen?

[Celsie]

Ditto!!!

[Just Me]

same here... literally handfulls of the stuff. why does it happen?

I read somewhere that your hair doesn't fall out while you're pregnant which is why is gets so thick and nice. Then once the pregnancy is over, all the hair that you would have lost slowly over the 9 months comes out all at the same time. It's a theory ... don't know if there is much in it, but I thought it was interesting.

[LaDeeDa]

I have to clean the shower plug after every shower
Time to get the crop me thinks