Postpartum hair loss
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I recommend brushing it in the shower when you have conditioner in. Doesn’t stop it but helps manage it a bit better I found.
My hair was falling out a lot when I had my son, I ended up getting a blood test and was anemic which was causing the hair loss x
The hair loss is normal. It’s because we held onto the hair (it wasn’t important for the body to deal with it whilst being pregnant), so now the hormones are sorta back to normal and hence the old hair is falling out that should’ve fallen out during the past 9 months. Checking for blood work could help in case there’s more to this but it’s essentially a normal part of postpartum. It sucks but it will pass.
@Ella I never thought of that. I am on iron tablets so ‘I’m low anyway
Yes once I started taking the iron tablets it seemed to remedy itself and the hair loss stopped but I was losing a concerning amount that’s what made me go to the doctor x
It does pass! My hair got soooo knotty and was falling out for a month or two but then one day it stopped, still gets knotty though haha x