Hair loss?
Hi ladies,
My little one will be 13 weeks on Thursday and over the past few days i have noticed some hair loss - on me!
i have always had really thick hair and although i have coloured it for years its still in pretty good condition - i dyed it back to my natural colour when i started ttc and then didnt colour it when pregnant - when my little one was 9 weeks i got some highlights (not as much colour as normal) and got it cut and it all seemed fine but over the past few days i have noticed random strands of hair coming away....its not like big clumps on the pillow or anything (touch wood it doesnt get like that) its more liek a few strands here and there but not just when im brushing or washing it....i am finding them on my clothes, on the sofa, on the floor, on LO and its a bit annoying - hubby says im casting more than my dog!
i was a bit worried about alopecia (bit of a hypochondriac lol) but i have read its fairly common following pregnancy so im hoping its not too bad and am glad i have thick hair - i just wondered if anyone else has experience of this and when it started (as i thought 3 months was a bit late for it?) how long it lasted for and how much hair you lost? also is there anything i can do to try and stop or slow down the hair loss?
Thanks,
Lx
My little one will be 13 weeks on Thursday and over the past few days i have noticed some hair loss - on me!
i have always had really thick hair and although i have coloured it for years its still in pretty good condition - i dyed it back to my natural colour when i started ttc and then didnt colour it when pregnant - when my little one was 9 weeks i got some highlights (not as much colour as normal) and got it cut and it all seemed fine but over the past few days i have noticed random strands of hair coming away....its not like big clumps on the pillow or anything (touch wood it doesnt get like that) its more liek a few strands here and there but not just when im brushing or washing it....i am finding them on my clothes, on the sofa, on the floor, on LO and its a bit annoying - hubby says im casting more than my dog!
i was a bit worried about alopecia (bit of a hypochondriac lol) but i have read its fairly common following pregnancy so im hoping its not too bad and am glad i have thick hair - i just wondered if anyone else has experience of this and when it started (as i thought 3 months was a bit late for it?) how long it lasted for and how much hair you lost? also is there anything i can do to try and stop or slow down the hair loss?
Thanks,
Lx
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Don't know of any way to stop it though, so will be watching this with interest x
I posted exactly the same thing when my lo was about 12 weeks! Like you I have quite thick hair and it would come out in clumps! My dd is now 7 months and it is still coming out when i brush my hair - i actually have to remove the hair two or three times while brushing! It does seem to have slowed down slightly. I am really hoping it stops soon!
I also now have greasy hair again! grr i loved my non-greasy pregnancy hair! xxx
I'm finding hair everywhere too! I have very fine hair but during pregnancy it become luscious and full and now its all falling out! I don't have any bald patches yet (or so my husband promises me) but at this rate I will be bald by 8 months! (lo is 11 weeks) I had my hair cut a little shorter so that if it did fall out the regrowth wouldn't be AS noticeable but I think i'm clutching at straws.
Hope it slows down soon!
xx
glad to know im not the only one...i had a panic as i've been feeling quite run down lately then i thought it was fairly common after pregnancy and it does seem to be the case with it starting around about 3 months....
Lx