HELP!!!! - Hair Problems Message Board

allimac · 11-08-2002, 03:38 PM

Since i gave birth to my 6 month old dauter my hair has been falling out FAST ...all around my hairline is fuss ...and my nails always chip.there as short as stubs ....has this happened to anyone else ?????and if so what can i do about my hair ...help me im bummin bad
Allimac

cheyanna2 · 11-09-2002, 10:02 AM

I have had 2 kids and my hair fell out really bad after both of them. It was the worst after my second daughter. I don't really know what to tell you cause I couldn't find anyone who could help me. I did start taking a good multivitamin twice a day and have seen an improvement. You body has a lot it has to recover from after having a child, so my advice is to just give it time. Take a good multi vitamin, get plenty of rest(I know thats easier said than done)and try to exercise.

tinkers · 11-09-2002, 10:57 AM

I agree, take vitamins, get plenty of rest and try to avoid stress (if possible). Its probably just the hormone changes. And while you are pregnantl, the baby gets most of your calcium. It make take awile to adjust. If it doesn't improve you shoukd go to your doctor!
Tink

rita · 11-09-2002, 09:22 PM

What you are experiencing is completely normal. It happpens to most women after giving birth. What happens is that hair is in a resting phase while you are pregnant and doesn't fall out at all (normal daily hair loss is up to 100 hairs) so all this hair is just resting and many pregnant women comment about how great their hair looks. After you give birth, due to hormones, the hair that was in the resting phase falls out and that is what you are experiencing. All the hair that didn't fall out during pregnancy falls out after pregnancy. This will pass, do not worry, and everything will return to normal.

Tari28 · 11-10-2002, 06:28 PM

Yes, this happened with me w/ my daughter, but it started falling out WHILE I was pregnant...about the beginning of my third trimester. I lost so much hair, especially noticible around my forhead/temple region. It kept falling out too for a really long time afterwards...upwards of a year. It does grow back, but you get those silly looking bits in the front that stick up and kind of have a mind of their own. I am pregnant again (3 months) and right now my hair is not falling out at all, but I'm sure history will repeat itself. Kind of a bummer cause my hair just really started to look nice and thick like it used to again. (my daughter is 22 months). Don't worry too much about it...take lots of biotin and b-vitamins and maybe some flaxseed oil and hopefully that should help a bit. Avoid overstyling and blowdrying too much if you can. Thats all I know to tell ya