Postpartum hair loss, is it normal?
Why does hair fall out after childbirth?
Giving birth to a child is not only joy, but also a serious body functioning at its peak. When under stress the body reduces the number of new emerging hair follicles, hair growth slows down and hair quality is deteriorating. After 3-4 months of childbirth begins excessive hair loss. At the same time with the hair falling in its term, the hair "accumulated" for the pregnancy starts falling out too, because estrogen is no longer slows down hair life cycle. To this point is also added the body's response to stress, reactionary prolapse. Therefore, you may have a feeling that you are losing your hair.
If postpartum hair loss is normal, should I worry?
Trichologists consider normal if a person losses from 50 to 100 hairs a day, and with a greater number they diagnose pathology - alopecia (baldness). Young mothers, faced with round-the-clock caring for their baby and the need to do many things at the same time, experience serious overload. This affects the condition of the hair and can cause prolonged, chronic hair loss. With anemia, vitamin deficiency, increased physical and mental stress and other stress factors, the usual reaction to prolapse can drag on and develop into alopecia.
Of course, don't panic. It is necessary to help the body and maintain the hair in time.