HAIR LOSS AFTER PREGNANCY

During pregnancy, the majority of women have lavishly beautiful and thick hair. This is due to a hormone called estrogen. Estrogen is what makes hair grow really fast and healthy, it’s like fertilizer for hair. Normally in non-pregnant women, this hormone increases or decreases depending on the menstrual cycle. But when you’re pregnant, the levels of estrogen are always high, hence, the beautiful hair growth.

Unfortunately, after 9 months everything changes. Some mothers experience mild to severe hair loss after pregnancy. This type of hair loss is called Telogen effluvium.

Telogen effluvium is a scalp condition that can cause hair thinning and hair loss due to the early entry of hair into the telogen phase. The telogen phase is the resting stage of the hair growth cycle. This is the time where old hair is pushed out to grow a new one. Normally, at any given time, 5 to 10% of our hair is at this stage, but in telogen effluvium almost all hair are forced into entering the telogen phase.

The cause of telogen effluvium is due to emotional and physiological stresses. In this case, there are several stressors like: the actual operation, blood loss, hormonal changes, stress for caring of a child especially for new mothers and many more. Mothers go through a lot of stress before, during and after child birth.

Fortunately, telogen effluvium is a temporary condition. Once the body have finally adapted to all the stressors, hair will eventually grow back without any intervention. Once the forceful telogen phase is over, this will automatically enter the anagen phase or the stage of new hair growth.

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