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Post-baby hair loss.

By Olessa Pindak


 

[Q] What causes hair loss after pregnancy?

“Up to 50 percent of women experience hair loss between the second and seventh month after pregnancy,” says Philip Kingsley, a New York-based trichologist (hair and scalp specialist). During pregnancy, hair loss decreases as a result of increased estrogen levels. After you give birth, hormone levels return to normal, causing hair loss to resume. Breastfeeding will delay the process, but your hair will fall out when you stop nursing. “There’s not much you can do to prevent it,” says Kingsley. “But taking care of your hair and scalp will help make the hair that is there healthy and strong.”

Feb/March 2009

User Comments:

  1. I have a 4 month old who I am exclusively breastfeeding and my hair just started to fall out. Not so much that it is thinning but I notice it in the shower.
    — Jen
  2. I have a seven month old and also exclusively breastfed until about 5 months when I went back to work and had to supplement. My hair started falling out at around 5 months and just started growning back at around 6.5 to 7 months. It was pretty scary at first, but does get better.
    — Nadia
  3. I have a seven month old and also exclusively breastfed until about 5 months when I went back to work and had to supplement. My hair started falling out at around 5 months and just started growning back at around 6.5 to 7 months. It was pretty scary at first, but does get better.
    — Nadia

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