Hi all,
It hasn’t happened to me yet but is anyone else scared of the postpartum hair loss?
I’ve seen women saying around 12 weeks their hair suddenly started falling out. I have naturally thin hair and I’m terrified that I’m going to look like some old witch with a single strand of hair left 😂is it a definite that we all lose a lot of hair?
Does anyone have any recommendations for how we can minimise this or tips/tricks?
I know it’s vanity to think about hair loss but when I’m already struggling with baby weight I didn’t think it would be possible to feel more unattractive 😂
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I heard women’s rogaine can help

It took my edges at about the 4 month mark 🥲 I had 2 bald spots on my hairline that are now short hairs. I wasn’t scared because I didn’t know much about it and then suddenly I lost so much hair. It seems to have calmed down though because the places where I lost hair the most are now growing back. It’s tough though. I had restarted my hair journey because it was so damaged before I knew I was pregnant just for it to grow back and fall out 😅🥲 I’d suggest massaging your hair with oil that’s probably the best thing you can do. Also the rice water method. Iv tried to keep up with prenatal I’m not sure if that helped but I did notice fast hair growth when I massaged oils in my hair.

Loool this made me laugh so thank you for that firstly. I haven’t experienced yet but yes I have been pretty scared of it and I have been telling myself to start doing hair mask and hot oily treatment so the damage won’t be much when it comes or if it comes. Rosemary oil is good use it as normal or even hot oil treatment and try to use hair mask like avocado and mix abit of your favourite growth oil in it and just leave it for about 1hr before wash and on the normal days when sitting down just message your scalp with oil and I am sure you will be fine.

My hairdresser said if your hair didn’t change (get fuller, thicker etc) when you got pregnant then you won’t lose it. I’m over 12 weeks pp and have had no hair loss. I am still taking vitamins everyday too though.