Being an expectant mother makes you crazy about learning materials related to pregnancy and parenthood. If the books are not enough, you may even key in random questions in a search engine during your free time or talk to the moms you know to have ideas on what will happen before and after the baby is due.
One of the topics that has hundreds of threads dedicated to it concerns the loss of hair that some have experienced several months since their delivery date. This is a bit unsettling, to be honest, because I would love to bear a child someday, but I am afraid to shed off my long locks.
It took more prodding online for me to realize that there are possible ways on how to prevent hair loss after pregnancy. I say ‘possible’ – not definite – as what works for one momma may be useless to you, and vice versa. All the same, allotting a few minutes here to check out your options may help you keep most of the strands healthy postpartum.
Why does hair fall after giving birth?
When you look at pregnant women, do you notice their natural glow? The face looks brighter; the skin seems better. These are a couple of changes you get when the estrogen levels in the body are at an all-time high. Your hair, specifically, may appear healthier than ever since the excessive female hormones can increase the percentage of follicles in the growing phase so that only a few stragglers will fall off.
A woman, however, suffers from hair loss when the amount of estrogen running through your system goes back to normal. A lot of the open follicles during the pregnancy period move to resting mode; that’s why many strands drop after several months.
What’s worth knowing is that it is a temporary situation. The shedding may go on for weeks, yet by the time the baby reaches his or her first birthday, your hormones have most likely returned to their stable state.
How to prevent hair loss after pregnancy?
It is rather unfortunate that the medical society still cannot help mothers-to-be figure out if they will experience hair fall before it takes place. Despite that, you can try a few things to lessen the probability of losing your hair post-delivery.
Take multiple supplements.
There are various elements in food that you cannot ascertain if you are receiving the right portion of nutrients that your body needs to stop hair fall. This is why instead of healthy eating, the experts suggest taking supplements which can potentially provide nutrition for both the baby and the parent.
You may consume vitamins A, C, and E after getting the go signal from the doctor, but the most important of all is the vitamin B complex. The reason is that this substance consists of biotin, a compound that has long been associated with strengthening nail and hair.
Biotin reacts well with keratin, a protein that protects the strands from breakage. By having a constant supply of this particular vitamin in your system, there is a chance that you may not even go through this progression.
Perform regular oil massages.
Another preventive measure you can do is massaging your scalp and locks with almond oil twice or thrice every day. This element contains a significant amount of proteins and fatty acids that can nourish the hair and the skin. And because it goes beyond the surface, it may fix any damage that styling products may have caused.
In addition to that, you are free to utilize castor oil to avoid hair loss. It is a substance that has omega-9 and ricinoleic acid, known compounds that have the capability to improve the circulation of the blood and stabilize the head’s pH level. Due to that, nutrients will continue to flow into the roots, and a lesser number of hair follicles may go back to the resting phase.
The best thing about this tip, however, is that you can perform the oil massage at home and without anyone’s assistance.
Make a yeast-based hair mask.
Is the physician limiting the types of vitamins you are allowed to take because of health issues? It is still possible for you to obtain the vitamins and minerals that are essential to maintaining the strength of those locks even if you do not ingest pills.
I am referring to a creating a hair mask that encompasses brewer’s yeast as one of its main ingredients. Such an organism is quite different from the yeast that we use to double the size of dough when baking since this is basically the leftover from fermenting beer.
Within the time that it has taken the beverage to brew, this inactive fungus has become filled with vital constituents like selenium, biotin, niacin, pyridoxine, and riboflavin, to name a few. You may, in fact, mix a tablespoon of it with honey to produce the hair mask. See the proper way of doing it in this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oylOVwP0Tw8
Be kind to your locks.
How you take care of your hair has an effect on the state it will be in once you give birth. Although it is a valid point that hair loss may or may not befall you, it will not hurt to lay low on tight buns, curling or straightening, and using harsh chemicals that can make matters worse for you.
These activities either exert pressure on the scalp or weaken the strands from the inside. The outcome, therefore, is a weak mane that may no longer be saved.
The Conclusion
There are no scientific apparatuses that can determine whether you will experience excessive yet short-term hair loss; that’s why you owe it to yourself to learn various techniques which can hopefully counter it. The ideas you have read above are not other-worldly, so it surely is trouble-free to remember the following:
- Consume vitamins
- Massage the scalp
- Concoct a hair mask
- Use mild hair products
What do you think about the tips on how to prevent hair loss after pregnancy?
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