Losing Your Hair during Pregnancy?

Some women say that the condition of their hair improves while they are pregnant while some will say that the condition of their hair has changed for the worse. Here are some reasons women lose hair during pregnancy…

Reasons

The most common period of hair loss occurs approximately three months after delivery. The rise in hormones during pregnancy keeps you from losing your hair. After delivery, the hormones return to normal levels which allow the hair to fall out and return to the normal cycle. The normal hair loss that was delayed during pregnancy may fall out all at once

Stages
Up to 60 percent of your hair that is in the growth state may enter into the telogen resting state. The hair loss usually peaks 3 to 4 months after delivery as your hair follicles rejuvenate themselves. As noted before, this hair loss is temporary and hair loss returns to normal within six to twelve months.

Post Pregnancy
When pregnancy is over and hormones return to normal, a greater proportion of hairs than normal will enter the short catagen phase and then the telogen phase (hence the technical name for post-partum shed, telogen effluvium). Hairs in the telogen phase usually remain on the head for about 100 days before shedding out. Because of this, post-partum hair loss often begins at around 3 to 4 months after the birth of the baby, and can continue for a few months or up to a year. Post-partum hair loss usually returns the hair to pre-pregnancy thickness, despite the feeling of balding many women experience, having gotten used to their thicker pregnancy hair.