When a female is pregnant her body as well as her mind go through lots
of different changes. Throughout the pregnancy there are not only lots
of physical changes that occur in the womans appearance, there are also
mental changes that can occur. One of the most common changes in a
womans physical appearance is loss of hair.Therefore hair loss is one
problem that a large number of women have to deal with straight after
giving birth. Dealing with hair loss issues is not something women want
to have to do just after giving birth to a child. Many women get so
frustrated trying deal with this loss of hair as well as a new baby they
end up just cutting it all off.
Normally your hair goes through three phases.The anagen phase which is
the active growth phase of hair follicles and normally takes 2–3 years.
The telogen phase which is the resting phase of the hair follicle before
it sheds and normally takes about 3 months. The catagen phase which is a
short transition stage that occurs between the anagen and the telogen
phase and normally takes 2-3 weeks. A person will suffer from hair loss
when hairs are forced prematurely into the telogen phase and pregnancy
is one thing that can cause this to happen. There are many reasons why
pregnancy.causes this hair loss to occur.
One of the main reasons for this loss of hair is not only does the
female body undergo physical changes during pregnancy, it also causes
her to go through severe hormonal changes as well (estrogen and
progesterone) which causes less hair to shed each day during the
pregnancy than what is normally shed on a daily basis. Due to this a
womens hair will get very dense during pregnancy which causes the hair
strands to become brittle and makes them very easy to break. Although
that after giving birth a womens body starts slowly regaining its normal
hormonal balance, the womens hair will revert prematurely into its
telogen period and start to shed and although this loss of hair can
appear to be excessive, most of the time the hair eventually grows back
to its normal level, though in some cases the hair loss can be
permanent. Another reason for hair is due to the nutrients your body is
losing when you are breastfeeding your child.
