How to Deal With Hair Loss After Childbirth
Pregnancy will change your whole body, including your nails, skin and hair. Once you have your baby, these hormones go away and then more changes will come. Some of the new changes that you experience may include hair loss. Despite the unwanted effects, you can do a couple of things to deal with the hair loss.
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Instructions
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Saving Your Hair
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Use a shampoo and conditioner that contain biotin and silica. These help keep the scalp healthy to promote hair growth and avoid hair loss.
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Comb your hair with a wide-tooth comb. This will get all the lose hair out and will keep you from constantly having to pull hairs off of your clothes.
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Stay away from hot rollers, hair dryers, or curlers until your hair has stopped falling out. Heat from these will hurt your hair and the tugging will pull more hair out of your scalp. If you must use these, lower the temperatures.
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Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. This is important because fruits and vegetables have flavonoids---antioxidants that can guard hair follicles and promote hair development.
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Cut your hair. This may help your hair look fuller and give you a break from constantly having to clean up long, loose hairs. The shorter hairstyle will also be easier for you to handle since you are busy with a newborn.
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Call your doctor. If you are concerned, get your doctor to do a hormone check.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are a new mom with long hair, watch out for a loose hair wrapping around your baby's fingers or toes. According to babycenter.com, this is called hair tourniquet. It can be painful for your baby.
