Weight Loss And Hair Loss After Pregnancy
Got pregnant 6 months pp and gained 3 pounds and then a month pp i was down 25 pounds.
Weight loss and hair loss after pregnancy. Sometimes pregnancy regulates your hormones which can be the cause of weight gain and problems loosing weight. The surgery and weight loss after the surgery. This condition is not serious enough to cause bald spots or permanent hair loss and it should begin to diminish within 3 4 months after delivery.
Hair loss that is connected to pregnancy usually occurs after delivery. My hair has become much thinner and finer since losing weight sometimes coming out in what seemed like handfuls when washing it. The effect is compounded by your increased blood volume and circulation which also causes your hair to fall out less than normal.
There are 39 conditions associated with hair loss and weight loss unintentional. While most are innocuous like needing to buy new clothes regularly as my old ones become too big perhaps the most upsetting has been the extreme amount of hair loss i ve experienced. Hair loss can be a symptom of anemia or postpartum thyroiditis which are treatable conditions.
Normally hair grows at a rate of about inch per month for about two years before it goes into the resting phase known as telogen. It s worth talking with your healthcare provider about your hair loss if you think it s excessive. Telogen effluvium effectively throws your normal hair cycle out of whack.
I didn t gain any weight with my 21 month old and 6 weeks pp i was down 35 pounds. This kind of happened to me. Doctors sometimes prescribe minoxidil rogaine if hair growth doesn t return.
Under normal circumstances hair grows as much as inch per month for approximately 2 years then goes into a resting phase knows as telogen. Hair loss from weight loss is generally due to a condition known as telogen effluvium according to the american osteopathic college of dermatology. Hair loss during and after pregnancy may require no special treatment.