After the birth of a child is not necessarily all hair loss, a medical survey found that 70% of female friends after the birth of a baby will have different degrees of hair loss phenomenon.
The common causes of postpartum hair loss are as follows.
First, postpartum head hygiene is not in place, China from the traditional thinking of women sitting in the month is not to wash their hair, some postpartum women are also afraid of washing their hair will fall down the roots of the disease, the head is not cleaned for a long time, the accumulation of dirt, easy to cause follicle infection or other head diseases, resulting in hair loss. Make the head pores clogged causing inflammation or scalp infection.
Second, related to estrogen secretion, estrogen can promote the growth of hair, estrogen secretion in large quantities when pregnant, and after the birth of a child estrogen back to normal secretion, so that the hair also began to fall out. Third, related to the mental state. After the birth of a child, women have to take care of the child and deal with family matters, resulting in uncoordinated neurological functions, the blood supply to the scalp is reduced, the hair nutrition can not keep up, and hair loss begins. Fourth, the diet is not balanced. During pregnancy, due to pregnancy reaction, vomiting, anorexia and other effects on eating, lactation control diet, etc., resulting in protein, vitamin, inorganic salt and trace element deficiency, which affects the normal growth and metabolism of hair and leads to hair loss.
It is recommended that the mother maintain an optimistic mood, appropriate physical exercise, and avoid hair exposure in the sun. Hair loss after childbirth is very normal, not a lot of hair loss, six months to a year’s time to return to normal, after the body hormone recovery to normal levels, the phenomenon of hair loss will stop, proper care of new hair will slowly grow out. But if the hair loss is very serious, you must go to the hospital to avoid delaying the disease.