Can a mother wash her hair during the confinement period?

Women tend to be clean, but there are a small number of women who don't pay much attention to personal hygiene. Take women’s hair for example. In order to make themselves more beautiful, they basically grow their hair long, so that they can design different hairstyles to show their personal beauty. But the biggest challenge these women face is washing their hair, especially during the confinement period. So, can mothers who are in confinement wash their hair?

From the moment they become pregnant, new mothers are nagged by their elders about what they can’t do and what they can’t eat. After the baby finally comes out of their bellies, they are forced to stay in bed and can’t get out, let alone wash their hair or take a bath. This is very unbearable for many mothers. Not being able to wash your hair for a month is a very scary thing to think about. So can you wash your hair during confinement?

In fact, mothers should pay more attention to cleanliness and hygiene during the confinement period. The reason why the elders said that we couldn’t wash our hair or take a bath was because the conditions at that time were relatively poor. The water used was mostly well water or river water, and there were no good insulation measures.

Obviously, these factors are not true today, so under current conditions, mothers can wash their hair during the confinement period, as long as they take measures to keep out the cold.

Of course, whether you can wash your hair during the confinement period depends on the mother's personal physical condition. Generally speaking, as long as the mother recovers well, she can wash her hair one or two weeks after delivery.

How long after giving birth can I wash my hair?

How long after giving birth can you wash your hair? There are different answers to this question. Some say that it can be washed after a week, while others say that it can be washed after the confinement period. So what is the scientific view?

It is understood that as long as the mother has no health problems and feels good in all aspects of her body, she can wash her hair, but some doctors also suggest that it is best to wait 10 days before washing her hair.

Washing your hair too early will cause the dirty blood in the uterus to coagulate into lumps and cannot be discharged from the body smoothly. If the lochia cannot be discharged, it will cause a series of problems, such as endocrine imbalance, dysmenorrhea or irregular menstruation. So be careful not to wash your hair too early after giving birth.

In addition, although you can wash your hair during the confinement period, do not wash it too frequently. Just keep it moderately clean. It is recommended to wash it once or twice a week.