Don’t be so obsessed with “cleanliness” after an abortion. You can only wash your hair after a week.

Abortion is very harmful to women's bodies. It is equivalent to a period of confinement after childbirth, and there are many taboos. Washing hair is a necessary part of personal hygiene. Generally speaking, you should wash your hair once every one or two days. But how long should you wait after an abortion before you can wash your hair?

1. How long after an abortion can you wash your hair?

Many people believe that you cannot take a bath or wash your hair during the period after an abortion and should treat it like confinement after childbirth. In fact, this is not true. You can wash your hair after a week at most. After all, abortion is a measure taken in the early stages of pregnancy and is far less harmful to the body than childbirth. Just pay attention to rest, strengthen nutrition and avoid contact with cold things. Therefore, not taking a bath or washing your hair is not only unhygienic, but also makes your skin and hair not well cared for. What's more, washing your hair can also act as a massage and accelerate blood circulation.

If you do not wash your hair for a long time after an abortion, it may cause hair loss, because the premise of healthy hair is cleanliness. Moreover, not washing your hair for a long time is very bad for your scalp. It causes the sebum secretions and dust on the scalp to mix and accumulate, which not only affects the blood supply to the head, but also easily causes folliculitis or scalp infection. However, you must control the water temperature when washing your hair after an abortion, blow dry it immediately after washing, and keep warm.

2. How to wash your hair after abortion

Some experts suggest that women should wash their hair and take a good shower before having an abortion, and then try not to wash their hair on the day after the abortion to avoid catching a cold. If you really need to wash your hair, the temperature of the shampoo must not be too low, and you should dry it quickly with a hair dryer after washing.

3. Other matters needing attention

After the abortion, get adequate rest, read less newspapers and watch less TV, and avoid heavy physical labor. Eat more nutritious food and protein-rich substances to restore your body to normal as soon as possible. Generally speaking, cold drinks should be avoided for 7-10 days after surgery, and spicy food should be avoided within one month.

Keep the vulva clean and hygienic, change sanitary napkins frequently, and it is best not to touch cold water within a week. Do not take a sitz bath within 2 weeks or before vaginal bleeding has stopped. Do not have sexual intercourse within 1 month to prevent genital organ infection. If you have fever, abdominal pain, or vaginal discharge with an unusual odor, seek medical attention immediately.

Generally, vaginal bleeding will gradually stop within 3-5 days and will not exceed 10-15 days at most. If the amount of vaginal bleeding exceeds the amount of menstrual blood and lasts too long, you need to seek medical treatment promptly. As long as you resume your sexual life after an abortion, you must take contraceptive measures to avoid getting pregnant again. Under normal circumstances, the endometrium repair period is about half a year, so special attention must be paid to prevent another pregnancy from causing damage to the uterus.