What are the causes and treatments of postpartum hair loss?

Women generally lose a lot of blood during childbirth, so postpartum women are prone to weak Qi and blood. Weak Qi and blood can lead to many symptoms, such as physical fatigue, poor mental vitality, and hair loss. In short, postpartum women are very prone to hair loss. Regarding this issue, let's learn about the possible causes and treatments below.

Causes and treatment of postpartum hair loss:

As the saying goes, "A child recognizes his mother when all the hair he loses is hair", this means that starting from 2-3 months after giving birth, many women will experience hair loss. Some women even suffer from severe hair loss, with a large amount of hair lost when they comb their hair. So, what causes postpartum hair loss? How to treat postpartum hair loss? Let’s talk specifically about the causes and treatments of postpartum hair loss.

Causes of postpartum hair loss

1. Changes in hormone levels

Hair, like other tissues, undergoes metabolism. Generally speaking, all hair needs to be replaced every 5 years, but because hair is usually renewed in stages and batches, it is not easy for people to notice. The speed at which women's hair changes is closely related to the level of estrogen in the body. When estrogen increases, the rate of hair loss slows down; when estrogen decreases, the rate of hair loss accelerates. During pregnancy, since the pregnant mother secretes more estrogen than usual, the life of the hair is extended and the rate of hair loss is slowed down. The function of the sexual organs is in the recovery stage within 6 months after delivery, and the secretion of estrogen is significantly reduced, which often causes hair loss.

2. Imbalanced nutrition supply due to partial eating

Some women have a monotonous diet or picky diet during pregnancy and lactation, which cannot meet the nutritional needs of the mother and fetus. Some mothers even go on a deliberate diet to restore their slim figure after childbirth. It is easy to suffer from nutritional deficiencies or unbalanced nutrition, resulting in insufficient supply of protein, vitamins or minerals in the body, which affects the growth and metabolism of hair, making the hair dry and brittle, and causing hair loss.

3. Mental instability

For example, some women are emotionally unstable or mentally stressed before and after childbirth for various reasons, which leads to metabolic disorders and insufficient nutrition, inducing hair loss. After a woman becomes pregnant, especially for the first time, she will experience great mental stress. After giving birth, she will go from an excited state to tiredness, and her mood will go from high to low. Some women will become emotionally fragile and anxious, which will cause dysfunction of the cerebral cortex, autonomic nervous system, and nerves that control hair blood vessels to malnutrition and cause hair loss.

4. Improper care. Influenced by traditional concepts, some mothers dare not wash or comb their hair during the confinement period, which 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, thereby increasing the probability of hair loss. .Of course, these factors are not the main factors.

Some treatment measures for postpartum hair loss

1. Postpartum hair loss is mainly a process of endocrine changes, so no special care is required. If the hair loss is more serious, you can also take GABA, B vitamins, calcium supplements, blood-nourishing and hair-growing medicines under the guidance of a doctor, and rub the affected area with ginger slices. Generally, new hair will grow within 5-9 months.

2. Do not take medicine or supplements blindly after hair loss. Some medicines can affect the normal development of the baby through breast milk. Blindly taking supplements can cause excess heat in the body, which is harmful to your health.

3. Eating some foods will help hair growth, such as green vegetables with high content of alkaline inorganic salts (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, etc.), which can neutralize acidic substances in the body that are not conducive to hair growth and turn them into non-toxic substances that are excreted from the body.

4. Reduce perming and don’t dye your hair. Perming lotion (perm solution) and most hair dyes have the adverse effect of damaging hair quality. It is also easy to pull hair out during dyeing or perming, causing hair loss. Therefore, it is recommended to avoid perming or dyeing your hair as much as possible, or at least increase the intervals and reduce the number of hairdressing sessions. In addition, the chemicals used for perming and dyeing are more or less corrosive and will threaten the health of postpartum women and breastfeeding babies.

The above lists the causes of postpartum hair loss and some treatment measures. It can be seen that you don’t need to be too nervous about postpartum hair loss. In many cases, it is a normal phenomenon. What the mother needs to do is to have a good rest, relax, and not feel burdened. It is recommended to use a horn comb when combing her hair. Every time you comb your hair and find hair falling out, you must understand that the hair that falls out is due to the increase in hormones during pregnancy. Now that the hormone levels have dropped, it is natural for the hair to fall out. It will become normal after a period of time.