Hair loss during lactation period

Hair loss is a common problem that people encounter. Although it has little impact on physical health, hair loss will affect the head and make people look very shabby. Moreover, hair loss does not affect age or time. Almost anyone is prone to hair loss. For example, in modern life, pregnant women who have not given birth experience hair loss. Let’s take a look at why hair loss occurs during lactation.

Postpartum hair loss is a typical acute telogen effluvium with an incubation period of 8-13 weeks, but it may not begin until 7 months after delivery. Generally speaking, the more pregnancies a woman has, the more severe the hair loss will be.

Causes

1. Hormone levels

During pregnancy, hormone levels in the body are unstable. The level of hormones in the body directly affects the speed of hair replacement. When estrogen increases, the rate of hair loss slows down; when estrogen decreases, the rate of hair loss accelerates. During the recovery phase after childbirth, estrogen secretion decreases significantly, causing hair loss.

2. Mental factors

Mental factors are closely related to hair. There are various reasons for emotional instability or excessive mental stress before and after delivery, which lead to metabolic disorders, malnutrition and other reasons causing hair loss.

3. Unbalanced diet

During pregnancy, due to pregnancy reactions, vomiting, anorexia and other factors affect eating, and controlled diet during lactation can lead to a lack of protein, vitamins, inorganic salts and trace elements, which in turn affects the normal growth and metabolism of hair and causes hair loss.

examine

The examination of sex hormone levels has certain clinical significance for postpartum hair loss, menopausal hair loss and hair loss caused by oral contraceptives. Serum TSH examination is the most valuable for diagnosing hypothyroidism.

Clinical manifestations

1. Hair breaks easily

Pulling on any part of the scalp can remove hair effortlessly and painlessly.

2. Nutritional metabolism

Nutritional and metabolic diseases such as iron deficiency and iron-deficiency erythropoietic alopecia.

treat

1. Adjust your mood, especially stay optimistic during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

2. Pay attention to various nutritional supplements, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and avoid greasy and spicy foods.

3. Supplement estrogen when necessary.