Postpartum hair loss
KD
two months I've been losing hair in clumps! I don't remember it
lasting this long the last two times. What's a normal range?
Marie
"KD" <kdel...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How long does it generally last? ds is 5 months now and for the past
> two months I've been losing hair in clumps! I don't remember it
> lasting this long the last two times. What's a normal range?
Up to 6 months. Most women's hair growth cycle will go back to normal around
1 year postpartum. From what I read, if it's not back to normal after a
year, see your doctor. PP hair loss that fall outside the norm may be caused
by common causes such as low iron levels or low thyroid hormone; they would
be easily remedied.
Marie
Mom to 7.5-month-old DD
Cat
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Or in some cases: Age :-(
Tine, Denmark
melbgal1
> How long does it generally last? ds is 5 months now and for the past
> two months I've been losing hair in clumps! I don't remember it
> lasting this long the last two times. What's a normal range?
>
I was surprised when mine only *started* falling out at 4months post (
the books state it's more like 6weeks post ! ).
ATM, I have to use the dustbuster in the bathroom every morning, and
there is hair all over my clothes, the baby, the rug in the living room.
I feel like the missing link !
I think it *is* tapering off though ( ? ). Bebe coming up to 6months
old ....
--
Mummy to Bébé B
Melissa
"melbgal1" <melb...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Ok, this is reassuring to me, since mine just started to fall out a couple
of weeks ago in clumps in the shower and my baby's now almost 4-1/2
months...
-Melissa
(lurker mom to Daniel)
Nancy P.
> the books state it's more like 6weeks post ! ).
>
> ATM, I have to use the dustbuster in the bathroom every morning, and
> there is hair all over my clothes, the baby, the rug in the living room.
> I feel like the missing link !
>
> I think it *is* tapering off though ( ? ). Bebe coming up to 6months
> old ....
>
Mine has been falling out since 8 or 10 weeks post partum. This is my
second time that pregnancy has left me with actual bald patches near my
temples. Its starting to grow back in now, and DD is 5 1/2 months old.
Nancy
melbgal1
> "melbgal1" wrote ...
> > KD says...
> > I was surprised when mine only *started* falling out at 4months post (
> > the books state it's more like 6weeks post ! ).
> >
> > ATM, I have to use the dustbuster in the bathroom every morning, and
> > there is hair all over my clothes, the baby, the rug in the living room.
> > I feel like the missing link !
> >
> > I think it *is* tapering off though ( ? ). Bebe coming up to 6months
> > old ....
> >
>
> Mine has been falling out since 8 or 10 weeks post partum. This is my
> second time that pregnancy has left me with actual bald patches near my
> temples. Its starting to grow back in now, and DD is 5 1/2 months old.
I didn't realise I had a bald patch in one spot until it started growing
back. If I pull my hair back off my face, you can really see it ;)
melbgal1
> "melbgal1" <> wrote ...
> > KD says...
> > > How long does it generally last? ds is 5 months now and for the past
> > > two months I've been losing hair in clumps! I don't remember it
> > > lasting this long the last two times. What's a normal range?
> > >
> >
> > I was surprised when mine only *started* falling out at 4months post (
> > the books state it's more like 6weeks post ! ).
> >
> > ATM, I have to use the dustbuster in the bathroom every morning, and
> > there is hair all over my clothes, the baby, the rug in the living room.
> > I feel like the missing link !
> >
> > I think it *is* tapering off though ( ? ). Bebe coming up to 6months
> > old ....
> >
>
> Ok, this is reassuring to me, since mine just started to fall out a couple
> of weeks ago in clumps in the shower and my baby's now almost 4-1/2
> months...
Met with a girlfriend yesterday ( she has a 1yr old ), and she said she
went to the hairdressers recently who asked "have you had a baby
recently ?". Apparently she could tell from the regrowth around the
temple!
me
the postpartum hair loss I kept hearing about, but when my baby was over 4
months old, it started falling out in clumps, majorly! Handfuls per
day...it's a wonder I'm not bald....it hasn't thinned out so much visibly
that I can tell (at least not enough for it to be a big deal, or any visible
bald spots), but it was shocking- both the amount coming out daily getting
everywhere- the shower, my brush, the floor, AND the fact that it was
happening not right after giving birth but months later!!
It is still happening a lot. I wonder how long it can go on in this amount,
and NOT be noticeable to the eye!