Postpartum Hair Loss

 

Diffuse Hair Loss is not permanent, your hair will correct itself after the cause!

During your pregnancy stage, you would have experienced lovely thick long hair throughout that stage, but the baby is here now and you're overwhelmed by how much hair is falling out of your head. Please do not be alarmed by it, I know that human nature kicks in and we start to have a panic attack and think that the world is coming to an end, which is perfectly normal, after all, we are all humans. Let me just ease your mind a bit by telling you that this is a temporary phase. I have an article linked here to explain, What the hair growth cycle teaches us about hair growth.

Normally, with diffuse hair loss, hair falls in the Telogen stage. This is why diffuse hair loss is sometimes termed Telogen effluvium, and the cause of the loss triggers lots of Anagen hairs to pass prematurely to the Catagen and Telogen stages. The hair is in these stages for 2-3 months before it falls from the scalp. Diffuse hair loss then is a response of the body either through a shock, severe stress, high fever, operation, etc. If you would like help in this matter, you can book a consultation with us here!

Depending on the length of the stress, the hair loss begins 2 to 3 months after whatever triggered it. Just to advise you that with this type of hair loss, continues for 2 or 3 months and then self-corrects, no treatments are needed.

Temporary self-correcting diffuse hair loss.

If one thing you should take away is that your hair is very sensitive to anybody's imbalances, meaning hair loss can follow due to the slightest body imbalance. Hair loss can continue for more than 3 months if you have experienced any underlying medical condition, for example, you had a baby in June, followed by a high fever in September, which could lead to a total of 6 months of diffuse hair loss.

Diffuse hair loss means temporary or disposed hair loss

Telogen effluvium is a form of temporary hair loss that usually happens after stress, a shock, or a traumatic event.

I hope this helps!