Evolving78
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I had a baby boy 7 weeks ago, and I was wondering does anyone know any ways to prevent my hair from shedding? I heard it usually happens after three months, so I want to get a head start on it now. Thanks.
I pray it doen't happen, and if it does than I pray it doesn't hinder my progress. Thanks.Sistaslick said:Postpartum shedding is a hormonal response to the delivery of your baby. It occurs as your body returns itself to normal hormonal functioning following the high surge of hormones during the pregnancy. The only way you'd be able to actually prevent it from happening is to put that baby back in there. I've heard some people say that breastfeeding allows you to hold out on the hormones a little longer, but it didn't work for me. Not everyone will experience the shedding though- you may get lucky! I didn't experience it with my son, but my daughter---goodness she nearly took all my hair out.
There have been a few good threads on shedding around here pretty recently. Some people have tried things like MSM powder, garlic shampoos, etc to curb or manage the shedding when it gets out of hand. But again, if you find these things not to work for you, don't fret. Shedding is hard to get a handle on especially with it being largely in the hormonal/internal domain. Just make sure you are eating right, sleeping, and keeping the stress down as much as possible. Those things tend to aggravate shedding episodes.
HTH.