My story:
All my life I have had thick coarse hair. My mother was not a good hair dresser and would make my ponytails extremely tight, so needless to say over the years I finally developed traction alopecia on both sides of my head right above my ears.
I learned how to style my hair to cover these areas and went on my way. At the ripe young age of 30, I had my first child and the postpartum shedding was horrific. My hair never recovered from it and the shedding never ended, it decreased but never ended. I lost much of my thickness. Soon after giving birth to my first child I found I was pregnant again and the postpartum shedding from this childbirth sent my hair over the edge.
I am still able to obtain length, but the shedding is awful! I have lost my thickness completely and my hairline has really taken a beaten. There are some areas that are completely bare
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And now I am at a crossroads about "treatments" because some things are stated to not be used on pregnant women and it is quite possible and I am pregnant again. Sigh. I go to the doctor this week to verify.
I decided to change my shampoo and conditioner to something much more gentle and get some essential oils to nourish my scalp and just keep a simple hairstyle utilizing wigs. I am also working to keep my iron levels up and eating enough protein.
I have heard that the anesthia (sp??) sometimes given to women during child birth can cause extreme hairloss and maybe that it is culprit. Don't know. I am debating on going natural, but the fact I have alopecia on both of my temples always deters me from doing that.