https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 19:23:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-263128 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:04:17 +0000 littleveesmommy 263128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just posted on FB today complaining about hair loss! I'm 6.5 months pp and hair loss is still going strong. I started around 4 months and during that first 1-1.5 months I seriously thought I'd be bald soon. It's still bad but not AS bad I guess. It's still scary to brush my hair in the morning and to wash my hair. =X </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-262851 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:37:25 +0000 IcebergMom 262851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lol it was a total shock to me! Now I have a weird (cute?) mini bang growing in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-262793 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:05:28 +0000 cranberryapple 262793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am soooooo NOT looking forward to this, but at least I've been mentally preparing myself since I was pregnant. Before pregnancy, I shed a lot of hair as is, but during pregnancy, no hairs would fall out, which was amazing! I'm going to miss my pregnancy hair!! :( I also have a huge forehead and center-parts are nasty looking on me!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261207 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:05:39 +0000 matador84 261207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh after reading this thread I can't wait! My hair is long--to the middle of my back, and I swear I feel like I haven't lost any hair this whole pregnancy. I am just preparing myself for it to fall out in clumps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261156 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:12:50 +0000 erwoo 261156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg, meeee too! I'm 4.5 months pp. Seems worse with #2 than with #1. I even clogged our shower pretty badly that two treatments of baking soda and hot water and then vinegar didn't help. I had to go stronger...foaming liquid plumber. A friend recommended Nioxin shampoo and another recommended more Vit. D, Omega 3, minerals, and antioxidants. I keep forgetting to try them. Good thing I have lots of hair so you can't tell. I also have been tying them up all day b/c my LO grabs my hair now. I wonder if that helps or makes it worse? Hmm... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261148 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:06:52 +0000 prettylizy 261148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm just starting to shed my crazy hair 5 months pp and it's everywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261144 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:04:17 +0000 luckypenny 261144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the tips! Glad to know I'm not the only one :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261075 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:53:04 +0000 pastemoo 261075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag: LOL&gt; I cut my hair (13inches) and the hamster is now a mouse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261042 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:25:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 261042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know its pricey, but what about Ovation Cell Therapy shampoo/moisturizer/hair treatment? All of their products (I think) are free of parabens, sulfates, and formaldehyde. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-261039 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:23:59 +0000 MegWag 261039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hair is everywhere. No bald spots, but just shedding like crazy. Every time I shower I lose at least one hamster's worth of hair. I'm 5.5 mos postpartum and I think it's maybe slowing down... (fingers crossed!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260954 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:38:02 +0000 Goldilocks1107 260954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm shedding so badly, but so far no bald spots. I am still taking my prenatal vitamin, maybe that's helping? But I'm really ready for my hair to get back to it's regular shedding schedule so I can justify getting highlights. I just don't think full-head foils are worth it with how much hair I'm losing right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260903 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:15 +0000 Freckles 260903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always have 20+hairs on the back of my shirt. It is quite embarassing. It is also frustrating because there my LO is always covered in my hair!</p> <p>I got my stylist to give me thicker side bangs and a thicker cut to make my hair look more full. So far so good... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260893 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:55:50 +0000 mrsjazz 260893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I have a receding hairline. It's not cute. But I can hide it a little because my hair is puffy :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260797 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:33:17 +0000 yin 260797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lost so much hair postpartum. A year later, and my hair is growing back and looking less silly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260692 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:37:10 +0000 heffalump 260692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started having hair loss after my surgery. I've been taking biotin and it's helping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260678 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:32:54 +0000 plaidpants 260678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: He had shampoo in the shop that he said he recommended, but I can't remember the name...I didn't buy it because he didn't have any for fine hair (which I have and let me tell you - losing clumps of hair when your hair already thin and fine is a TREAT). I need to call him and find out!</p> <p>Anyway, I happened to have a bottle of Burt's Bees Pomegranate Soy shampoo around and that is sulfate free, so I started using that, but I don't really like it. My hair doesn't feel clean. Maybe I need sulfates after all?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260654 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:17:26 +0000 regberadaisy 260654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pointybird: did she recommend a specific brand?</p> <p>@anacarlin: Mine started around 2.5 months and it comes out in clumps! No bald spots yet though...eeek<br /> I think someone recommended B Vitamins? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260646 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:14:12 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 260646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started my PP hair loss. Definitely wasn't looking forward to it.<br /> Just know you are losing the hair you didn't during pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260628 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:06:59 +0000 plaidpants 260628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My stylist recommended using a sulfate-free shampoo, but this was after my post-pregnancy hair loss had been going on for a while, so it was really too late to make a difference for me! But it can't hurt to try, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/postpartum-hair-loss-1#post-260625 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:03:36 +0000 luckypenny 260625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 4 months old next week and all of my hair is falling out! Ok, not all of it but I have two bald patches on my hairline now and I can't part my hair anyway but down the middle (which with my huge forehead looks awful). Did this happen to any of you? Is there anything I can do?? </p>