My LO is 25 months old, so all the issues with postpartum hair loss and regrowth are resolved, but my hair seems... blah? It's lost a bit of its curl, it kind of sits flat, it seems to look greasy faster, etc.
Did anyone experience a negative change in their hair post baby? Could this be because of nursing? Did your hair go back to its old self after a while, or after weaning, or is this my new normal? Maybe not even related to having a kid?
pomelo / 5093 posts
Greasy, flat, dull, just awful. Nursing is really what did it - my skin was dry and awful too. Right now I'm pregnant and I have the most beautiful, amazingly sun bleached thick hair. My hair will literally never be this nice again.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I didn't notice any issues besides the wisps, but I got pregnant when E was 15 months old. I cut about a foot off when T was 7 weeks old
pomegranate / 3863 posts
It seems to get greasy faster now but I can still get 3 days between washings. And it's less curly which sucks because I like to wear my hair that way in the summer but am stuck blowing it out all the time now.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
Mine also gets greasier faster. I used to be able to go several days between washings. Now, I have to wash it every other day or it's pretty gross. Sigh.
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
C turns 2 next week and I still have weird length wisps all over! I guess my hair just grows really slow? It sucks. And I'm pregnant now so it's all going to start all over again in the spring.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
YESSSS to the greasy faster thing! I'm 7.5 mo pp and the hair loss finally stopped being CRAZY, and I have crazy baby hair going on. I always has greasy hair, but I could get by 2 days without washing but now the next day it's already so gross!!
pomegranate / 3392 posts
I haven't had greasy hair since high school! For all of you dealing with it, have you found a shampoo that helps? I'm used to using very thick conditioning shampoos for my curls and I don't think that's helping the current situation!
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@MoonMoon: Not really. Just frequent washing seems to do the trick.
grapefruit / 4770 posts
My hair is actually drier at nine weeks postpartum. I've always shed a lot so that's nothing new 
pineapple / 12802 posts
@MoonMoon: I started using a dry shampoo to get one more day (3 days total) without washing. They discontinued the brand I liked, so I still haven't found the prefect dry shampoo, but it does help A LOT.
My hair definitely gets greasier and I feel like it is more "blah". I also don't think I get it done as often as I used to, which just adds to me feeling really "ugh" about it.
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