Activity to Prevent Hair Loss After Pregnancy

To experience hair loss is common after pregnancy and it happens to most mothers.  As a result, most new mothers experience stressful time to get used to this situation.  What happens during this time is that the hormones estrogen and progesterone will return to normal levels.  For this reason, hair loss is far worse than usual because the hairs that should fall during pregnancy will fall out simultaneously after birth.

So, to new mothers out there, no need to worry and especially, don’t feel stressed out.  Your hair will return to its original condition in no time.  Hence, there are things you can do at home to prevent hair loss while taking care of your newborn.  Go check these natural methods below!

Eat Nutritious Food

After giving birth to your newborn, you should always eat right and nutritiously.  Not only being good for breast milk production, eating nutritious foods will keep your hair strong and will reduce hair loss.  Hence, try these after pregnancy nutritious foods to help reduce hair loss:

• Proteins— eggs, dairy products, fish, nuts, chicken and meat.
• Fruits— avocado, strawberry, prunes or banana.
• Vegetables— spinach, carrots and yams.

Clean Your Hair Regularly

Don’t be afraid to wash or clean your hair regularly during the period of your after pregnancy hair loss.  Wash your hair every two days while massaging the scalp gently to stimulate hair growth and avoid rubbing the hair because it can make hair loss even worse.  The point is, keep the hair in a clean condition, to avoid damage that can add to hair loss.

Naturally Style Your Hair

When it comes to naturally styling your hair, this means don’t use any hair treatments or styling gels during the period of your after birth hair loss.  These include using hairspray, hair dryer, hair straightener and more.  If necessary, comb your hair infrequently and use a wide-toothed comb to reduce the amount of hair loss.  So, as much as possible, reduce excessive hair styling at the moment.

Change Your Hairstyle

Your newborn baby is not the only one that should look cute and fresh.  You too, should look fresh and fabulous.  Go change your hairstyle by cutting it short or add layers and short bangs.  Thus, cutting your hair short or a bit shorter will help you manage your hair easily in order to reduce hair loss.  In addition, changing your hairstyle can help boost your confidence, so it will help reduce your stress level.

Carefully Manage Stress

As mentioned earlier, being confident about how you look at the moment, in terms of beauty care, will help reduce stress and prevent hair loss.  Meanwhile, as after giving birth changes your hormones, stress hormones in particular, it’s better to carefully manage your stress level which is not good for hair growth.  Having a newborn baby will increase multitasking, from breastfeeding your baby, changing diapers, sleepless nights and so on, so, find some balance in between.

Therefore, remind yourself, less stress, less hair loss!  Plus, eating right, hair will turn out bright!