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How to Conceal Hair Loss Following Pregnancy

Many women suffer from gradual or sudden hair loss afterpregnancy, known as Postpartum Alopecia. Hair loss after pregnancy is seen at different times; it couldbe after parturition or after nursing stops. It is common forwomen to get startled when seeing clumps of hair coming outduring a shower or brushing their hair. Most of these women willexperience hair loss some time after pregnancy- up to around sixmonths after childbirth.Hair loss after pregnancy is primarily due to the fact that awoman's body is nourishing the newborn rather than her hair.Usually, around 85-95% of your hair is in the growth stage atany time, but hormonal shifts during pregnancy encourage anincrease in the percentage of hairs in the growth phase.Consequently, many women benefit from thicker hair duringpregnancy, as more hairs than normal are growing and a smalleramount than normal are shedding. There are numerous hair styletechniques suitable for new mothers. One of the options forkeeping hair attractive is using volumizing tonic. These typesof treatments are water-based and alcohol-free. To use, shower,then towel dry your hair, spray the tonic 3 times on the top andsides of your head, bend at the waist and spray another fewshots at the underside of your hair. Style as usal and expectgood volume, shiny hair.Another idea to correct hair loss after pregnancy is to go for abetter cut or new hair style. Some women prefer to get a shorterhaircut or one that involves less maintanance. Consider having afew highlights woven in around your face line to highlightfacial features.You can choose hair accessories such as temporary hairextensions that can be taped with a special kind of tape rightonto your existing hair. The temporary hair extensions last forseveral days and then can be safely removed with a solution thatcomes with them. Finally, stylish scarves or headbands are theperfect fit for areas of hair loss near the temple, or over theears and around the hairline, which is where most of thepost-partum loss is seen. By adopting these styling tricks, temporary hair loss afterpregnancy can easily be handled for attending any evening eventwith your new born. And rest assured that your hair's growthcycle will usually return to normal within a year after thebirth of your child.

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