Episode 7
Postpartum Hair Loss - Is It All In Your Head?!
October 20, 202542m 3s
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Show Notes
Around three months after giving birth, many women are alarmed to find their hair starting to fall out. Although this is a pretty ubiquitous anacdote shared among new mothers, the science - where it exists - tells us that it might not be a real phenomenon.
In this episode, Leila and Kim dive into the pitiful research that has been done to figure out if postpartum hairloss is a real thing, and what might be causing it.
In this episode:
- We compare notes on our hair growth during pregnancy and its subsequent loss after birth.
- A brief review of the limited research that's been done into postpartum hair loss.
- We consider whether this hair loss is a real thing, or if it's all in our heads.
- A run down on how hair grows normally, and how this growth cycle is changed by the transformative process of having a child.
- How the amount and timing of hair loss is affected by things like breastfeeding and the seasons
- How and why our babies also lose hair, and how that's tied to many of the same processes.
- What we can do about postpartum hair loss