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Signs You Might Be Suffering From Postpartum Hair Loss

Three weeks ago I was taking a shower when I noticed a clump of hair, much larger than normal, on the shower floor. I didn’t think much of it at the time because it had a few days since I had shampooed my hair and I was dealing with the loss of my grandmother just days before. I chalked it up to stress. When I returned home and got back into my routine I started to see that this was not a onetime occurrence, I had been losing a lot of hair daily. Knowing that a lot of women suffer from postpartum hair loss I decided to read up on it and this is what I found. Usually occurs around three months - Check Large amounts of shedding hair - Check Feeling of thinning hair - Check Tired, dull looking hair - Check So what is postpartum hair loss and could you be suffering from it too? Postpartum hair loss is normal! As high as 90% of women will experience some postpartum hair loss and it is temporary. Most women will return to their usually hair growth pattern between 6 mont...