AIBU to feel depressed about postpartum hair loss?

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Hello,

Currently 16 weeks PP and losing a lot of hair on a daily basis. It's EVERYWHERE. My hairline is so much more thinner and I can see missing hair patches too.

It's making me feel quite down. I know it's quite common but I just feel as though my hair will always just be thin and sparse now.

AIBU to feel depressed about this?

It's always going to be a shock, as you're losing all the extra hair that didn't shed whilst you were pregnant. But you're going back to normal, not losing more and once it's come out, you'll start seeing all the baby hairs growing back within a few weeks - hold onto that thought.

Not unreasonable to be sad but please don’t think it will be forever, my lo is 4 and my hair is thicker than ever now.

Please don't be sad. I lost so much hair that literally the whole bottom of the bath was dark brown, completely covered in hair.
Went back to normal and never really thought about it afterwards.

It is only temporary. The hair does come back. I know that’s not very reassuring when you are losing your hair now. If you think you are losing too much hair, it is worth it to get a full blood test to see if you have any vitamin or iron deficiency causing more hair loss?

I kept losing a normal amount during pregnancy then started losing handfuls 12 weeks pp.

Took about 2 years each time to come back.

Also lost loads due to illness 2 years ago. Taking super complex vitamin B and using L'Occitane strength & volume shampoo has worked wonders for me.

Thank you everyone. It's quite depressing when it's happening, but I guess there is some hope.

Does anyone remember when it stopped and when hair started to grow back?

I get you - I think the timing doesn’t help because you can feel a bit rough if baby isn’t sleeping well, you don’t have much time to make yourself look nice day to day, might have a bit of a mum tum -and then the hair shedding is the icing on the cake!!

Mine wasn’t too bad but I did get some tufty baby hair bits along my hairline that I couldn’t really do anything with. I don’t know exactly when it started looking better - maybe 9/10 months?

@Sparklesocks thank you. Definitely agree. There's so much happening, this is defo the icing on top! Don't get me wrong, she's worth it and I'd do it all again for her but it's so depressing to see. I hate looking in the mirror