My hair is coming out.

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Am I the only one?

DS is 18 wks now and have definate receding areas on my temples which I think are v obvious so no you're not!!!

Nope - my ds4 is 5 months & it's only recently that I'm losing loads of hair!

When I tie it back in a bobble, my hairline is receding. Ds is nearly 5 months old.

Ds nearly 5 months, my hair is coming out in hadnfulls This happenned with ds1 but not ds2.

ds is meant to be DD.

Right going to bed!!!

My hair is falling out in droves. Luckily I started off with very thick hair but I am starting to notice a small receed at the hair line when I put my hair up. (DD is 21 weeks old now).
I've started to get really fine baby hair growing there now, not sure what looks worse!!

Is completely normal.

The trick is to use your hairdryer and straighteners and really go at the baby hair so it at least isn't all fluffy!!

I had this with both DD (nearly 6) and DS (15 months!!) and I would say hair is only now just back to normal!!

my ds was about 5 months old when mine started to fall out too.......i'd been enjoying having lovely thick hair and now it's all limp again and i have the fine baby hair too. i've spent the last three years growing out a radical fringe and now i'm getting one again with the new growth.

This happened when I had ds, he now 3 and my hair is fine, try not to worry x

Hi, hijacking a bit --my niece has alopaecia(sp?) and I wondered if any MN's have advice/experience/ideas?

Jollymum, no advice for you, but you'll probably get a good response if you start a thread with alopaecia(sp?) in the title.

Check with the doc, but it's probably entirely normal. I lost so much hair after having DD1 that the place was perpetually clogged with the stuff, and DP enquired if we'd secretly acquired a red setter.

My only tip for any further babies is to have your hair cut just before giving birth. I did before DD2 (makes me sound frightfully organised, it was all a bit of a coincidence) and it seemed to help a bit.

My hair fell out a lot from 3 months to about 5 months after I had dd and I noticed it got abit thin at the temples. It did stop and it is growning back, unfortunately not as lovely as when I was PG. I too have a very fetching 'fringe' of new hair at the moment (8 months post birth). Try not to worry - easier said than done I know!

growing

Perfectly normal - all people usually lose 100 hairs a day on average but whilst you are pregnant this stops happening or slows down. When is starts to happen again after birth it just seems like a lot more is coming out - don't worry

I've now got a mini fringe and receding temples! My ds is almost 7 months now and hairs still coming out in handfuls. Wonder if it's to do with having boys, all those male hormones to be got rid of?

gosh..i am really finding this too..
i'm forevr pulling hairs out of ds's fingers/ cot/ carseat
shame as my hair was great by the end of my pregnancy..really thick and great condition as i hadn't dyed it for so long..
though i don't get to wash it as often/thoroughly these days as he seems to instinctively know when i'm in the shower and wakes up even from deep peaceful sleep..lol
i thought maybe thats why

I lost loads of hair after having ds1 & ds2. I'm secretly hoping I lose more soon (dd is 3wks) old as my hair is now so thick and bushy I resemble a mushroom.

Me too - coming out in handfuls - dd is 18 weeks.

I am soooo glad I read this, was starting to think there was something wrong with me, the stuff is falling out in handfulls!! when will it stop??? DS is 18 weeks.

Ds is 7months and it's still falling out. Cpouldn't possibly wear it back as I've no hair on my temples!! Have fine down there now instead. Very fetching!

I'm glad i saw this too. Am new to MN but finding it all very helpful and reassuring. Why did i not do this sooner? :)