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Losing hair postnatally

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louise2011 · 03/11/2011 12:06

Baby is 5 months & I have just finished breast feeding. I've started losing hair, plug holes getting blocks etc.
Know this is common post birth as this is my 4th baby. This time though I have noticed I am getting small bald patches. I have a fringe & usually a small forehead. Now if I clip back finge I look like a balding man.

Has this happened to anyone- will it regrow? Would I benefit from any special potions or supplements. This is worrying me as my hair & lashes(sparse now too) were my best feature- vain!! Going so bloody grey now too.

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KittieCat · 03/11/2011 12:11

I developed a 'lovely' deep widows peak after having my son. It is growing back (DS is now 10mo) but as my hair has a slight curl to it I now have 'horns' made of my new hair! The things we go through ...

louise2011 · 03/11/2011 12:29

Yip me too- look like Eddie Munster!

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ellangirl · 03/11/2011 13:44

Sorry I can't be much help, except to say this happened to me. I lost lots of hair just at my temples, even now after 2 years it's not grown back the same rate as the rest if it so those bits are much shorter and wispier. I'm sure hair suppplements will do no harm- every supermarket sells their own version which is much cheaper than perfectil etc. I'm just rubbish at remembering to take them so I don't know if it works!

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itsallgravy · 03/11/2011 13:54

My dd is 16 months and I still have to unblock my plug hole every few days Blush

I also have really short tufty bits all along my hair line if that makes sense which are a bitch to style!

saoirse86 · 03/11/2011 13:56

My DD is 13 months and I had this but my whispy bits on my hairline are growing much faster now, about 5" has grown back. It means if my hair's up I have to straighten them in a backwards directin iyswim, but if my hair's down you can't tell.

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