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During pregnancy, the hair often looks its best. All you need to know and maintain beautiful hair in pregnancy. However after the birth, or after breast-feeding ceases, about 50 percent of mothers experience what appears to be excessive hair loss. This is related to the three stages of hair growth. During pregnancy and breast-feeding, hormones keep the hair at the growing stage for longer than usual, so it appears thicker and fuller. Some time after the birth - usually about 12 weeks later - this hair enters about resting stage, at the end of which all the hair that has been in the resting phase is shed. What appears to have been excessive hair loss is therefore simply a postponement of a natural occurrence,a condition that is known as post-partum alopecia. A more significant problem that may occur during pregnancy is caused by a depletion in the protein content of the hair. As a result the hair becomes drier and more brittle. Combat this by frequent use of an intensive conditioning treatment. Avoid perming during pregnancy because the hair is in an altered state and the result can be unpredictable. However, a new color can give your hair and your spirits a lift.
Hair care products, such as dyes, straighteners, and permanents have not been shown to cause any problems for the fetus, either with a professional job or a store -bought kit. There also is no evidence that cosmetics and other personal care products affect pregnancy. During pregnancy, a woman's body goes through many hormonal changes. One result of these changes is that instead of going through the complete hair growth cycle, a pregnant women's hair can often stay in the anagen phase, simply growing beautifully. However, after the baby is born, hormone levels start to get back to normal again and so does the hair. Because so many hairs are at the same growing phase, they will also enter the falling out phase simultaneously. But don't panic, your hair should get back to its normal proportion of hairs in anagen and telogen phases and stop thinning within three months. Hair thinning due to pregnancy comes under the term 'telogen effluvium' or 'diffuse hair loss'. With this condition, hair can be shed from any area of the scalp and can happen during either the anagen or telogen phase of the hair growth cycle .
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