Shedding

tig594

So, LO will be 5 months old next week and I am shedding worse than the dogs.  I've read this is common but how long does it last?  I'm so dang tired of cleaning my long brown hair up from, quite literally, EVERYWHERE!  I know it's not likely but I still fear I will be bald soon.   : (

Rochacha2013

My hair comes off the brush in clumps. It's all over the tub, floor and everywhere. Out DD is 5 mons 1 wk. I too am fear of going bald. I am breast feeding.

bibby32714

DD is 5 mo next week and it is terrible over here...I need it to stop.  I'm FF so i don't know that it matters.

tig594

I also FF. I think it's just the absence if all those pregnancy hormones. I also have these short unmanageable hairs sticking out all over my head. Maybe i should shave it all and start from scratch. : )

Aisak

Oh yes.  i started noticing it a couple weeks ago.  There's long dark hair EVERYWHERE...it's coming out by the handful.  i keep worrying i'm going to end up bald too!

mhickey426

Omg it's so bad. I really can't stand it. I'm going bald. My HDTV said he would buy me a wig or that hair cream for men. I am tempted to take him up on it!

amyelew

I am so glad you posted this.  My hair is coming out in clumps in the shower.  I thought that this was late to be happening.  Glad I am not the only one.

kmc84

My lo is 5.5 months and I'm still losing a bunch, but it has slowed a little bit. It started at 3 months with literally a handful of hair falling out everyday in the shower. I have thick hair to begin with and it was getting noticeable thinner. I donated 10 inches and the shorter hair does look a little thicker.

HZ2012

Mine doesn't come out in clumps, but there are hairs EVERYWHERE!

mylovelyll

My son is 14 weeks old and I am now noticing that my hair is really coming out. Too bad my hairdresser is on leave...

bibby32714

kmc84 said:

My lo is 5.5 months and I'm still losing a bunch, but it has slowed a little bit. It started at 3 months with literally a handful of hair falling out everyday in the shower. I have thick hair to begin with and it was getting noticeable thinner. I donated 10 inches and the shorter hair does look a little thicker.

I just did this last night! Chopped it off and I feel so much better.  It def feels thicker. 

youenjoymyself

Me too.  I swear I didn't lose a single strand of hair my entire pregnancy...now I'm definitely making up for it.

MNMC1228

jennylyna said:

Me too.  I swear I didn't lose a single strand of hair my entire pregnancy...now I'm definitely making up for it.

^^^

Exactly this!  Its driving me insane. 

Roxie5739

When will it stop??? It is killing me!!!!

HOLL1WOOD

Glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem! My hair comes out in gobs every time I shower. It doesn't help that LO always yanks on the little bit of hair that I have left. I will be bald soon at this rate! Fingers crossed that all of this stops soon!

CrazyMary77

I too have been shedding like crazy for a while now. My hair was so thick, and it's now thinner than it was pre pregnancy. I went to the hair dresser today and had about 4 inches cut off so it's now chin length. It looks thicker now, and I'm hoping it will make the shedding look less obvious. I've read that it can last up to a year PP. Crazy hormones!

tig594

CrazyMary77 said:

I too have been shedding like crazy for a while now. My hair was so thick, and it's now thinner than it was pre pregnancy. I went to the hair dresser today and had about 4 inches cut off so it's now chin length. It looks thicker now, and I'm hoping it will make the shedding look less obvious. I've read that it can last up to a year PP. Crazy hormones!

I did too. Feels a little better but still falling out. Then i had that panic moment the first time i washed it after getting so much chopped. OMG MY HAAAIR! Oh wait....yeah...