| Dr.Maclin, I listened to you a little this morning on the the Steve Harvey morning show. I was just wondering how can I stop my hair from breaking off. It's all dry and brittle.I wash it every week and when I comb my hair to style it, I always comb out a lot of hair.I just had a baby in May and I can't stop it from breaking off. I've only relaxed it once since the baby was born. What do I do? Thank you for listening! You are experiencing a quite common hair issue after having a baby called Post-partum hair shedding (a type of hair loss called telogen effluvium in which the full strand resting hairs come out drastically). The nine months of pregnancy, your hair did not shed everyday as it is supposed to. Therefore, once the hormones levels start returning to normal, the hair shedding sets in so that all those hairs that were supposed to shed, now start falling out. For this situation, I highly suggest BellaNutri which will work from within the scalp at the hair roots to decrease the hair shedding and stimulate growth. It will also help with the dry brittle hair which can cause actual hair breakage (shorter pieces). I would try to limit relaxers for now for your hair may also be overprocessed. Please keep me posted. |
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Dry Shedding Hair after baby
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Hi Dr. Maclin,
I have not heard you personally on the Steve Harvey show but my mom did and suggested that I contacted you. I have acne and has been using acne treatments for the last 15 years, some of which have proven to be quite helpful though not permanent. The problem is I am now trying to have kids. I just went through a recent miscarriage from cystic hygroma. It is not clear if any of the medications may have contributed to it or not. I was using Differin and Duac up to about 3 weeks into my pregancy. I am concern however as I try for future pregancies which medication is safe to use in the months leading up to conception and through birth/breast feeding. During this last pregnancy before the miscarriage, my skin looked awful and I was not sure what to use, even as a daily cleanser. Please advise.
DR. MACLIN, I HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH MY HAIR. WHILE I HAVE NEVER BEEN PREGNANT, I AM A 44 YEAR OLD WOMAN THAT IS EXPERIENCING MENOPAUSE. MY HAIR IS SHEDDING LIKE CRAZY. DOES MENOPAUSE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT OR AM I DEALING WITH OVER-PROCESSED HAIR. HELP, I'M GETTING MARRIED IN 5 MONTHS!
BRIDE TO BE IN PA!
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