This is also the case after child birth, due to the imbalance of hormones created by the pregnancy and or birth of the child, length of lactating, and so on, which can also result in some hair loss or baldness.

The balding and hair loss condition can be shocking to women. Pregnancy induced baldness is not something that is commonly talked about, in fact, hardly ever talked about, and the vast majority of women wouldn’t expect to be bald or losing hair, unless something was going terribly wrong.

There is no treatment for baldness and hair loss caused by pregnancy.

This is partly because the hair loss treatments may be dangerous to an unborn or breast feeding child.

Fortunately, because pregnancy induced baldness and hair loss is due to the hormonal imbalance during pregnancy, the hair loss is really only very temporary.

Growing hairs comprise certain structures: Hair follicles are the root of the hair; this is the flexible structure of epithelial origin.

The hair structure extending out of the surface of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, is know as the shaft.

Although the hair root is a living structure, the shaft is made of dead cells.

In pregnancy, it is the dead cells that are not being replaced in the hair, the shafts break off perhaps easier too, but the follicles are still very much alive and well, so when the pregnacny hormones subside, return to normal, the follicles again start reproducing the hair.

Pregnancy induced bald patches and thinning are then filled with new hair regrowth.

Dealing with the embarrassment of baldness, alopecia and hair loss caused by pregnancy

You should not be embarrassed over these things that are happening in your body, but pregnancy hair loss, not being a condition talked about much, well, many people may think you suffer from cancer or something.

Discussion with other woman who have had babies or who are pregnant, may show you that you are not alone in your suffering with pregnancy baldness.

Just give it a little more time, chin up and remember that it is not worth your worries at all. There should be a healthy, wonderful and probably bald baby in your midst sooner or later. Bald baby? Yes lots of babies are bald to - think about it, you can both grow hair together.

Try distracting yourself of any uneasiness caused by pregnancy hair loss and balding, normally in a month or two the lost hair will regrow again and a life of hair and happiness will be brought back.

There will be a little cute child in your midst to be very busy about, you will no longer notice that hair loss you experienced.

Don't worry about your hair loss and thinning, instead focus on the baby ahead.

Some hair facts a pregnant woman may be interested in

Hair has major and minor pigments, that is planted in the chains of protein, in the hair fibers.

Melanin is one of the major types of pigment, this is a polymeric pigment that is colored brown-black, and is also accountable for the skins coloration.

The other pigment, phaeomelanin, is coming from a red pigment that is containing iron, hence red hair.

While in pregnancy, our hair is often at its best, or even better, as the presence of oestrogen produces an environment conducive to hair growth, and your hair may even have a more glossy appearance.

Photo of pregnant lady courtesy of Kornrolla / Photo of baby courtesy of Idahoeditor

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Baldness and premature hair loss can be caused by genetics and therefore run in a family

Male pattern baldness can happen to male teenagers as well as to men.

Females are at risk of developing hair loss and female baldness, due to hormonal changes, such as with giving birth, or getting pregnant.

After age 30, hair loss and baldness in both men and women is to be expected.

After age 40, males will typically show signs of male pattern baldness and females will normally start seeing their hair thinning out.

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