Your hair is falling out in clumps, strange blotches have appeared on your skin and you have more acne than a teenager. What is going on? The hormones ravaging your body are affecting your hair and skin.
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HAIR LOSS
In the first two to six months, some women will notice a few more strands in the bristles of their hairbrush.
During pregnancy, your hair can become thicker and more lustrous, thanks to oestrogen and progesterone working their magic. However, once the levels of these hormones even out after the birth, the opposite can happen.
What is normal?
Most of us lose about 100 hairs a day, but a new mum can shed as many as 400. The excessive shedding should start to normalise about six months after the birth.
What to do
This story is from the March 2019 edition of The Malaysian Women's Weekly.
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