Hair Loss During Pregnancy: What Is The Cause And How To Stop
During pregnancy, women often have fears and concerns about new sensations and phenomena. For example, some pregnant women may start to lose hair. Should we panic, should we take action and why is this happening? Let's figure it out.
Hair during pregnancy
According to statistics, hair rarely falls out during childbearing. It even happens that they become stronger and thicker. This can be seen after the placenta has completely formed, that is, after about 12 weeks.
Hair loss during pregnancy is a wake-up call. Possible causes can be various pathologies or diseases. It is imperative to check and find the exact reason, for which, first of all, you need to tell your doctor about the symptom. The gynecologist must appoint an unscheduled test. 
Hair loss: causes
One of the root causes may be an infectious disease that has been transferred recently. Also, the culprit of problem hair can be serious stressful situations.
The most common cause is a lack of iron or zinc in the body of a pregnant woman. To find out exactly if there is a deficiency of elements, you need to take a general blood test. Upon confirmation iron deficiency diagnosis, A woman is prescribed iron preparations, which should be taken at 40-60 mg per day. With a lack of zinc, respectively, a preparation with zinc is prescribed, taken at 15-20 mg per day.
When prescribing additional drugs, it is necessary to take them, otherwise, in the future, a deficiency of elements can lead to fetal hypoxia or delayed development of the child in the womb.
Also, there may be problems in pregnant women with hair due to a lack of calcium in the body. You need to eat more dairy products, which contain calcium, or drink a course of vitamins. 
There is such a problem as diffuse hair loss, which is also sometimes faced by women who are expecting a baby. It is accompanied by abundant loss of hair over the entire surface of the head. This can happen with disturbed hair cycles. This is influenced by factors both inside and outside. The causes of diffuse hair loss are considered to be severe stressful situations, chronic diseases, problems with the thyroid gland and taking a certain group of medications. To prevent more hair loss, it is necessary to contact a specialist as soon as possible to prescribe the appropriate treatment. 
A rather serious problem of hair loss in pregnant women is androgenic alopecia, it can occur with changes in the hormonal background of a woman. Confirming such a diagnosis will require serious treatment from a trichologist who deals with problem hair. Here it is already not limited to analyzes alone; in addition, it will be necessary to make a phototrichogram and trichoscopy. Trichologists recommend monitoring hair loss, condition and length. If a pregnant woman notices that hairs of short length are falling out abundantly, then this indicates their thinning, but if they are predominantly long, then hair loss occurs at the physiological level.
How to stop hair loss
Expectant mothers do not need to be very worried about detecting hair loss. Some pregnant women do not take any action before the onset of childbirth, so that later they can start restoring their hair. Other women in the position begin to self-medicate with traditional medicine, using various masks and decoctions to strengthen the roots and hair growth.
It is advisable not to delay the treatment, especially since it is not worth delaying until the onset of labor, such an attitude can lead to negative consequences. Indeed, after the birth of a baby, a woman begins to breastfeed him, and at this very time significant changes begin to occur in the female body, which can also contribute to the flow of hair.
If in doubt, a pregnant woman can always consult with her gynecologist, doctors usually do not mind the use of traditional medicine aimed at hair restoration. Moreover, the use of chamomile, kefir, burdock oil, aloe or egg yolks will help strengthen the hair and at the same time, will not bring them any negative impact. 
There are many different folk remedies that can be used by pregnant women against hair loss, to strengthen hair and combat split ends, that is, damage to the curls. To achieve an effective result, masks must be used skillfully and with a certain regularity.
To start, a pregnant woman needs to adjust her diet. The daily diet must certainly contain foods that are high in vitamin B, sulfur and silicon. They are found in oatmeal, eggs, legumes, and milk. You also need to reduce the amount of canned products and sweets consumed.
The expectant mother should spend as much time as possible on the street, rest and sleep a lot.
Hair loss masks
Proven recipes from the people in every family, most likely, have their own, passed down from generation to generation. For example, most women are familiar with the method of healing hair with the help of rinsing with nettle extract, which acts on the hair structure as a general tonic.
Various masks can be used as folk remedies:
- Steam a couple of slices of black bread, apply the mixture to washed wet hair. Then rub into the roots and wrap the head with a plastic bag or a special cap, wrap it over with a towel. The mask must be kept for half an hour, wash your hair in warm water without using shampoo. In conclusion, you can rinse your hair with a decoction of herbs.
- Warmed milk whey can be used as a mask. The principle of applying the mixture is similar to the black bread mask.
- For a decoction of herbs, you need oak bark and onion husks, taken in proportions of 1: 1. Pour hot water over them and let it brew for half an hour. After filtering and rubbing into the hair roots. Using this recipe, the hair does not need to be covered, it should dry naturally. You can use this broth to improve the condition of your hair every day.
- For the mask, you should prepare 1 yolk, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of brandy, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of aloe juice. Mix all the ingredients carefully and gently rub the mask into the scalp. Leave on for 20 minutes, wrapping hair in a bag and towel. Then rinse your hair well with shampoo.
