Morning friends, as promised I'll be continuing with postings related to pregnancy .Today i'll try to explain hair changes in pregnancy.
Hair growth consists of two main phases. ANAGEN & TELOGEN. There is also a transitional phase in between, called the CATAGEN PHASE, which indicates the end of growing phase of hair.Catagen phase lasts for 2-3 weeks.In the ANAGEN phase, growth of hair takes place.TELOGEN PHASE is the resting phase, during which hair falls off.
At any given time. about 20% of hairs are in the resting phase[telogen].During pregnancy more hairs are in the ANAGEN PHASE.[growing phase]. As a result, during pregnancy hair continues to grow,thus in many women during pregnancy hair appears to be thicker.
During pregnancy increased growth of body & fascial hair may take place[hirsuitism], due to male hormone production by ovaries & adrenal gland.
After pregnancy during the post partum period,most of the hairs are in the telogen phase.Thereby there is a tendency of the hairs to fall off. Hair loss of about 100 hairs is normal.An individual usually notices significant hair loss when about 2/5 of all hair is lost.This phase of hair loss in the post-partum period usually subside in the next 5-6 months.
There is basically no effective treatment of this problem, but one may try avoiding excessive use of hair dryers,brushes etc.
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For further information on this you may dicuss this with your doctor, or may visit the MARCH OF DIMES sitehere
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