Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Postpartum hair loss

Kita selalu dengar orang2 tua kata lepas bersalin rambut kita akan banyak gugur sebab baby kita main air liur kan?! Takdak kaitan pun sebenarnya. Secara kebetulan ja tu, teori2 ni terhasil dari pemerhatian orang2 tua, iaitu bilamana rata2 baby yang berusia 2-3bulan mula main air liur sendiri rambut ibu2 pun mulai gugur. I sekarang sedang berhadapan masalah rambut gugur...

In the 1st few months after giving birth, many new moms are surprised to find themselves shedding more hair than usual. No need to panic, it's perfectly normal! InsyaAllah takkan botak lah, in fact slowly our hair should be back to normal by our baby's 1st birthday!

Normally, 85 to 95% of our hair is growing while the other 5 to 15% is in a resting stage. After the resting period, this hair falls out, selalunya rambut ni gugur ketika kita sikat rambut atau mandi/shampoo, dan rambut2 ni akan diganti dengan rambut2 yang baru... An average woman shed about 100 hairs a day, tuh dia, banyak kan?!

During pregnancy, increased levels of estrogen prolong the growing stage, there are fewer hairs in resting stage so that berkuranglah rambut kita yang gugur. That's why ibu2 hamil selalu rasa rambutnya lebih lebat dan cantik ketika pregnant berbanding ketika tak pregnant, ada yang sangka rambutnya tumbuh lebat tapi yang sebenarnya rambut yang gugur tu yang berkurang...

After giving birth, estrogen levels take a tumble and a lot more hair follicles enter the resting stage. Makanya berguguranlah rambut itu saban hari, huhu. Tapi takpa, this unusual shedding will taper off and our hair will be back to its pre-pregnancy thickness in about 6 to 12months after give birth...

Nothing we can do to stop our hair from falling out, but a short-cut-hairstyle can be easier for us to take care of. Luckily I went to cut my hair short since I was pregnant, walaupun kalau ikut pantang-larang orang tua tak boleh potong rambut masa hamil, takut nanti tali pusat baby putus lah hapa lah, but I can't stand the long hair any longer. Plus I don't believe on such that pantang and mak pun tak tegah, so I headed to hair-saloon and got my hair cut, puas hati dapat potong pendek, siap cuci dan massage bagai, cost me only RM12, murah nak mampuih! This is my 1st time potong pendek rambut lepas kahwin, myLove suka so next time nak maintain pendek saja. Bila ada anak kecik ni, masa untuk belai2 rambut dah tak ada dah... Tambah pulak dengan gugur2 ni, naik rimas tengok rambut penuh berterabur merata2...

10 comments:

cucutokjanggut said...

salam kak fith..

but my hair falls dgn byaknya since i came to Japan tau kak.. dousyou~~(''.;)

Fith said...

Salam fizah,
kakfith pernah dgr psl tu,mungkin sbb mandi air panas,bila panas liang roma terbuka dan rambut byklah yg akan gugur...maybe boleh kurangkn kepanasan air time nak cuci rambut?hehe tak tau gak sbnrnya...

ojasamid said...

betul fith tang keeping our hair shorter especially dekat2 nk bersalin. segalanya mudah n selesa! hehehehe..nak2 bila dh ada anak kecik ni, lg senang kot kan rabut "senteng" sikit dri zmn sblm jd mak2 org ni.
la ni bb dh 8bulan setgh alhamdulillah kes hair loss akak dh reda. but masa anak first dulu tatau lgs psl benda ni, so tersgtlah panik awal2 tu bila tgk rambut melata dm rumah tu. dok terpk psl side-effect chemotherapy(?ejaan?) je tau. kowakatta~~:p

Fith said...

Kak oja,
mmg pun kan,fith lega sgt rambut pendek ni,senang nak jaga.
walaupun dah tau psl rambut gugur due to hormon,kdg2 fith tensyen gak tgk rambut byk sgt gugur,huhu.nak2 plak rambut fith ni jenis nipis ja,hadoiii sabar je laa nak tunggu raziqh ni setahun,hehe.

kew_chop said...

kita pun dah kurang sikit rambut gugur ni. kalo dulu alahai geram betui pulun vacuum ari2 pun dok merata gak. pulak tu si kecik tu suka la semua benda nk masuk mulut. takut termasuk rambut2 tu kat dlm mulut jek.
pastu yg lawak kalo tang bila rambut baru nk tumbuh pelik jek tgk rambut dok ceracak2 tu..

Fith said...

murni,
tuh laa,jenuh nak vacuum kan.tensyen tul gugur2 ni,huhu.tp nak buat camna,lumrah laa lps bersalin.

Ina said...

haa kiter pn tgh on d peak la ni. bila hari nk kena cuci rmbut tu rasa alahai malasnyaaa. sbb lps mandi nk sikat rambut tu sket nyer lama nk bersihkan rmbut yg gugur tu. dh la rmbut pjg. nk masak pn kena hati2 sbb takut jatuh dlm mknan. plg geram bila tetiba tgk kt mulut bb ada rambut. uishhh geram n marahnya. marah betul kt rmbut tu. kt mulut anak aku jugak hang nk p hehehe :P

Fith said...

Ina,
haha klau rambut panjang lg laa susah nak jaga kan.fith dulu serik dah masa rafiqh,tu psl potong pendek tu,hehe.mmg geram tgk rambut kat baju/badan baby,tak suka kan,hish...

elah said...

huhuhu elah pun saikin rambut gugur lg byk dr biasa...horror je...but reason x sama dgn fith :P tgh stress kot...what with the upcoming event,jikken and ronbun semua!!

Fith said...

elah,
aah maybe stress la tu kot.jgn stress2,nanti tak lama dah nak naik pelamin,muka kena berseri2,hehe.