Dude, where’s my hair?

I hate wet hair. It’s strange, I know, as I have to deal with it so regularly when I wash my mane every two days but it’s one of my two biggest hates (alongside coriander). Loose wet hair actually makes me gag – having to clear it out of the shower especially. Ugh.

So you can imagine my horror in dealing with postpartum hair loss. On average we lose around 100 hairs a day, at the moment I feel like I am losing 1,000. I have clumps of it that come out at all times of day. I shudder as I take it out first thing in the morning, close my eyes as I pick off the strays that stick to my clothes and chuck out decent sized balls of hair that fall out during a blow dry. I quickly mass it up and chuck it down the toilet or out the window. Bad, I know, but looking at it makes me feel sick. Postpartum hair loss is quite common and most women notice a drastic change around three months after giving birth. It can take up to 12 months for things to get back to normal. Baby M just turned 5 months so I still have a way to go at the rate I am currently shedding.

So what are the tips for dealing with this? Healthy eating, taking vitamin supplements and avoiding blow drys and curlers. Some easier to do than others. But perhaps the best thing I can do right now is to get it cut, and boy does it need it after lockdown – my last visit to the hairdresser was in January! So husband dearest is going to have to mind the kids while mama gets her hair snipped, and perhaps dyed too to cover all the greys, but that’s another story.