Shedding...

Curlee_lurker

Curlee_lurker

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Thanks Vanity1.

JayAnn :( I'm sorry. Mine was bad, my hair grows pretty fast so the little hair makes it look a bit filled in if they're fully dried with no product. My whole hairline was/is sparse. I am making a u part wig so I can attempt to hide it.
 
sareca

sareca

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Silly me I thought my hair would shed evenly. Nope edges on the right side are gone left side looks totally normal.
 
SweetAKA

SweetAKA

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Well I guess I can no longer say I kept my edges this time around.:nono: I noticed last week that the shedding seemed to slow down. Still a lot than usual, but not like the big globs of it. I was brushing my hair this morning and I looked at the brush and thought that there was more hair in it than yesterday. I looked at my hair and there on the left side, hair was gone. I'm just waiting on the other side to follow along.

This is so depressing.
 
Curlee_lurker

Curlee_lurker

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Mine started around 3.5 months. It's slowing down now. I used to have a huge clump daily. Now like every other day there's a huge clump falling out. There used to be tumbleweeds of my hair on the floor that the dogs would be scared of. Just hair that fell out as I walked past.

I have a wedding to go to on Saturday and I really want to wear my hair straight, but I'm scared of seeing how thin my hair truly is. My curls kind of hide it for other people, but I know the truth.

I colored my hair dark last night and I usually need 4 applications. I used 2 last night and could have went with 1.5. I almost cried.
 
TayMac

TayMac

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I don't recall shedding with my first and no shedding so far. I take a ton of supplements so that could be a factor.
 
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DeepBluSea

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I though I was luck. No PP shedding until he was about 6 months. He's 18 months now and I'm still shedding! It is depressing because I used to have thick hair and now it is so then. Aveda Damage remedy usually helps but not with this shedding. I have been deep conditioning. Everything I can think of! I think I will do aphoghee and a garlic shampoo for the next month then get some braids because I am tired of finding hair everywhere. When will it end!? I haven't changed anything else, so I'm guessing it's PP.
 
sareca

sareca

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My hair is only shedding around the hairline. I look ridiculous. It's stupid thick in the middle and balding around the edges. Really? REALLY!? #sigh#
 
Curlee_lurker

Curlee_lurker

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The worse part is the uneven shedding. :(

Mine has slowed down a lot. I had a blowout for the wedding we attended last weekend and it has prevented my awful tangles. :) I also cut an inch or two off. :grin:
 
sareca

sareca

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SweetAKA What is up with the ceiling fan?! I thought it was just my kids. Ours stare at the chandelier so much they had me looking at it squinting and whatnot! :drunk:
 
SweetAKA

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sareca She loves the ceiling fans!! If I'm trying to finish up something, I can put her on the floor and turn the fan on and it will keep her entertained for about 5-10mins. She also loves the pots that hang from the rack in the kitchen. I wish I could be so easily entertained.:lol:
 
sareca

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Ehren said:
For the first time in my life I have "baby hairs". Should slick them down with gel? :giggle: But seriously--wth do i do with this? :look:
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When I wet mine they look even more transparent. I've been just leaving them in halo type fro situation. :ohwell:
 
sareca

sareca

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The shedding has officially started. It's scary but I'm excited! I started using Mira oil on my edges again tho. :look:

The hair texture seems to be different too. My curls are a lot looser. Has that happened to anyone else?
 
CandiedLipgloss

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Op, I went through it, and I was depressed. My mom kept telling me it would happen, and it did. It started when she was about 3 months, my hair came out in clumps, and I was literally bald at the temples. I didn't know how to conceal it, so I wore scarfs. I rubbed castor oil into my scalp and hair three times a day, I took garlic pills, and did protein treatments. Nothing helped, but after a few weeks, it slowed it down. It stopped, and started growing back in when she was about six-7 mths old. It was a nightmare, my mom told me it usually happens with girls.
 
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leiah

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sareca said:
The shedding has officially started. It's scary but I'm excited! I started using Mira oil on my edges again tho. :look:

The hair texture seems to be different too. My curls are a lot looser. Has that happened to anyone else?
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I went from curls to waves. I'm 5 months postpartum and don't have my curls back yet.

Shedding like crazy too. i had my last baby in 2010 and had just recovered from shedding when I got pregnant again!
 
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Evolving78

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i shed now and i'm only 5 months. this baby isn't giving me anything! no thickness, no length. once he gets here, i will drink protein shakes and make sure my iron levels are good. i am not trying to cut my hair.
 
Whimsy

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I'm up here tryin to make it to hip length next year but all I wanna do is take DH's clippers to my head!!!! This shedding is awful, and creating such knots...it's the worst. And the patchy front..I look like I'm sick. I hope this postpartum hair mess eases up soon.
 
Whimsy

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sareca said:
The shedding has officially started. It's scary but I'm excited! I started using Mira oil on my edges again tho. :look:

The hair texture seems to be different too. My curls are a lot looser. Has that happened to anyone else?
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my hair has started to grow in straight. it's so messed up like when white women are growing out their curly perms.:sad:
 
sareca

sareca

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It looks like it's slowing down (4months) but I have an afro at my temples. The rest of my hair is almost back to pre-preggo thickness.
 
blkbeauty

blkbeauty

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Ugh, I am bumping this thread more so just to vent. My shedding has started about 2 weeks ago, I am 3.5 months postpartum and it's really depressing. I am really getting tempted to just cut it off.
 
Curlee_lurker

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FlowerHair said:
My hair grew in straight too, but it's normal now. :yep:

I looked like Cassie lol.
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I looked like Cassie too :perplexed

I straightened my hair and parted on the side. Initially I was like OMG all this breakage?!!?? Then realized it was the pieces growing in. They're a little over an inch and I haven't too much noticed them when my hair is curly. It looks like I have a lot of baby hair, but it blends in so well I forgot about it until now.
 
freshlikemoi

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OhMiGosh!

Thanks so much for this thread... Chile I woke up 2 months ago with a damn near bald spot on the right side of my temple... and I thought WTH, I always moisturize my edges...

I didn't know it could be associated with post pregnancy. My DD is 5 months now.
 
blkbeauty

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freshlikemoi said:
OhMiGosh!

Thanks so much for this thread... Chile I woke up 2 months ago with a damn near bald spot on the right side of my temple... and I thought WTH, I always moisturize my edges...

I didn't know it could be associated with post pregnancy. My DD is 5 months now.
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yes, and it's so depressing. I had finally reached my first goal of BSL and was headed toward MLB...that's a joke now. It's so thin and not cute at all :-(
 
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