Contents:
- Medical Video: What Actually Happens When You Have An Abortion?
- A health perspective regarding the prohibition of shampooing after giving birth
- Suggestions for new mothers if you want to shampoo
- What if hair loss after giving birth?
Medical Video: What Actually Happens When You Have An Abortion?
During pregnancy and after childbirth, there are often questions about hair problems. Hair is indeed a crown of beauty for women. No wonder if there are problems appearing on your hair, you will usually try immediately to find a solution. However, is it true that new mothers are prohibited from shampooing after giving birth? Is this a myth or fact?
A health perspective regarding the prohibition of shampooing after giving birth
Just as in the period before pregnancy, even during pregnancy and maternity hair still needs good care. At a minimum you have to wash your hair regularly, if you sweat excessively, this can be done every day.
However, is it true that after giving birth, the mother may not wash or wash her hair for 40 days?
Of course this is not true. After giving birth, pregnant women actually have to maintain the health of their hair. Washing your hair or shampooing can be done at any time, with the note that the mother after giving birth is healthy and has no complications, for example bleeding, anemia, or hypertension.
From the medical side, there is no negative effect from the act of shampooing after labor. But of course shampooing must be adjusted to the condition of the mother after giving birth. After caesarean delivery, mothers are generally allowed to move gradually; starting with tilting the right and left body, sitting, standing, and then walking, so that shampooing can only be carried out if it is possible.
Keep in mind, if there is a suture wound on any part of the body after labor (both sutures in the vagina and in the abdomen due to caesarean section), it should be kept clean and dry.
If it is moist because it is wet from a shower, immediately ask the nurse to replace it with a new one.
Suggestions for new mothers if you want to shampoo
If you want to shampoo after giving birth, especially after experiencing bleeding, do not wash yourself in the bathroom but ask the help of a nurse, midwife, or family to help wash your hair. Imagine if you don't wash 40 days, besides the smell of sweat and maybe being exposed to blood, your hair will definitely become a nest of germs.
The key is that you know the condition of your body after childbirth and know what you need. Most importantly, don't push yourself.
What if hair loss after giving birth?
If you experience hair loss after giving birth, remember that this is normal in many pregnant women, and this is only temporary. The good news is, whenever there is hair falling out, there will be new hair that grows.
In the meantime, you can accelerate new hair growth and reduce hair loss by giving it nutrients from inside, with the following nutrients:
- Biotin, such as meat, dried beans, seeds
- B6, like meat, nuts, seeds
- Omega 3 acids, such as salmon, grains, macadamia nuts, walnuts
- Copper, such as grains, dried fruit, almonds, vegetables
- Zinc, such as grains, vegetables, meat, seafood
