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3 months postpartum, eating healthy. is it true that hair falls off after pregnancy? my hair started falling off and there's hair everywhere now
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Telogen effluvium: It is normal to lose hair after delivery as hair cycles between growth during pregnancy and loss postpartum.
Answered 11/28/2017
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