Causes of hair loss in newborns

Anyway, after giving birth, young mothers are very unfamiliar with some of the physical changes in their children. The discovery of hair loss in newborns makes many parents very anxious. In the following article, let us understand the reasons for hair loss in children.

The fetal hair of a newborn is brought out by the mother, and most newborns will experience obvious hair loss within 2 to 3 weeks after birth. This is because after the baby is born, most of the hair follicles quickly switch from the growth phase to the resting phase within a few days. Generally, after 9 to 12 weeks, the child's hair follicles will re-form hair bulbs and grow new hair again.

If there are signs of worsening hair loss, you can go to the pediatric department of the hospital to find out the cause first and then treat it. I believe that good results will be achieved.

Generally speaking, infant hair loss can be divided into two categories: physiological hair loss and pathological hair loss, with physiological hair loss being the most common.

1. The manifestations and causes of physiological hair loss

Physiological hair loss is the natural renewal of the neonatal hair four or five months after birth, without any other abnormalities. The characteristic of this type of hair loss is that the hair is black at birth, but gradually turns yellow, and falls out diffusely four or five months after birth. This type of hair loss in infants does not require treatment and most cases will improve naturally.

After a baby is born, hair loss often occurs due to changes in the environment. Some parents do not understand this and often think that the baby is sick. If you understand this phenomenon, there is no need to worry.

In the above article, we learned about hair loss in newborns. First of all, parents and friends do not need to worry too much about this phenomenon. In life, you only need to pay attention to your child’s daily breastfeeding and milk powder, and make sure to maintain nutrition to prevent the child from lacking elements in the body.