I have 2 leave in conditioners that I like a lot that feel weightless and provide heat protection! This one is my slight preference (it is also is used by my daughters and it’s a great detangler, even on dry hair). This one is also a heat protector and does those things, but the price point is slightly higher and it isn’t as good at detangling.

Hi! My hair is fine and thinning, and heat protectants tend to make my hair feel dry. Do you have any recommendations for one that is moisturizing without weighing down my hair?

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Yes, pregnancy is much more restrictive than nursing. Anything safe for pregnancy is ok for nursing. The only ingredients you need to worry about for a shampoo postpartum that I would worry about (no need to worry about conditioners, they don’t touch the scalp) is a retinoid.

The thing about postpartum hair loss is that it is mediated very differently than regular hair loss and you can NOT stop it unless you get pregnant again. It is hormonally driven, you’re losing all of the hair that you stopped shedding while pregnant. On occasion (and this isn’t true of most women) you might have exaggerated hair loss due to a thyroid issue during this time, and if you truly feel like you have lost a larger than normal amount of hair I would talk to your doctor about that and/or anemia. None of the over the counter shampoos/conditioners and such have been shown to really help with regular hair loss and they won’t help with postpartum loss, unfortunately.

The best recommendations I have are:
1) don’t make any big hair changes. A lot of women do something like chop off 8 inches of hair. You won’t be happy with the end result, it’s too drastic of a change. I’d experiment with different ways of styling your hair, change your part, etc.

2) There are supplements, but I wouldn’t recommend any of those if you’re nursing, you should just continue with your prenatal vitamin while nursing.

3) Minimize breakage and damage as this can make the hair loss seem even worse. Decrease the temperature on all of your heat tools to under 400, always use at least one heat protectant product (I try to use at least 2 products that offer heat protection if I am curling my hair, I learned my lesson by frying my hair), and use treatment products like masks at least once a week.

4) You’ll have baby hairs coming in within a few weeks. They can be hard to spot, but they’re there! If you color your hair, go darker not lighter. It will help those baby hairs show up, creating the illusion of thicker hair.

I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for years! I should do that….

I saw below that you don’t have to worry much about heat protectants during pregnancy…I’m assuming the same while breastfeeding? Trying to combat the postpartum hair loss! Yikes. Also wondering if you have a page dedicated to safe postpartum shampoo/conditioners ? I see a lot on amazon and other blogs with ingredients I am unfamiliar with but geared at helping the hair loss. Thank you in advance for your help!

Very appreciated.

Heat protectants are only on the hair itself, which can’t absorb anything. Anything you apply directly to the skin of the scalp you need to worry about. So you don’t need to look at the ingredients of heat protectants and other styling products at all.

Could you recomend me a heat protector for pregnancy? . Every bottle I’ve seen has ethylexyl cynammate, retynol, salicilate, I’m tired searching :c. I saw here that hair products are not a problem during pregnancy, except for those staying longer on your scalp, so I think a heat protector stays longer on your hair.

Thank you !!