Hair and skin changes?

[Voltige]

I'm normally a pretty oily person I've washed my hair daily for years because it just looks dirty after one day. . . . but recently it's different. My hair feels really dry and brittle. I can go two days between washes now, which I don't mind at all, but the texture is bugging the heck out of me. It knots like crazy too. I imagine this is hormonal, and I know it's going to start to fall out soon. I'm so tempted to cut it all off again.

My skin is also dry, odd for me. I need to moisturize even now in the middle of summer! Anyone else going through these weird changes? Wonder how long it's going to last? I don't recall this from my last pregnancy at ALL.

[musiclady]

I obviously didn't read this before I posted. The shedding is driving me CRAZY. My husband thinks I look better in long hair. I live in "hot.as.craps.ville"

It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't find long strands of blond on her pjs! Geez. Sometimes it's on her blanket, sometimes on her foot-oh it's just so gross.

Not that I've EVER had thin hair a day in my life. I have thick blond hair and lots of it. but I can run the brush through it now and my brush is full. Guess that my body decided I was done. So why doesn't your hair shed during preggo anyway?

[Erinz]

How old are you? Mine changes and becomes more dry every year. I used to have to wash daily, then every other day, then every three! Now I'm on every 4 days. I'm 35.

[midnightmommy]

I'm not having hair loss or dry hair, but when I came home from giving birth I had a grey hair! I'm almost positive it wasn't there before. I'm 27 that's not cool!

[WeasleyMum]

Yes to all of the above! My hair is drier (and it was already dry!), I've got a bunch more greys than before (and I'm only 28!), and my skin, which used to be nice and soft, now feels rough. Argh. And my ass is gone. Not that it fits into this thread, but I felt like complaining.