Post partum hair loss & transitioning.

I am new to NaturallyCurly.com. That being said, I have been relaxed since the age of six. Fast forward I'm now 18 and just gave birth three months ago. I want to transition due to a relaxer increasing the post partum shedding I've been experiencing. It's a very depressing subject for me. I cry every day. I'm scared to even comb or wash my hair.
As a newbie I deep condition with Shea Moisture deep conditioner once a week. The remaining days I rub Infusium 23 leave in conditioner on my scalp and seal it with coconut oil. Is this an ok regimen so far for being three months post relaxer?
Btw- for mothers who have gone through what I have, how long did your hair loss last?
As a newbie I deep condition with Shea Moisture deep conditioner once a week. The remaining days I rub Infusium 23 leave in conditioner on my scalp and seal it with coconut oil. Is this an ok regimen so far for being three months post relaxer?
Btw- for mothers who have gone through what I have, how long did your hair loss last?
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I'm now 11 months pp. My hair is finally starting to grow back in. My shedding this time was insane. At 3 months pp it was coming out in clumps. I still have a visible scalp, but it's much improved. Now I'm rocking the halo of new hairs.
I've been shampooing with shea moisture retention shampoo every 4 days to give my hair volume trying to hide my scalp. I moisturize like crazy. Lots of conditioner. As I Am coconut cowash is great. Also the shea moisture milk for thinning hair. After I shampoo with shea moisture shampoo I rinse really well, I put the milk on my crown and the coconut cowash on my ends (from the ears down. Do my regular thing in the shower. At the end I comb through my hair with a wide tooth come and squeeze all the condish out. I only rinse quickly at the end to leave some of it in.
With my hair soaking wet I flip my hair upside down and rake through some more of the milk for thinning hair and the shea moisture curling soufflea(sp?), I squeeze a bit of oil onto my ends and scrunch the crap out of it with my hands. Then I use a tee shirt. Flip down, scrunch, side, scrunch, side scrunch, down scrunch. I do this until it's about 70% dry. I then break out my diffuser and repeat the same technique of flip-side-side-flip.
I use my fingers on my crown to lift the hair from the scalp and shake my hair not breaking up the curls.
I hope this helps. Its been giving me the much needed volume to cover this temporary loss.
Also I understand how tough this transitioning period will be. But it will pass! Make sure you're eating lots of protein and fats for healthy hair growth from the inside out.