Ashley Graham has opened up about her postpartum hair loss.

The 35-year-old model took to Instagram on Tuesday to share photos of her hair, including shorter hair in the front. She captioned the post, “I mean at least it’s growing #postpartumhairloss.”

Graham’s followers may resonate. One commented, “INCHESSSS!!! I’m like this now but it’s because of my pcos and all my vitamins.” Another added, “Gosh, I thought I was the only one who looked like this. I feel so much better now, thank you for being so transparent about the postnatal journey.
According to the Mayo Clinic, it is normal to experience hair loss for five months after giving birth. Elevated hormones during pregnancy mean that hair grows faster than it sheds, but this can change after the baby is born.

This is not Graham’s first experience of hair loss – she gave birth to her first son with husband Justin Owen in 2020, followed by twin boys in 2022. in May 2021, she told her parents that four months after giving birth to her first child, “her whole hairline fell out “It was even more painful than birth.

“It was even more painful than the birth, because I was like, ‘My hair is falling out in a ball – what am I doing?’ Then I realised it was actually a thing,” she says. “My skin was also a bit inflamed and I got a bit of rosacea which I had to fight.”

Body positivity advocate Graham also opened up about the challenges she faced in loving her postnatal body. In a May 2022 Glamour article, she talks about battling issues such as being overweight and stretch marks.

“I’ve learned that it’s okay if the journey of falling in love with the skin you’re in is more complicated than you think,” she wrote. “Even now, if I’m being completely honest, I’m having waves. Regardless of my own positive body advocacy, I still don’t feel completely comfortable with my body. There are days when I look at myself and say, ‘There’s nothing you can’t handle. There’s nothing you can’t do. Then I look at the stretch marks that are still there and will always be there on my stomach and I think, ‘God, why did you have to grow above my belly button? For God’s sake, I’m a lingerie model. This is not what a lingerie model looks like. But then I reminded myself, ‘Well, I’ve never been the standard of a typical lingerie model.'”