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Re: Can breastfeeding change how curly your hair is?
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kimberley mackenzie <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:36:00 -0700
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Actually, hormones can affect the shape of the hair follicle. Many people, 
myself included, have found that their hair became more curly at puberty. I 
would assume hormonal changes through breastfeeding could change the texture of 
her hair.

 Kimberley MacKenzie, IBCLC
Montreal, Quebec, Canada






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From: gonneke van veldhuizen <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 4:47:59 AM
Subject: Re: Can breastfeeding change how curly your hair is?

As far a I know are the color, thickness and curly-ness of hair genetically 
defined and not object to hormonal or other magical influences. 

Breastfeeding is a completely normal bodily function for all females of all 
mammalian species, it does not have any magical powers to alter inborn physical 
qualities, as some seem to believe. 


Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in southern Netherlands

Twitter @eurolacpuntnet

--- On Fri, 4/22/11, Kathleen Gale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Kathleen Gale <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] Can breastfeeding change how curly your hair is?
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Date: Friday, April 22, 2011, 4:44 AM

Hi! 
I had a mother ask me if breastfeeding could cause her hair to be less curly 
than it used to be.  Does anyone have any information about that?

Thanks!
Kathleen Gale
IBCLC, RLC
Chicago, IL

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