The custom of not cutting your hair during pregnancy.

Pregnant women will find that their hair has become more and less than usual during pregnancy. In fact, it is not that the hair of pregnant women grows fast, but that the hair loss of pregnant women is slower than usual. Because during pregnancy, the growth cycle of hair is prolonged due to the increase of estrogen level. Many pregnant women like to cut their hair short during pregnancy, because their bellies are getting bigger and bigger, and it will become very difficult to wash their hair, but there is a folk custom that they can't cut their hair short during pregnancy. What's going on here?

According to folklore, pregnant women should not touch sharp tools such as knives and scissors when they are pregnant, because they are afraid of accidentally injuring the fetal god, which may easily lead to fetal shock and even abortion. There is also a saying that cutting hair will affect the normal physiological state and nutritional metabolism of pregnant women, and even cause the baby to be deformed.

But in fact, these two statements have no scientific basis. On the contrary, the scientific view is that too long hair will consume nutrients in the body and affect the nutritional metabolism of pregnant women themselves. Whether to cut your hair or not depends on your personal needs. It is really inconvenient for pregnant women to wash their hair in the second trimester. If they keep their hair too long, it will take a long time to wash their hair, which will lead to the bending and compression of the waist and abdomen for too long, and there is also a risk of slipping. Secondly, if it is summer, pregnant women bear the weight of two people, and their body temperature will be higher. If the hair is too long, they will sweat too much or get prickly heat. Therefore, if pregnant women feel it is necessary to cut their hair, they can cut it.