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    Posted: February 06 2004 at 12:55pm
Tina, headaches caused by pregnancy are fairly common and there's a chance that it was the pg'cy causing the headaches and not your hair.

Good luck with your hair growth goals!


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Hi,
I 'm afraid that your headaches were caused by the pregnancy. I feel so sorry that you cut your long hair. My hair is over 40" and this never caused headaches although I do agree with Erinhynn that tight buns may cause problems. Hope your hair will grow long again!
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Hi, Ive not gotten headachs from the weight of my hair although i have gotten them from wearing my hair in a tight bun. I think if you didnt have heachachs untill you were pregnant then you shouldnt have them now with long hair (unless you get pregnant again). I think pregnacy causes aches and pains and sensitivity to things that normaly arent a problem.

Grow your hair =)
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Thanks! I am glad (and sad) to hear that it probably wasn't the weight of my hair. Glad because now I know that I can grow it out again and most likely not have headaches. Sad because it makes me think just how long my hair would be now..... (My DD will be 8 in August... 8 more years of length...WOW)
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Hi FlyBabyTina, welcome to the board!

My hair is very long and has been for years... about 5 years ago I started to get headaches (at the time my hair was about as long as yours was) and I wondered if they were caused by the length of my hair. But I was also under a lot of stress at the time, and not in top physical shape. So I found ways to reduce the stress and started exercising (and stretching my neck muscles). Headaches disappeared pronto!

I firmly believe that that headaches are not caused by the length or weight of hair; I believe there are other causes (stress, weak neck muscles, less-than-optimal diet, hairstyle, etc.).

Hope this helps you to avoid getting headaches as your hair grows longer.
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Hi everyone! I used to have long hair (almost long enough to tuck in the back of my pants) but when I got pregnant with my first baby, I had to get it cut short (below shoulders) because I kept getting awful headaches due to the weight of my hair. Do any of you expirience headaches? I would LOVE to grow my hair long again (it is now between my shoulder blades) but I don not want to deal with the headaches. BTW, my hair is thick and slightly coarse...
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