I haven’t worn my hair back for just over a year now. A slick bun? My usual topknot? Forget it. Out of the question. It’s no coincidence that this hairstyle change coincided with my giving birth. Indeed, I’m in the thick — or not so thick — of postpartum hair loss, a common condition that involves excessive hair shedding due to the sudden rise and drop in hormones.
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It’s a Thursday evening and I’m showing the broken bits in despair to Anna Lahey and Rita Ora on a Zoom call. Wait, hold on. Anna Lahey is the global beauty entrepreneur who founded the ingestible-collagen brand Vida Glow.
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Typebea founders Rita Ora and Anna Lahey
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But Rita Ora? As in the singer-songwriter