Pop star Cheryl Tweedy has revealed how she coped with losing her hair after becoming a new mother last year.
Cheryl and her boyfriend, former One Direction star Liam Payne, welcomed their first son, Bear in March 2017.
A year later, Cheryl, 34, is settled in to motherhood and has opened up about childbirth causing some of her hair to fall out.
She says it took six months for her to get back into her beauty regime, and supplements helped to regrow her hair.
Cheryl seems to have taken back control of any unwanted effects on her looks – she appeared as glamorous as ever at the Cannes Film Festival in France last month.
Cheryl, 34, is said to planning to move to New York with her one-year-old son Bear, to record her new album – her last album was released in 2014. Pictured at Cannes Film Festival in May
Pregnancy is well known to take its toll on the bodies of expectant mothers, and Cheryl has spoken up about how she coped with this unexpected effect.
In an interview with Hello! magazine, the former Girls Aloud singer added she also had skin pigmentation which was slow to fade.
‘I had a bit of hair loss after pregnancy’
The star, who used to be a judge on the X Factor and is tipped to take part in upcoming BBC show The Greatest Dancer, says she uses Lumity supplements to help with the hair loss she suffered after giving birth.
‘I had a bit of hair loss after pregnancy and supplements have really helped with that,’ she told Hello!.
‘Honestly, they’re amazing. And they aid sleep because your body’s getting what it needs.’
Hair loss after childbirth can be caused by a condition called telogen effluvium, which causes the body to shed more hair than normal.
It is normal to shed hair every day, and it regrows automatically so the total number of hairs on our head remains constant.
Telogen effluvium occurs when the proportion of hairs being shed rises from 10 per cent to 30 per cent or more – it can be triggered by childbirth.
Lumity’s supplements, which Cheryl says helped with her hair loss, contain vitamins C and E, selenium, zinc, Omega 3s and amino acids, which they say help keep skin, hair and nails healthy.
The supplements are also taken by model Kate Moss, who has swapped her wild partying lifestyle for a healthier approach.
But the most important part of her beauty regime, Cheryl says, is skincare.
‘When I was pregnant I had skin pigmentation on my face so I wanted to start to correct that.
‘Taking care of your skin can make you feel good’
‘I am [diligent when it comes to skincare] now. More so as a mother, probably.
‘You realise how much you need to take care of yourself and you respect your body a lot more for what it can do – I do, anyway.
‘Taking care of your skin can make you feel good. And if your skin’s good, your make-up looks so much better. It makes all the difference.
‘Instead of trying to mask problems with make-up, it’s a doddle if your skin’s hydrated, plump and primed.’

Cheryl, pictured at Cannes Film Festival, says taking care of her skin is the most important part of her beauty regime, and that make-up looks ‘so much better’ on healthy skin
Cheryl, who divorced footballer Ashley Cole in 2010, has since returned to her maiden name, Tweedy, and performs under just her first name.
The singer released her last album in 2014, but is reported to be moving to New York soon with one-year-old Bear to record new music.
She says the thing that most annoys her about her beauty regime is skin pigmentation.
‘I have dark circles and the pigmentation from pregnancy takes a long time to fade,’ she said.
‘You have to do what’s right for your skin type’
‘I used a corrector by SkinCeuticals – it does work, it just needs time. In general, I think a lot of people overuse products.
‘You only need a tiny bit of serum and a tiny bit of moisturiser because your skin can only absorb so much.
‘And you have to do what’s right for your skin type; don’t buy into something just because someone else loves it. You might have oily skin and they might have dry.’
Cheryl says she gets down about her body sometimes, too.
‘We all feel body conscious, don’t we?’
‘I think we all [feel body conscious], don’t we? In the past I’ve woken up on the morning of a shoot and been like: ‘Why haven’t I been to the gym for like a month?’
‘It’s not a nice feeling so I’ve learnt not do that to myself because those pictures stay with you forever. But yes, I’ve definitely had to deal with that in the past.’
And asked how she juggles motherhood and a celebrity career, she said: ‘Um, grandparents!
‘And I just plan ahead. It’s planned not to fail. I’m quite organised when it comes to the baby because I have to be. And if I plan, then I can book in the grandparents.’