Rihanna gets candid about post-partum hair loss: ‘That was not on the pamphlet’

The singer embraced her new look on the red carpet while revealing the reason behind her recent hair loss.

Motherhood can be a hair-raising experience.

Rihanna opened up about one of the realities of post-partum life in a new interview Refinery29 shared on Instagram Wednesday — and fans can’t get enough of her “relatable” comments, Page Six reports.

The Diamonds singer, 36, chatted with the media outlet at her Fenty Hair launch party on Monday, admitting that hair loss was “not on the pamphlet” before she signed up for motherhood.

Rihanna — who shares sons RZA, 2, and Riot, 10 months, with partner A$AP Rocky — continued, “I did not expect it to happen in waves, either. I thought it would just happen and grow back.”

Instead, the Umbrella singer said that she had patches of hair that fell off in different places on her head, sighing, “enough is enough.”

Rihanna rocked natural hair at her Fenty Hair launch party in LA on June 10. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

The singer says she has learnt to embrace her post-partum hair loss. Picture: Leon Bennett/Getty Images

However, she took the experience as an opportunity to switch up her style, adding, “I learned to embrace that in itself. That just actually made me get a little more creative and clever with my hair stuff.”

For the launch event, Rihanna wore her hair in closely cropped natural curls, sporting an oversized red leather Khaite jacket with a matching pencil skirt and piles of ruby and diamond jewellery.

The Fenty Beauty founder received plenty of praise on the Reel, like one fan who wrote, “one thing she is gonna do is be relatable while giving us quality. the girl just can’t be beat.”

Rihanna and rapper A$AP Rocky share two sons.

The singer appeared to hide her natural hair under this look in April at her Fenty Beauty new product launch. Picture: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

“I love Rhi’s human moments!!” a second Instagram user commented, while a third added, “love celebs speaking about the realities of hair loss, through pregnancy or otherwise.”

“Given how personal Black hair is, this is the kind of relatability I really wish Cecred had,” another fan mused, referring to Beyoncé’s new haircare line.

Speaking of hair, Rihanna’s new Fenty haircare line launched Thursday, featuring everything from moisturising shampoo to a heat-protecting styling cream.

No matter what motherhood throws at her, we have a feeling RiRi will roll with it in style.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission