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First I want to state this is my success and mayn't necessarily work for you....

!st important factor as we all know is Protein and plenty of it, if you have difficult eating your allotted amount as I do try various Protein drinks. I personally vomit all Protein Drinks except the unjury chicken flavor Protein powder.

2nd important factor is plenty of Water. It is important to stay hydrated throughout the day.

That being said here is the formula I use every day. My only regret is not beginning sooner, like right after my surgery.

Oh, and just a quick reminder, we average a loss of one hundred strands of hair a day, just an important fact to make you feel slightly better.

Every morning and evening I take one Biotin 7500mg.

I condition my hair with Nioxin every nite and Shampoo twice a week with Nioxin. Sally Beauty's store sells Nioxin in a off brand called Nutri-ox, it works just as well and saves some money.

Afterwards I use Doo Gro (found at Sally's Beauty), which is an ethnicity lotion that is used as an leave-in product (some of the ingredients are oat Protein, shea butter, beeswax, etc.), combined with Argan oil treatment, use both sparingly.

This combination has worked for me and may help one of you. Of course we all of varying opinions if any of these products really do work, however I can say honestly it has for me.

Good Luck

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Good tips and I'm glad you were able to avoid hairloss. I drank plenty of Water, always got my Protein in, and took Biotin. Still, at 3 months out I started losing hair. A LOT of hair. It fortunately started to slow down at around 6 months out, and a month later was pretty much falling out at a normal rate.

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Well I didnt avoid Hair loss altogether, it was a lot at the beginning, but I do have it slowing down at 5 months post op.

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I was glad to see you put the dosage on the Biotin. I have been taking it since 5/09, 1000mg a day and it has (knock on wood) kept me from losing hair. I have a lap band and did not get thinning hair. In fact my hair dresser said my hair got thicker. So give it a try if you haven't already

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Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks so much for info. I am very worried of getting bald spots not just from the surgery but 2mo. after my brother age52 had stroke and died suddenly then last week my younger brother 42 had a heart attack and died. I understand stress from this type of loss can cause Hair loss. I started loosing hair at 3 1/2mo. it seemed to slow down after a couple weeks but this week started to see lots when I Shampoo. Oh well they say it will grow back.

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I have PCOS so I already have Hair loss and yes I highly recommend DOO GRO no matter what your ethnicity, it helps.

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Thanks so much for info. I am very worried of getting bald spots not just from the surgery but 2mo. after my brother age52 had stroke and died suddenly then last week my younger brother 42 had a heart attack and died. I understand stress from this type of loss can cause hair loss. I started loosing hair at 3 1/2mo. it seemed to slow down after a couple weeks but this week started to see lots when I Shampoo. Oh well they say it will grow back.

Please accept my deepest sympathy for the tremendous loss of your two brothers. Healing thoughts are with you and your family during this very difficult time.

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I am hoping to lose the hair on my chin.......

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Love it Louise. Lol.

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