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Im by no means vain, but has anyone else noticed that since the RNY a drastic increase in grey hair?

for 5 years prior to surgey i have had a small wisp of grey hair in the front of my hairline and it was kinda cool looking. Today i seriously noticed it looks like i painted a grey room with out a hat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

RJ

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Im by no means vain' date=' but has anyone else noticed that since the RNY a drastic increase in grey hair?

for 5 years prior to surgey i have had a small wisp of grey hair in the front of my hairline and it was kinda cool looking. Today i seriously noticed it looks like i painted a grey room with out a hat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

RJ[/quote']

I'm going to be honest, I was thinking to myself last week while looking at my hair, I was thinking what's up with all the gray hair around my hairline and I never had gray hair before, I thought maybe it came from this surgery but I dismissed it out of my thoughts.

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I'm going to be honest' date=' I was thinking to myself last week while looking at my hair, I was thinking what's up with all the gray hair around my hairline and I never had gray hair before, I thought maybe it came from this surgery but I dismissed it out of my thoughts.[/quote']

Cole,

have been reading up on this tonight. yep its one of those wacky side effects. it happens the same time as Hair loss. ill take the grey over hair loss any day of the week......knock wood so far hair is staying on my head were it belongs

Thank you modern pharmacutical companies that produce Biotin

RJ

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I started turning grey at 18 as I grew older and it became more I started coloring it. Finally the grey wouldn't hold the tint, so I said the heck with it and let it go natural. I'm now at the age where I should have grey hair, but I will say I have had more compliments about grey hair then I did with my own natural color. What I have noticed is that it was just growing back from the lapband surgery, but that was before I knew about Biotin will see what happens. RNY 9/11/13.

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Thank you everyone for the input. i was not sure if it was just me. im cool with the change , just wasnt expecting it to change so quick. Thin, healthy & grey i can live with:-)

have a great day

RJ

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We get more gray??? Thank god I color!!!

date of surgery 02/21/12 surgery weight 340 lbs. current weight 146 lbs

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I also hear that anesthesia can cause grey hair...

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I also hear that anesthesia can cause grey hair...

im 3 months out so this just started. doubt the anesthesia is the culprit but i see my surgeon on the 27th ill ask. thanks for the input :-)

RJ

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Im by no means vain' date=' but has anyone else noticed that since the RNY a drastic increase in grey hair?

for 5 years prior to surgey i have had a small wisp of grey hair in the front of my hairline and it was kinda cool looking. Today i seriously noticed it looks like i painted a grey room with out a hat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

RJ[/quote']

Ive heard of loosing hair after RNY, and I've heard of going grey after going through a severely stressful event, so it would make sense that an RNY could cause an increase in grey

hair. Give it some time, it may reverse a little over time.

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Ive heard of loosing hair after RNY' date=' and I've heard of going grey after going through a severely stressful event, so it would make sense that an RNY could cause an increase in grey

hair. Give it some time, it may reverse a little over time.[/quote']

Dear Sashalk,

Thank for your words of encouragement. im perfectly ok with the grey in my hair. its been a couple of days :-) and im starting to actually like the way it looks..... for now!

I at that age were greying is expected.

RJ

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Im by no means vain' date=' but has anyone else noticed that since the RNY a drastic increase in grey hair? for 5 years prior to surgey i have had a small wisp of grey hair in the front of my hairline and it was kinda cool looking. Today i seriously noticed it looks like i painted a grey room with out a hat. Anyone else experiencing this? RJ[/quote']

Nope no gray...oh wait, I lost most of my hair!!! It's finally re-growing and it's coming in curly! What the heck!?! :)

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