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Hair Loss Poll  

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  1. 1. For people >= 8 months post op: At what month did hair loss start?

    • I am 8 mos or more out and I never had hair loss.
    • Hair loss started about 1 month out
    • Hair loss started about 2 months out
    • Hair loss started about 3 months out
    • Hair loss started about 4 months out
    • Hair loss started about 5 months out
    • Hair loss started about 6 months out
    • Hair loss started about 7 months out
      0
    • Hair loss started about 8 months or more out
  2. 2. How many months did actually hair loss last?

    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 1 month
      0
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 2 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 3 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 4 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 5 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 6 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 7 months
    • Actual Hair loss lasted about 8 months or more.
    • No Hair Loss so 0 months
  3. 3. Rapid weight loss and major surgery are both factors for hair loss even for non-sleevers. We have two of those which increases our chances even more. What did you feel contributed to your hair loss?

    • Not taking vitamins
    • Low iron
    • Low protein intake
    • Rapid weight loss
    • The surgery itself
    • N/A I had no hair loss.


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Almost 5 months PO and I have lost a huge amount of hair and am still shedding . I have to admit it freaks me out ! I hope it slows soon????

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I'm almost 14 month out and have lost well over half of my hair (more like two thirds). Good Protein intake, Biotin, zinc... nothing has helped. Still shedding but at least it's slowed down and I do have spikey little short hairs sticking out everywhere, sto at least it's growing very slowly. I'm thrilled with my weight loss, but I WANT MY hair BACK !!! It was thick and gorgeous... now it's thin, limp, and stringy.

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My hair loss has either stopped or slowed to the point I do not notice it. Thankfully, I had a lot of hair to begin with but I would say my ponytail is about half the size it used to be. I have not noticed significant regrowth but I have a feeling that will not happen until my calories increase and my weight is stable.

The odd thing is that while the lost hair has not grown back, the hair that stayed has been growing very fast. I got about 4 inches cut off in July and my hair is back to that length again. The leftover hair is also very healthy and shiny. So I cannot complain too much.

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