Hair loss

[Kristen77 23]

The surgery itself makes me nervous but the Hair loss is really making me nervous. Has anyone experienced this yet? If so have you noticed much hair loss? Thanks

[onthefencejenny 204]

I am just about 7 months out from surgery! My Hair loss started about 4 months out and is just starting to slow down! Luckily I had really thick hair to start with but its definately scary when I could pull handfuls out with ever shower! I take Biotin and eat my Proteins but it still happened! Not sure if there is a magic solution! Good luck

[Tauruslady5 154]

Morning.......

I had my surgery back on 11/21/14. To date, I have lost very little hair. I am a blond, so I already have thin hair. I started taking Biotin 10,000mcg instantly because I was afraid I would loose my hair.

I am having no problem with the Hair loss, like I mentioned, maybe 1 hair a day if that. Most days I hve asolutely NO hair loss.

Don't worry, you should be fine

[JamieLogical 8,710]

I started losing hair around month 3 and now that I'm just over 5 months out, it's already started coming back. The loss was never noticeable to others, maybe in part because I cut off all my hair at month 2, but I noticed a LOT of hair all over my bathroom floor, in the shower drain, and all over my hands when washing my hair or putting in hair gel. Now my little baby hairs that are coming in are about 3/4 of an inch long and look a little raggedy along my hair line and sticking up all over (like fly aways), but it really has not been all that bad. I plan to grow my hair long again and I doubt it will be an issue anymore a couple of months from now.

[JamieLogical 8,710]

Morning.......

I had my surgery back on 11/21/14. To date, I have lost very little hair. I am a blond, so I already have thin hair. I started taking Biotin 10,000mcg instantly because I was afraid I would loose my hair.

I am having no problem with the Hair loss, like I mentioned, maybe 1 hair a day if that. Most days I hve asolutely NO hair loss.

Don't worry, you should be fine

I don't want to burst your bubble, but you're just now getting to the window of time when you might start seeing some hair loss. It usually starts 3-5 months post op. It was pretty much right at the 3 month mark for me when it started, but some people don't see it start for a while longer.

[Miss Mac 6,262]

I am one of the fortunate few who have not experienced hair loss. From the start (12/23/2013) I took 20,000 mg of Biotin daily. Walgreens has the 10,000 mg capsules and I still take two a day.

However, I did have a big problem with dry shredding fingernails, so the doctor recommended taking Gelatin every day. Once I started that, the nails returned to healthy in about two weeks.

Thanks to outstanding post-op nutrition, my hairdesser said that my hair is now the healthiest she has ever seen it.

[S(he) be(lie)ve(d) 151]

My surgery was Sept 8, 2014. The shedding hit big time. I'm hoping it ends soon. However, I've had 2 surgeries relatively close together. About 3 months after each, I lose hair from the anesthesia and now from weight loss. So, with that said, I've lost A LOT of hair, but also have a lot of new growth coming in that is about an inch and a 1/2 long. It's had to be cut really short and is to the point that I can't even style it. Because of dramatic Hair loss, I wear a wig. Nobody even knows it's a wig at all. My hair was really fine to begin with. I've done all the "to do's" to help my hair, but it's going to react the way it is going to react. It's life.

[Kristen77 23]

Thanks everyone for your input! I already have fine thin hair so of course it's a concern... I started taking Biotin everyday since middle of December. I have yet to notice a change in my hair but definitely will continue taken. Scheduled March 5 for surgery.