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Ok...so I'm only 4 months out, but I'm doing FABULOUS! I've been super lucky with no complications and an easy recovery. My questions relate to 1) hair Loss....how long did you go thru it cuz mine is really falling out quite a bit! and 2) how about your scars? mine are still VERY red. How long until the redness goes away? I've been putting Neosporin on them, hope that helps but we will see! Thanks for your input. :-)

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I'm only 3 months out and am experiencing mega hair loss myself! I take 10,000mcg of Biotin everyday but it doesn't seem to be helping. My scars are still a bit red but I've been putting Vitamin E on them since they healed over and it seems to be working. Hopefully, someone will give us some good advice for hair loss!!!

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I don't really remember when the scars healed but my torso was a road map of scars from previous surgeries so I wasn't paying attention.

My hair fell out like crazy while I was losing. Now that my weight loss has stopped for several months, my hair has stated to grow back. It is MUCH thinner that what I am used to and my super curly hair is now straight as a board.

Even with the thin hair, I would have the surgery again in a heartbeat.

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Never had much hair loss......took some hair related supplements daily from GNC the first 8 months.

Seemed to work.

Scars have faded and are small enough to either not be noticeable or could be the subject of some really cool stories if I wanted to make some up.

All is well.

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Like others said, you can always try Vitamin E. Just buy the capsules and puncture them and rub it right on to your scars. Mine faded fairly quickly to a light pink but my stomach is already such a mess of stretch marks I feel like the scars are the least of my concerns, lol.

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I use Bio Oil on my scars. They're faded to almost nothing.

HW - 283

SW- 238

CW- ?

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I'm one month post op so not sure about Hair loss due to I don't currently have any . But I have been using bio oil and if you look up my post about my belly, you will see my scars are fading really well. Bio oil is costly but it works.

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Thank you all!! Ima gettin' some of that Bio Oil...sounds good. I'm whitey mcwhiterton...so on me, the scars are REALLY still pretty red. It's weird, but i'm actually getting self concious about it!

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