hair loss anyone?

[emb5126 0]

hey everyone.. i'm almost 4 months out after my surgery and have had 2 fills, it will be 3 next week. my problem is i've gotten really tired lately and have lost almost half the hair on my head. i slacked for a month or so on my Vitamins but have started religiously taking them again. has this happened to anyone else?

[jazie 0]

Are you counting your Protein? My dr told me that most of the time this happens with the bypass.

[lyndzileigh 0]

hey everyone.. i'm almost 4 months out after my surgery and have had 2 fills, it will be 3 next week. my problem is i've gotten really tired lately and have lost almost half the hair on my head. i slacked for a month or so on my Vitamins but have started religiously taking them again. has this happened to anyone else?

What is your diet like? This has nothing to do with vitamins it sounds more like a Protein issue. Eat more protein and see what happens.

[melmel 0]

Hairloss does happen to alot of bypass patients. Lapband patients absord all the viatmins and nutrients that are taken in, whereas bypass patients dont. It is extremely important for you to get ALOT of Protein in and take your Vitamins every day. You really need to talk to a doctor/nutrionist and find out how much protein you should be consuming on a daily basis!! Good luck to you!:wink2:

P.S. my doc says to get 64 Fluid ounces every day and 64 grams of protein everyday.

Edited July 29, 2008 by melmel

[glorybee123 0]

I've had some Hair loss about 4 months after every surgery I have ever had! I think it has more to do with anesthesia. The good news is that it comes back. Of course I am careful to get in my protien and I take Biotin too just in case.

[ThinknHealthy 0]

I'm not convinced it has anything to do with whether you had lap band, bypass, or whatever. In 2003 I started losing weight using weight watchers. I lost 93 lbs. My hair fell out. My doctor said that some people will lose hair when they lose weight rapidly. He said it grows back when the weight stabilizes. For me, that turned out to be exactly true. I did take (still do) Biotin and I agree with making sure you get enough Protein (which I didn't know about in my earlier weight loss). Even now though, since my lap-band, I'm losing hair again but not as much or as rapidly as before. My advice is to follow the advice you read here but then don't worry about it. Consider your Hair loss a battle scar on your war against obesity. It will grow back when you've won that war. Oh, and you may want to get a screen or something in your bathtub or the hair will get stuck, what a mess. Good luck.

[1bayougirl 0]

hey everyone.. i'm almost 4 months out after my surgery and have had 2 fills, it will be 3 next week. my problem is i've gotten really tired lately and have lost almost half the hair on my head. i slacked for a month or so on my Vitamins but have started religiously taking them again. has this happened to anyone else?

You need your protien and vitamins

[dancinglamb 0]

Yep, I've been losing hair, too. Thankfully, I had/have a lot, so it's really only noticeable to me (and whoever might see my brush before I clean it!).

I asked my dermatologist about it and he said that it's a result of being deficient in Biotin and zinc, as well as a reaction to such a change in diet. My nails have also gone to hell in a hand basket.

He suggested that I start taking these Vitamins called "Hair, Skin and Nails". They're kind of large, so you can break them in half if you need to. The only thing that sucks about them (other than that gross Vitamin smell) is that you have to take them three times a day.

When the ones he recommended came in the mail (I ordered them from drugstore.com), I kind of blew them off for all the reasons above. I was doing 2500mg/biotin a day and figured I'd polish off that bottle first. They weren't really doing much (well, who knows - all my hair could've fallen out and maybe it did save some of it!), so I finally gave in and started taking the new stuff last week. I've also been trying to not consistently wear it in the same ponytail all the time (it's long - past brastrap). I figure the less tension/stress on the same location, the less breakage, kwim?

He said it would take a month or so to see a difference, but at this point, I figure, I've got to do something. I've also started using OPI's Nail Envy. The derm Dr. suggested Derma Nail if all else fails (stuff you put on the edge of your cuticle), though it's something that you also have to order online.

Oh, and I've also been using Nioxin Shampoo. I found it at Ulta (if you look for the sample goodie boxes they're cheaper). He said to keep using it, because it would help.

So, just know that you're not the only one!

-m

Edited July 30, 2008 by dancinglamb