6 Months Out of Surgery - Need Help

[Jacks2009 0]

I am 6 months out of surgery. Have lost about 49 pounds since my journey began. I don't have any side effects except for a major one. hair Loss

I am still losing hair and it does not look like it will stop any time soon. It is by the hand fulls all day every day. I am seeing bald spots, which is not good. I have always had extremly thick hair..

Could I be doing somethign wrong? This has me really upset..

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I want it to stop or at very least slow down. I will be shopping for wigs instead of new cloths!! lol :frown:

[Mimilou2004 13]

It wouldn't hurt to talk to your doctor in case you have a hair disease called Alopecia.

Are you getting 60 or more grams of Protein every day? I, too, am losing a lot of hair but no bald spots. I started taking Biotin. Anything you do may take 3 months to start working because of the hair cycle. If you use the search function you will find there are many good threads on Hair loss with lots of good suggestions.

Best wishes.

Mimi

[Sue Magoo 71]

Hi:

I've heard that increasing your Protein intake should help. I've also heard that it doesn't help everyone. Mine was falling out for a couple of months (not bad though, only noticable to me in the shower drain), but it did finally stop, and it did eventually go back to normal. It did take a bit of time though.

I hope yours starts to grow back soon.

Sue

[coloradobanding 5]

There are many different anecdotes to curtail hair loss, including Protein intake. I personally had more than my required Protein intake daily since day 1 so the protein theory was not my issue; don't know what was. I had the exact same problem, but it has just recently began to stop (8+ months out for me).

My doctor told me that Hair loss at 4-6 months out from surgery (most surgeries) is normal because of the shock to the body.

The good news is that he also told me that when the thinning/fall out stops, your hair will grow back thicker and quicker than pre-surgery. My hair is very long and thick, so I'm not looking forward to the "thicker" part, but every doctor and person for that matter, has an opinion on this and it's different for everyone I'm sure.

Don't worry, you will be fine. My hair loss lasted about 8 weeks or so, which is what my Dr indicated. Hang in there, no wigs, just new clothes!:frown:

[FailureIsntAnOption 0]

I am experiencing the same thing. It started right at 4 mos. post-op. Protein is not the issue for me as I get the right amount daily.

I don't buy into the stress of surgery school of thought either since I've had other surgeries and never lost my hair.

I believe it has to do with a decrease in fat consumption so I began taking flax seed oil last week. I started on Biotin a few weeks ago.

I here it's only temporary so hang in there.

Donna