I had surgery on 9/18/2009 and have been doing extremly well with losing. However it seems that as fast as I am losing the weight I am losing twice as much hair.

My Dr said it is because I am not getting enough protein but I am getting more than what he recommends. I average between 75 and 100 gms of protein a day.

I also take bioten daily but that doesn't seem to help.

I started losing the hair at about 3 months. I did read some posts that said it starts then but everyone else seems to have stopped shedding.

I made my neice a quilt this Christmas and it was covered in my hair by the time I finished. I had to get one of those sticky rollers for my hair.

My meals consist of:

Bfst-one of the following: high protein oatmeal,egg, special K

Lunch- tuna, egg, low salt lunch meat, broiled chicken or fish

Dinner- some kind of meat, some veggies

snacks- in mid afternoon I usually have a protein shake (35 gms) or protein shot (49 gms) or a protein bar (32 gms)

that seems to be alot of protein but I am still shedding. My hair is very fine and it is really fine now and won't hold a curl at all. It was a little longer than shoulder length but I cut it to chin length when it really started falling out because it was really getting thin.

Anyone have any ideas? should I spread the protein I get at snack time through the day? does your body dump protein if taken too quickly?

I take 5000 MCGs a day of Biotin. This is way above the recommended daily dose, which is measured by a person intaking 2000 calories. Some days I take 10k MCGs just to make sure, because I have a huge fear of hair loss. My hair is my thing and I cannnnooottt lose it!

Are you taking enough Vitamins? Keep in mind more are for people consuming 2000 calories a day, so you would need to at least double any dosage. Talk to you nutritionist.

I have had 2 other major surgerys not related to the band years ago, both times hair loss , and yes it stops and grows back! Just be patient and take your vit. and lots of protein!