I am four months post banding and have been losing my hair by the handful the last few weeks. I had a fill yesterday and my doctor said I need to take Biotin supplements.

I have lost 34 lbs since my banding on May 26th!

I am having significant hair loss as well, thank God I had really thick hair to begin with. I have talked to a few physicians about this and generally we are losing the hair that is in the dormant state because of a extreme diet change and the stress from the surgery. We are going to stop shedding about 6 months post op and after another 6 months our hair should be back to normal! Make sure you take your daily vitamin, and don't wear your hair up a lot, but other than that nothing much will really help.

MY doctor also told me to use olive oil shampoo and take fish oil. He thinks it is also due to the fact that I don't eat much fat at all.

I too have very think hair!

Cool! I'll try that too!

I am not yet post op but when reading the guidelines book i was given, it says in there that you may lose your hair if you arent taking in enough protein... Not sure if that will help you but just a thought...

My surgery was June 1st and I have lost about 1/2 of my hair.

I've taken Biotin all along and it doesn't really do anything. I also use the Biotin shampoo, but I'm still short half my hair.

I had thin hair to begin with, so now I look like a chemo patient, enough that I scared my grand daughter.

I went to a dermatologist and he said it will start to grow again in 4 to 6 months. I had 2 surgeries 1 month apart, so he says that was too stressful for my body. I hope it comes back. In the meantime, I'm getting used to hats, and bought a wig, but haven't had the guts to wear it yet.

Carol

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The loss is from diet change and surgery stress. I have had several surgerys over the years and never had this happen, so I am going with the diet change and the main factor. I take Boiten and my hair still came out, just not real bad. The protein is always mentioned when this is talked about but I don't if it's because we now get more than we did or less??? It started about 4 months after surgery and lasted about 3 months. My bald spot is almost gone :cursing: