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I am keeping up with my Protein, to a fault and my hair is still thinning. Does anyone have any advise on this or ideas? I am thinking of going back to prenatal Vitamins because it always makes my hair thicker, my friend mentioned a Shampoo at her salon, besides that, I am not sure what else to do.

As far as weight loss. I started the Journey at 234 and I am now 197 I think. My scaled puts me as low as 195 but the gym scaled hasn't budged past 199, forever.

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You can try taking boitin.

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My hair starting thinning (lots of hair in the shower drain) so I went to the dermatologist. To my relief he said I wouldn't go bald. He said your body goes into a kind of shock due to rapid weight loss and that it would subside. It has gotten much better in the past few months. I am 14 months post op. I was lucky to have started with a pretty thick head of hair.

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i didn't lose any of my hair the first 2 months after surgery. i thought i was one of the lucky ones that wouldn't. well, 3 months after my surgery my hair started falling out. my hair dresser made a comment but i had already noticed.

i knew it wouldn't be permanent so i didn't do anything about it and just let nature take its course. i have very thick hair so i wasn't overly worried. it all grew back!

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I also did not notice hair loss the first couple months but in the last month it has increased a lot. I have always had seriously thick hair. My mother would always say "I don't know where that hair came from certainly not from me". When I get a hair cut they have to use the thinning scissors. Getting concerned!

Anyway, I have an appointment with my hemotologist (had a blood clot 16 months ago) and will talk to him about Bioten. I want to check before taking it because Vitamins and minerals can affect alot of things. I will let you all know what he has to say if anything about Vitamins that can help Hair growth. I'm think working in oncology he will have some thoughts.

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Guest pancakes4life

I have heard Nioxin Shampoo works, that may be what you are talking of.

I don't go to the doctor again for 4 more weeks...but when I go I want to ask him about Hair loss. I can't really believe it's just the protein....because I can promise you I was not even getting half the Protein before surgery that I am getting now.

I hope I don't have any hair loss issues.

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I also had a lot of Hair loss in the first seven months. I didn't do anything about it and it has thickened up again back to normal. Sounds like this happens more often than not with rapid weight loss. Always check with your doctor if you are really worried. Take care.

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that's encouraging news--thanks for posting this. My hair is not thinning (yet) but I will keep this in mind if it does.

My hair starting thinning (lots of hair in the shower drain) so I went to the dermatologist. To my relief he said I wouldn't go bald. He said your body goes into a kind of shock due to rapid weight loss and that it would subside. It has gotten much better in the past few months. I am 14 months post op. I was lucky to have started with a pretty thick head of hair.

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I, too, am noticing a lot of hair in the shower drain catcher. I have a lot of hair, so I will wait to see. I think a few less hairs would be a good thing when you are talking about the amount of hair I have. Not just thick shafts, but tons of hair. It overwhelms just about every hairdresser I have, unless I have been with them for a while.

Still taking in tons of Protein and taking my Vitamins...

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Thanks everyone, I have pretty thin hair to begin with so too much Hair loss scares me. Some of the girls at my Doctors office are practically bald on top. My friend is looking into getting me the NIoxin Shampoo. UGH

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