Hello to all,

I am scheduled to have my surgery in mid january. I have been hearing about hair loss. this makes me a little scared. I have long hair, and it has always been a very big part of my life. I already have thinning hair due to thyroid disease. So the thought of losing more is freaking me out. Please if anyone has any info, please let me know.

Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to give.

Hello to all,

I am scheduled to have my surgery in mid january. I have been hearing about hair loss. this makes me a little scared. I have long hair, and it has always been a very big part of my life. I already have thinning hair due to thyroid disease. So the thought of losing more is freaking me out. Please if anyone has any info, please let me know.

Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to give.

After your surgery be sure to take at least 200% of Vitamins and Calcium. Since you have a smaller stomach you have less time to absorb sufficient amounts of necessary supplements.

I feel you on this subject I also have thinning hair from my thiroid not being right I dont know hwat I will do if I loose more in a few months, might just have to go and get a wig. but not every one looses their hair I think it is something like 1/3 of the people do. There are a couple of things that you could do to try and prevent the loss, you could take biotin, you could buy special shampoos like nioxin or mane and tail, also some people say as long as you get in all your protein you will be fine. I am sure there are other remidies out there that other will chine in with but good luck.

Here are some other threads on hair loss after surgery. It's a combination of things. Change in diet/calorie intake, anesthesia, trauma to your body after surgery etc etc. There is nothing you can do to stop it, good news is that it grows back. The 2nd link has articles that explain the hair loss.

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/9817-the-hair-diaries/page__p__85627__hl__+hair++loss__fromsearch__1#entry85627

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/9393-hair-today-hair-tomarrow/page__p__83200__hl__+hair++loss__fromsearch__1#entry83200