Recently ive noticed my hair thinning and i can see a lot of my scalp! ahh i dont know what to do. does anyone have any recommendations or has this happened to anyone else?! what should i do!??!?!

I have not had surgery yet but that has been one of my fears from hearing it from other fellow WLS patients. What i have heard and read is that NIOXIN is a very good product to help..mainly what it seems to do is when you loose a hair...everyone has hormones on your scalp that if the hormone gets into your folicule area it will actually kill the chance for that hair to grow back...so one of the things this product does is treat your scalp so that this does not happen...plus it motivates hair growth....check into it....maybe it will work...is so let me know...i hope that it does..i already bought it...lol

aaah thank you!!!!! i will definitely look into that asap and let you know if it works!!! i just dont want my hair to thin anymore!!! gaaah!!!

It's very common after any weight loss surgery. Your body is adapting to a drasticly new reality.

It is temporary, it will grow back. But I've heard it happens about a 2-4 months post surgery and lasts for about 6 months. From what I've heard (I haven't been sleeved yet so take it for what it's worth).

Recently ive noticed my hair thinning and i can see a lot of my scalp! ahh i dont know what to do. does anyone have any recommendations or has this happened to anyone else?! what should i do!??!?!

I am curious to know when you were sleeved...

I just started using Nioxin as my hair seems to be falling out at a normal rate now 10 months out. I can tell a difference in just a few days with how my hair feels -- stronger, almost coated but not in a bad way. It's hard to explain. It looks a little fuller, too. I'm hoping it will stimulate growth but too soon to tell.

My cousin who is a hair dresser says she heard that Ovation Cell Therapy products stimulate growth for people who've had chemotherapy or other hair loss like us. Supposedly it's a product that really works. I haven't checked the site out yet, but just the name sounds extremely expensive.

okay thank you for all your help and comments!! i was sleeved on 3/15 7 weeks ago from tomorrow!

okay thank you for all your help and comments!! i was sleeved on 3/15 7 weeks ago from tomorrow!

Thanks...I was sleeved on 3/16 and wondered how long it would be before this dreaded side effect would kick in.

WLS...the so called easy way out. Right!!

yeaah definitely not the easy way out!!

I second the Nioxin. I lucked out and got a 45 dollar size bottle for 9.99 at Ulta!

I used Nioxin and it didn't help one bit. All it did was make my hair dry.

I lost about 2/3 of my hair and I took every Vitamin and supplement or shampoo i was told about. I got all my Protein in from day one. I've been taking Biotin since 06. I don't know if it helped, but I take it anyway.

I have new hair growing in all over the place

today i bought nioxin and it made my hair really dry too!! but im going to keep using it and see if it helps!!

My hair is coming out and I look like a burn victim on my face. Both have been happening about 2 months. I am at 5.5 months post op now. I'm told both revers themselves after a year. I'm going for steroids on Wednesday. I'll ask about the scalp treatment too. I'm guessing it a prescription.