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Hair Loss After Vsg

My friend had a gastric bypass and lost a lot of hair. Have any of you with the VSG experienced this?

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    • silenceshhh
      silenceshhh

      From what I know and have read this can be largly beacause you are not getting enough protien. You wouldnt believe the difference it can make, and I say this personally.. Ihave not had this surgery a

    • PdxMan
      PdxMan

      Ohhhh ... Sleeve 4 Me, you're brutal! I used to cut my hair very close, a #1 setting, the closest you can get without shaving it. I ended haircuts when I started losing weight as I think buzzcuts

    • WendyWu
      WendyWu

      I lost A LOT of hair after surgery. it started about 6 months post sleeve surgery and it continued for months. The greatest thing was to make sure you are using a sulfate free paraben free shampoo, o

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    My hair has always been thin too sad.png ...seems thinner now, but WAAAY better than it was.

    My sleeve sister YOU HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY Vitamins THIS WHOLE TIME????? OMGOSH! How are your levels??? I stopped for a little while and I'm having the HARDEST TIME getting my dumb Ferritn levels back to normal...How's your blood work been???

    My Vit D has always been low since the surgery other than that everything has been fine. She wants my good cholesterol up and bad down but it was low/high before surgery and has since improved.

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    Same here, about 4-5 months my hair started to leave the building anyway it could...Im almost 6 months out and its still shredding like crazy......do take my vitamins daily and protein....

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