S there anyone who DIDN'T have excessive hair loss?

I'm curious to know the answer to this myself. I know it's better to have think hair than be fat and unhealthy, however I don't want a boy hair cut. I can live with a cute bob, but not a boy haircut

From what I hear it grows back but I'm curios who didn't have to experience it.

This is so my fear, as I already have thininng hair and it will be just terrible if I lose quite a bit of hair. I am really scared about this

im 7 months post op. i had beautiful thick long hair. ive lost 6/8 of all my hair. i even lost length. its so depressing & im very jealous of others with thick long full hair. very depressing.

i even did a video on it where i show asample of the chunks that came out with fingering my hair.

youtube.com/jasleeve

I sooo don't want to lose my hair

I have not had surgery yet.... Scheduled for August 13th. But this makes me nervous too. Keranique is line of hair products to help thicken/regrow hair. I have also heard that taking Biotin helps. I haven't tried these since I'm not there, yet, but I'm trying to prepare just in case!

im 7 months post op. i had beautiful thick long hair. ive lost 6/8 of all my hair. i even lost length. its so depressing & im very jealous of others with thick long full hair. very depressing.

i even did a video on it where i show asample of the chunks that came out with fingering my hair.

youtube.com/jasleeve

Didn't you have a lot of complications?

I started with thin hair and started the loosing at around 3.5-4 months post-op. I'm at six months now and it's slowing down but still more than what I'd consider normal.

I started taking Biotin about a month ago and will give it another month to evaluate any success there.

I started nioxin system at about 4.5 months. I did the nioxin for a month and don't think it did much for me but the sunscreen in their treatment is useful to me. If I had to buy it again, I'd probably just buy the treatment and not the full system that includes shampoo and conditioner.

I did cut my hair so it's layered and not quite shoulder length. I've been using mouse when I blow dry to get a little extra volume. I think the hair loss is only noticeable to me so far. I really see it when I look in the mirror with direct light coming down onto my head - I see way too much scalp! I do see lots of short regrowth coming in as well.

I would not trade the 75lbs I've lost, even for my pregnancy hair which was the fullest my hair has been in years! The only thing I'd do is start trying the biotin earlier.

Good luck to you all!

My hair hasn't changed.

My hair hasn't changed.

Yay there's hope

I still think I see more women with long hair saying that the have bad hair loss.

Does the women with short hair,that does not need tying up at all, also lose a lot of hair?

Mine started falling out at 4 months but my mom got me stuff thats called placenta with bergamot and I am convinced it is really helping.I am still only 4.5 months out but the hair fall has slowed considerably.It still comes out but not in strands of hair anymore.The hair that is growing back is gray though,something I didnt expect at all.

Still worth every hair I have lost so far.

My hair hasn't changed.

LOL, are you the bald one in the avatar pic?

I started growing my hair longer before surgery with the idea that I would just cut it all off once I started losing it. I didn't lose big chunks, but rather went through a shedding process starting about 4 months post-op and ending about 10 months post op. I definitely have less hair today that I did before surgery, but I decided to keep it longer and I really like it.

I posted before/after photos if you want to compare before surgery hair and after. I would so lose the hair rather than be morbidly obese again though!

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/46481-21-month-photo-update/

Yes that's me.

i had a leak but that doesnt cause hairloss. weightloss causes it.

Didn't you have a lot of complications?

There must be areason why at 4 months in this happens. I wonder if the initial shock nutritionally and physically produces the hair loss and depending on how well one adjusts explains why some lose hair and some don't. I read somewhere it's a symptom of malnutrition. Any thoughts?