This is the hair collected after my daily shower/shampoo during my heaviest hairloss week. One week's worth of hair. I've been losing hair for about 6 weeks now. It has started to lessen.

This is ONLY what came out in the shower. There would be about 1/3 - 1/4 of the daily amount over again when I would finger comb/apply hair product. My shower drain caught the shower hair, but I had to have my bathroom sink snaked, just because of what came off my hands after the shower.

And the hair loss is an all day thing. It doesn't only happen when you shower/wash your hair. That's just when you see it concentrated. And the water/washing/conditioner can "lubricate" hair that has fallen out, but remains stuck in your other hairs.

I know this is kinda gross, but pre- and newly post-ops who have no idea what to expect - here's an idea.

This is not necessarily what you will experience.

What you're seeing is short hair - about 5" long at the longest part, and about 2" at the shortest. Just to give you an idea of the hair volume you're seeing (i.e. it's not a smaller amount of really long hair tangled up).

Hope this helps.

BTW -I'm far from bald. Despite what these pictures show, I don't think I would notice it if I weren't seeing it.

This scares me so much! Already have thin hair <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> does it grow back?

Someone posted a really good article on here about the hair loss Cycle... You should search it . The hair grows right back...

so.......should I just go bald and wear a wig for a year until it grows back?

Someone posted a really good article on here about the hair loss Cycle... You should search it . The hair grows right back...

Thanksss

I only just noticed my hair falling out. It was slow at first but it seems like it's more and more now. Thankfully I had a TON of hair, it was just fine so it never looked like I had that much. I have started taking Biotin everyday. I can already tell a difference in my nails (I'm a biter, bad habit) so hopefully it's helping my hair too.

I know it's not permanent but I really hate losing my hair.

I also take Biotin 7500, and I did have hair loss about equal to what Wheetsin is showing. I started losing hair about 3 or 4 months after surgery, and it lasted for a couple of months.

I did a few things to help lessen the hair loss -- at least how noticeable the loss was to others. I have thick hair and usually thin it, and I stopped doing that for a while. I started washing my hair every other day instead of daily. I had my hair cut a bit shorter since the loss was most noticeable at the ends.

I also stopped coloring my hair for a while. I was worried that the color might accelerate the hair loss. I waited 10 months after my surgery before I colored again.

I spoke a lot to my hairdresser about my options and how bad my hair loss was. I spoke to her almost immediately, and she helped assure me that it was OK. She had some products I could use as well if my hair loss got worse, but I never had to use them.

I color my hair every few months, think I should wait before coloring again?

My hair loss lasted for a couple months and is now completely resolved. I have shoulder length thinnish hair. The picture on my profile is during the hair loss and as you can see, I'm not balding. I'm on the left BTW. Messed up hair from hiking, but still hairy :-)