I want to know if EVERYONE experiences hair loss. And if so what percentage of people have major/minor hair loss.

hi guys,

i didn't feel like reading all 11 pages. i'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone who gets in all their protein (daily)?

hi guys,

i didn't feel like reading all 11 pages. i'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone who gets in all their protein (daily)?

I was very diligent and cautious about getting all my vitamins and protein in but I still had some loss.

It doesn't prevent it altogether but I suspect that my hair loss would have been a lot worse had I not been careful with my protein/vitamin intake.

hi guys,

i didn't feel like reading all 11 pages. i'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone who gets in all their protein (daily)?

I got all my protein gms. in, took vitamins four times daily, used special shampoos, took biotin, etc. I did it all. I lost about 50% of my hair. But no worries, it really does grow back.

I'm 6 months out and have been losing alot of hair.But my hair was thinning to begin with.It looks like maybe it's slowing down and I see little baby hairs starting to pop back up.So maybe I'm on the upward swing now!! I would LOVE to have thicker,prettier hair than before like some of you talk about that would be great!! But I'm ok because all the thick pretty hair in the world didn't cover my fat body!! lol :lol:Take care everyone!!

For a long time I thought I was home free. I didn't start losing hair until I was 7 months out. I have lost a lot but do expect it to grow back once I hit my goal and stabilize. I do take lots of vitamins and get plenty of protein but........

hi guys,

i didn't feel like reading all 11 pages. i'm just wondering if this has happened to anyone who gets in all their protein (daily)?

Well.... it DIDNT happen to me and I eat a more carb based diet. I dont count protein, I dont do protein first and I probably eat 50 grams a day or so.

I think its more a mix of generalised reduction in nutrition (as opposed to malnutrition, i think your body recovers and readjusts) and hormonal disturbance. I dont think protein has very much to do with hair loss in most cases - it could just as easily be zinc or iron for example.

I have had 2 other surgeries since I was banded december 19th 2008. After my hysterectomy on may 11th I noticed that I had around 30 hairs coming out a day. I just upped my protein and we will see if that will help. I voted none of those options fit for me. Statistics say a person loses and average of 40-100 hairs per day so perhaps this is just normal. But I honestly think its because of the changes that my body has been going thru since my abdominal hysterectomy. My doc feels the same way.

I had a TAH too, in 2005 and lost a lot of weight more than 40lbs in less than six weeks. I was off work for six weeks and wasn't allowed to lift anything and forget exercise. I was lucky to get 700 calories a day and I didn't sleep much at all. I didn't lose any hair. I am only four days post banding, so I am still working on getting enough fluids. I hope that I will have the same luck this time.

I'm only about 3 years late to the thread, but 1000 micrograms is equal to 1 milligram. Nursing student here :thumbup:

I've noticed NO hair loss at all. If anything, it's come in MORE. It must be the increased protein and vitamin intake.:thumbup:

i also have had no hair loss, if anything it is thicker because of all the protein.

I experienced a thinning post-op that had me concerned because everybody told me to get my protein and that wouldn't happened. What I found out later was that it happens quite often, and my surgeon related it to hormonal changes of losing weight.

The thinning stopped recently, after just a couple of months, and it seems my hair is getting back to its normal, thick, annoying status...but I won't complain this time; I'm just happy to not be tangled in loose hair when I put in my conditioner.

I've noticed more hair loss lately I had surgery in October. I thought I was just imagining things, but everytime I brush my hair it seems hair comes out easier LOL...I am glad it will grow back. I will need to up my protein and keep taking mymultivitamin.

I began losing my hair at 4 months post-op. It finally stopped around 8 months and is finally growing back. I was beginning to worry because I have lost about 50% of my hair. Lucky for me, I had a lot of hair to start with.

I dodged the lapband hair loss bullet, but I started losing my hair about a month or so ago, not from the band, but from an ovarian cyst. I was turning into an ape with all the extra hormones and pills and now that I've had the cyst removed and am off the pills, poof, hair is coming out. I am told it will go on for a couple more months, or so. I have thick hair, so I hope it will stop before it gets bad. I also want to know why the hair only falls out of your head and not your legs or face or anywhere else.