I think my hair loss is starting. I have super thin hair already and you can see my scalp.. especially when my hair is wet. I am wondering if any of you out there have/had thin hair prior to surgery and what happened when your hair started falling out. Did it grow back? Did you look bald?

I have some Xfusion that I wear and it really, really helps with concealing the thin areas. I hope it will still help when my hair gets thinner.

you can't really cover the front of you head w/ the tracks, can you? Wouldn't you be able to see them?

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No you can't. They do make lace front wigs that make it look like you have a natural hair line. I'm not a wig person but I do own one. It's synthetic though so I can't style it.

Yea I made my own clip ins. I bought the hair, clips, needle and thread. I can't use them anymore because my hair is too long

^{My hair was thin before but not too too bad, see more scalp than I'd like for sure. I was really worried when mine started really shedding pretty bad about 3 months out. Now I just made 6 months and it basically stopped falling out over night! Needless to say I'm greatful! I have been taking biotin and prenatal vitamins since 3 months BEFORE I had surgery also who knows if it helped or not...I could be way thinner by now I guess.}

I've been bald for years. You should all give it a try. The savings on shampoo and conditioner are no joke.

I couldn't deal with the hair loss anymore so I chopped it all off. It was so freeing and liberating. I was losing clumps and clumps of hair. Now I can take care of it and nurse it back to health. I put a blend of Jamaican castor oil, avocado oil, coconut and jojoba oil on my scalp every night and I'm already starting to see a difference in my hair growing back. It was the best thing I could have ever done.

I am at month 16/17 and none of my hair has grown back. You can get cheap clip in tracks on ebay. I wear them all the time. I don't do all the clips but just two rows works for me.

This is my second biggest fear. I've heard that it's because of a lack of protein. I don't know if that's true or not, but I am going to make sure I get enough protein. My surgery is October 26th. I don't think I could wear a wig or use those clips. My hair is naturally curly and in my opinion it is thin right in front. I started taking collagen about 3 weeks ago, but I'm only taking 1/2 of the required dose because the pill are huge. I'm going to have to get a pill crusher to continue to take them after my surgery. Has anyone tried collagen or does anyone know if protein has an effect on hair loss?

Sometimes (many times) even adequate protein doesn't prevent it. Our bodies just get shocked from the rapid weight loss and hair loss is a side effect.