Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if everyone can help me - I am going to do some research on hair loss and the band, as well as Protein intake, Vitamin issues and the speed of weight loss. I was just banded 2 weeks ago, but am already trying to find ways to reduce hair loss in the near future.

Will as many people as possible respond with:

How much hair have you lost / percentage?

How long since your surgery?

Do you take a Multivitamin EVERY day?

Do you take Calcium EVERY day?

How many pounds do you lose a week?

I'll let you know the correlations I find!

5 months post op I've lost about 1/2 my hair thickness and the hair is letting go at the root, not breaking off. I take Centrum chewables daily and Biotin 1000mcg daily. I've not lost any weight in the last two months.

At least 60 gms of protien a day will help stop the hair loss.

I am 1 yr out and over all I have averaged about 75 pound weight loss

I take vitaband as my vitamin and when I remember I take my 2 tums.

This is what I was told....Estrogen is stored in fat, which means the more fat the more estrogen in your body. Thats why people who are bigger have heavier periods and are at more risk of breast cancer, etc. So when we loose weight, especially rapidly, we screw up the bodies ability to regulate our hormones. One of the effects of that is hairloss. Once our weight-loss stops or slows down, the body can regulate again and hair will grow back.

I don't know how accurate this info is, but it sounded right to me.

I have lost enough hair that you can see my scalp. I take Centrum Chewable vitamins, 1000mg of biotin, I eat plenty of protein and am on my feet all day very active. I have only lost 6# since April when I was banded. I've all but exhausted my resources for flying to fill doctors....very sad that this is not working better for me! I do not take a calcium supplement.

I lost hair on LB and on other quick weight loss plans.

Biotin tabs seem to help, but the thing that helped in the past was Jojoba Shampoo by St. Ives

I can't seem to find St. Ives shampoo anywhere. Even the most expenseive Jojoba shampoos don't seem to work like St. Ives did.

Anyone know where to find St. Ives shampoo?

How much hair have you lost / percentage? 25% (growing back now)

How long since your surgery? 1 year or so.

Do you take a multivitamin EVERY day? Yes, faithfully.

Do you take calcium EVERY day? Yes, faithfully.

How many pounds do you lose a week? 1-2 pounds per week (avg)

I took Bioton supplement for months, which I began 4 months post-banding. That was when I started to shed! I took it for 2 months faithfully. I had blood work done, which found out I was in the normal range for everything.

My surgeon said it will grow back.

It does. However, it doesn't help you when you are going through it!!

Shawn

I lost hair on LB and on other quick weight loss plans.

Biotin tabs seem to help, but the thing that helped in the past was Jojoba Shampoo by St. Ives

I can't seem to find St. Ives shampoo anywhere. Even the most expenseive Jojoba shampoos don't seem to work like St. Ives did.

Anyone know where to find St. Ives shampoo?

I went looking -- according to one site the product is discontinued, but another site shows they have some: When you open the page, click up on the top right corner where it says "view all products"

Click here: St. Ives - Popular Brands

Good luck and I hope this helps.

Jo Ann

I loose lots of hair every day but mines very,very, thick and I've always lost lots

Surgery was on July 10, this year

Yes I take a flintstones chewable each day,

No I don't take calcium

I lost 40 in 10 weeks, so I guess 4 pounds per week.

Hope this helps,

How much hair have you lost / percentage? None, have very thick hair

How long since your surgery? 5 months

Do you take a multivitamin EVERY day? Yes

Do you take calcium EVERY day? Not in a supplement, but I get plenty in the food I eat.

How many pounds do you lose a week? 1.5

How much hair have you lost / percentage?

A noticeable amount - probably 1/4 to 1/3

How long since your surgery?

1 year, 9 months, and 26 days

Do you take a Multivitamin EVERY day?

No

Do you take Calcium EVERY day?

No

How many pounds do you lose a week?

I have lost 97 pounds and am more or less at goal

I went looking -- according to one site the product is discontinued, but another site shows they have some: When you open the page, click up on the top right corner where it says "view all products"

Click here: St. Ives - Popular Brands

Why not try to find it on eBay???

I've been using a 3 step hair product called Nutri-Ox for hair loss. I picked it up at a local beauty supply store in a 3 peice kit: shampoo, conditioner, leave in treatment. I can't say I have any new growth, but the hair loss seems to be slowing ... can't say if my shedding is just naturally slowing or it is because of the hair product, biotin, multi vit ... all of it... or none of it. :confused: