Hello everyone...just found this article on Bariatric times' web site, thought it was interesting and was furiously taking notes. If you are like me and have thin, fine hair to begin with...you are probably worried about the dreaded hair loss!! Thought I would share...

http://bariatrictimes.com/hair-loss-among-bariatric-surgery-patients/

Thanks for this! I am really looking forward to surgery, but not to hair loss!

Thanks for posting. Good article.

Thank you! Thank you! Appreciate the info!

Good article, thank you for sharing.

Thank you I am 6 months post op with horrible hair loss

I noticed that this paper seems to mostly deal with malabsorptive procedures like the RNY. It doesn't mention sleeve that I could see, though I did notice it also mentioned gastric banding and duo switch procedures. I noticed that the things it cites - adequate Protein of 60g or higher, L-lysine (generally obtained in sufficient quantities with protein), B12 (usually supplemented by sleevers), Iron, Biotin, and zinc are all things that I personally take, though I'm still losing my hair.

The study also connects B12 with a loss of hair pigment, not necessarily loss of hair.

The only thing on that list I'd say I'm not getting a lot of would be the EFAs, though I do eat salmon a couple times a week.

I think it's pointing to things that can contribute to additional or protracted hair loss, because if this caused hair to not fall out, I think we'd see more people not losing hair.