Oh my goodness my hair is thinning!!!!! I read previous blogs where people were having this problem. I had my surgery in August 2012 and I can tell my hair is thinner. I started taking Biotin but how much should I take. Will this hair loss ever stop and if so WHEN?????

I am almost 7 weeks out and I take 5000mcg of biotin. If it works or helps... well, that is yet to be seen!

I am almost weeks out and I also take Biotin, I upped my dosage to 5000 mcg but twice a daily. I have biotin shampoo and conditioner actually my hair has grown and gotten much thicker. I was very paranoid about the hairloss so I started the biotin regimen about 2 weeks prior to surgery, you can also take a multivitamin in addition to the biotin for strong hair and nails. So far this is working for me, hope this help:)

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I am almost weeks out and I also take Biotin' date=' I upped my dosage to 5000 mcg but twice a daily. I have Biotin shampoo and conditioner actually my hair has grown and gotten much thicker. I was very paranoid about the hairloss so I started the biotin regimen about 2 weeks prior to surgery, you can also take a multivitamin in addition to the biotin for strong hair and nails. So far this is working for me, hope this help:)

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I read somewhere that biotin doesn't help by putting it on your hair and it must be taken internally. I don't know if that is true or not. I use biotin shampoo, too.

I am taking 5k Biotin daily as well as supplemental zinc (sleeved 10/22) and I am just now starting to notice my hair falling out. I don't know if it would be any worse if not taking those, but the evidence for biotin is rather sketchy and anecdotal. Zinc does have some evidence of helping. The loss is not noticeable... yet.

I'm trying to be really pragmatic about the whole thing, even though I love my hair. I am forcing myself to be okay with the tradeoff (temporarily) of hair for weight loss.

Oh yes, I take zinc, too - 50g every three days.