I usually get highlights on a regular basis. The last time I got them was right before surgery in October. I really need some because my roots are showing bad and it is driving me crazy. I am 3 months post-op and I have experienced very little hair loss so far. My questions are:

When you start losing hair does it happen all of a sudden? I know that most people say it starts at 3 months, so I am waiting for it to start falling out, but hoping it doesn't.

Do you think getting highlights at this 3 month point is a bad idea since any chemical treatment weakens the hair?

My hairdresser has been keeping a close watch on my hair. She said it actually looks healthier to her (probably because of all the Biotin I am taking). She said we could try like 3 or 4 foils in the top only if I felt comfortable with it. I am just not sure what to do.

I do heavy highlights and went ahead the week after surgery and did it again. It poofs up my hair, which is, with no bleached pieces, straight and flat to my head. I figured that even if half of my strands fall out, at least those that are left will be fluffier and make up for what falls out! This reasoning worked for me! i guess we will see in a few months just how flawed my reasoning is! I am on biotin, zinc and use fall fight triple treatment.. Shampoo, conditioner, and spray scalp and strand treatment.

Anestesia does as much damage as the danged weight loss and since I had it three times I have to say my beautiful hair is a wreck. I'm seriously thinking of going Michele Obama style just to cut off the horribly damaged stuff and start over. My hair has always been too thick for a cut like that so it might be kind of fun.

My losses didn't start until last month so four months or so....and they're bad now but I do have really good family hair genes LOL and yet still...it's bad, though as I said, likely worse from the anesthesia sadly.

Fortunately it grows back and likely my arse won't so I'll have to take the trade heh heh

Anestesia does as much damage as the danged weight loss and since I had it three times I have to say my beautiful hair is a wreck. I'm seriously thinking of going Michele Obama style just to cut off the horribly damaged stuff and start over. My hair has always been too thick for a cut like that so it might be kind of fun.

My losses didn't start until last month so four months or so....and they're bad now but I do have really good family hair genes LOL and yet still...it's bad' date=' though as I said, likely worse from the anesthesia sadly.

Fortunately it grows back and likely my arse won't so I'll have to take the trade heh heh[/quote']

Yes it does! It is definitely anesthesia related as well. I've had two more major surgeries and the hair loss has started again... Aye yi yi

I get all over highlights and get the whole head lightened. I had it done at 4 weeks out. No more thinning than normal for me. Mine is long and I also take methotrexate for arthritis which thins the hair as well I hope at 3 mos I'm not bald but hope not. My hairdresser could not tell any difference and I have not seen any more shedding yet than I normally did before. Summers coming and I live in Mississippi. I may just shave my head and out on a ball cap if it all falls out. I will stay cooler that way. Lol. But if I have hair it will continue to be lightened and highlighted as long as I can afford it. Good luck and best wishes on many more happy hair days!

I had a reaction two years ago to gel polish - saw a dermatologist, who dx me with a sensitivity to the gel. My daughter was getting married two months later and I wanted to have nice nails. The Dr. recomended I take Biotin. He said it would help not only with my nails but my hair as well.

Fast forward to this December 3rd when I had my sleeve done. I had my regular 4 week appt for cut & color (including highlights) 2 weeks after surgery. I just had my 3rd hair appt today - again two color process. My hair stylist is my daughter, my hair is thick as it always has been, it just didn't grow as much as it usually does. In one way that was great because my 'roots' weren't as long before the appt that people would notice.

We (my daughter & I) will keep an eye on things and if we need to tweak the cut, or the process we will when necessary - but until then I'll keep to my 4 week schedule.

Walmart has a dissolvable biotin supplement in purple bottle. It's great for slivers. Just the right milligram that my doctor prescribed.