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SimplyFAB    83

SimplyFAB
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Am I the only one afraid to go bald? My Hair loss has been ongoing for 2 months and it doesn't seem like its going to stop any time soon. Suggestions? Thoughts? Experiences? Advice? Something!

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LeaMarie617    6

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Just posted almost the same thing but I'm pre n I think we are looking for the same answers.. Hopefully some one will help u and I :)

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EmilyCarr    6

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Biotin works!!! I'm taking it plus ur Multivitamins will help too.. Doc said will fall a lil bec of the diet change but it should get better with multivitamins and biotin!! I was worried too!

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JP69    116

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theres another topic with this same thing that i posted on. it thins out but grows back, try not to worry about. believe me when i was much heavier my hair was my lions mane, my pride and joy cause I was so fat the only thing U could make beautiful was my hair. now I have lost about 1/3 to

1/2: I'm on Biotin vit, etc. its thin but i'm nor close to bald

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LeaMarie617    6

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thank you.. thats exactly how i feel about my hair.. but your right.. i saw your pic and your hair looks great! so i am hoping for the same outcome

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suejersey    263

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I take 5,000 mcg Biotin daily. It can't hurt. (Not sure how much it helps, though, either). Not everyone will lose hair, but a lot of us do. I cut my hair into a short pixie (because I really wanted to but wouldn't do it when I was obese) and although it is thin I definitely am not bald. It is worth it for the way I feel alive again having lost so much weight!

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MichiganChic    3,262

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I take Biotin 5000 mcg daily. I always get all my Protein in, but my hair fell out pretty badly. I'm 7 months out, and it's mostly stopped, though it still comes out a little faster than before surgery. I can see lots of new growth, but I imagine it's going to another 6 months before that gets long and thick enough to do any good. My hair wasn't very thick before surgery, and I think I might have lost about 1/3 -1/2, and I'm not bald either. However, I do have some areas where my scalp shows, so I've been using Bosley fibers, which work wonders to give the appearance of thicker hair.

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TexasMiss    314

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Mine has been falling out about a month now. I cringe every time I wash or comb it. I've taken Biotin for years.. It really does help. Just hoping this shedding phase won't last much longer!

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sherriehoffer    8

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My hair has been coming out for a year and hasn't stoped, I hope it does soon.

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SimplyFAB    83

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My hair has been coming out for a year and hasn't stoped' date=' I hope it does soon.[/quote']

What does your doctor say about this?

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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