Hi everyone! This is simply another post about hair loss! Before I had my surgery I read thread after thread about the hair loss that almost everyone has post operatively. I thought I was prepared and could handle some hair loss....afterall the benefits of the weight loss far out weigh a little bit of hair loss. However, I was not prepared for how much hair loss I would actually have...its been depressing. I started losing my hair around 3-4 weeks post op. not alot at that time but it was noticeable. I'm currently 18 weeks post-op. I've lost 42 lbs...the weight is coming off very slowly and the hair loss has been massive. It worsened at 3 months and has been getting worse each week. Before my surgery my hair was average thickness I could loop my ponytail holder 2 times, now I'm looping it 4 times. I'm going to attempt to post pictures of my hair loss over the last two days. I've increased my protein and water intake I get 80-100 grams of protein daily (I recently started using New Whey Protein shots just to see if they would help) and I've been taking biotin 10,000 daily, my multivitamin, B12 sublingual tabs and I've almost finished the bottle Shen Wen Hair Regrowth formula. Nothing has helped it's only gotten worse. My hairstylist told me hair grows in 3 month cycles and it would grow back so I'm keeping the faith but I'm afraid I'm going to be totally bald by the time I hit 6 months post op. I'm sharing this with others because I want those considering or prepping surgery to be aware... I would still have the surgery over again. I'm not trying to discourage anyone from changing their minds about the surgery my goal is awareness.

Yes, a lot of people get upset by the hair loss. It always surprises me because I've read post after post about it -- around what month it usually begins ... and when it stops. Isn't this common knowledge?

I'm a cancer survivor, and when I did chemo, I went completely bald. I knew it would happen, and I didn't get upset about it. I was too busy saving my live. Same for this hair loss ... I am still pre-op, but I know losing my hair will not bother me. It's just one more step on the way to my new thin life.

Since it's common knowledge to expect hair loss: when it will start and when it will stop, why get bent out of shape about it? It's part of the scenario, and it will reverse itself.

I had to buy a wig during chemo (where you go bald during treatment) because I was not ready to be bald to the rest of the world. But I am now cancer free ... just like I'll be fat free by this procedure. Hair loss is just a speed bump to our svelte self!

So glad to hear you are cancer free and your hair grew back. I on the other hand have never (Thank God) had to fight cancer or loose all of my hair. I am on this site to learn and ask questions in order to learn about what I can expect over the next days, months, & years. I make no apologies to anyone for asking questions about hair loss or anything else.

I am on this site to learn and ask questions in order to learn about what I can expect over the next days, months, & years. I make no apologies to anyone for asking questions about hair loss or anything else.

I'm sorry if my comments were misunderstood. Asking questions about hair loss is perfectly natural and expected. My comments were directed toward those who get bent out of shape and complain about something that is totally expected ... or should be ... and in the greater scheme of things ... no big deal.

I, too, make no apologies for my position of one who faced a near death tragedy, which included hair loss, versus those who wig out over the side effects of an elective surgical procedure. In the greater scheme of things this is nothing more than a speed bump on the highway to permanent weight loss.