I had done so well until today. Surgery on New Year's eve -- and truthfully, I swear my hair has never been shinier or more manageable. I have taken Vitamins and Biotin since day 1. I smugly thought that perhaps I would be the exception to the hair loss debacle. HA. Right on schedule -- chucks of hair is now falling out. Nothing like being obese AND bald!

Try using Wen. It has made my hair so much thicker!

I have WEN but almost 11 years ago, my husband of 32 years was suddenly killed in an accident, my hair began to fall out severely....i started using the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner and it stopped. Good luck.

P.S. Have you talked to your doc about it???

I forgot to say my hair was falling out from stress, and probably excess vodka as I crawled into a bottle.....

K white, I'm 2 months out and am thinking I won't lose mine either. I'm a slow loser and only had 60# to lose, lost 30 now, hope my hair don't go with it!

Any physical shock van cause hair loss. Surgery and sudden weight loss are two causes. Some lose a lot, some not so much. Biotin doesn't prevent it, neither does getting all your protein. By the time you actually SEE hair loss the event that caused it is months in the past. Biotin can help the new hair that grows to be healthy. Changing your hairstyle or cutting it shorter can help disguise the hair loss. It's only temporary. :-)

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I followed every rule and thought I might be spared. Hair loss didn't begin until 4 months out for me, but when it did it was with a vengeance! I was afraid I would be bald for Christmas! I can tell you it does stop. I ended up with some pretty thin spots, but now it is all coming back. I purchased Awaken hair products. I am not sure if that helped or not and was expensive. I also took Biotin. We just have to get through it. It will grow back.

I have WEN but almost 11 years ago, my husband of 32 years was suddenly killed in an accident, my hair began to fall out severely....i started using the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner and it stopped. Good luck. P.S. Have you talked to your doc about it???

Shmily, I'm so sorry you experienced such an horrific loss. I fear anything happening to my hubby. I hope time has helped you heal.

Would losing weight slowly prevent hair loss?

My hair dresser has several other clients who had WLS, and she warned me over and over about this problem. So far I have been using WEN for a year. I was just banded 12/16/13. She says my hair is thicker, fuller and more healthy than this time last year. I am hoping the WEN will keep working it's magic and help me hold onto my hair!

I have WEN but almost 11 years ago, my husband of 32 years was suddenly killed in an accident, my hair began to fall out severely....i started using the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner and it stopped. Good luck.

P.S. Have you talked to your doc about it???

First, I just wanted to say that I am very sorry for your loss. That must have been a horrific experience.

I used nioxin when I lost hair after my c-section with good results. I forgot all about it. Thank you.

Ugh I'm dreading this. My hair is super thick, so I'm hoping I can just cut a bunch of layers into it and it will look ok. But I know I'm probably kidding myself. I had super long hair but chopped a bunch off right before my surgery so I'm hoping it will grow back out before It starts falling out lol

I have WEN but almost 11 years ago, my husband of 32 years was suddenly killed in an accident, my hair began to fall out severely....i started using the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner and it stopped. Good luck. P.S. Have you talked to your doc about it???

Shmily, I'm so sorry you experienced such an horrific loss. I fear anything happening to my hubby. I hope time has helped you heal.

Thank you, it has and I am remarried to another awesome man. I wrote a book about it, published on Amazon. I will message you as I don't want to get into trouble for advertising....