I had my surgery July 7th! Started taking my Vitamins 7 days out from surgery. I'm down 64 pounds since my journey began. I have started the hair loss part of this journey and thankfully I have very thick hair. How long does this hair loss thing last???

The hair loss usually starts about the 4 month mark and will go until about the 1 yr mark. The times may vary slightly. You can actually help negate this a little bit by upping your Protein intake. The added protein in some people can help prevent or even reduce hair loss. After the 1 year mak, things usually work their way back to normal in terms of hair thinkness. It is just your body trying to adjust to the rapid weight loss.

Keep up the amazing work with the weight loss! It sounds like you are well on your way. Is there anything you are doing now that you never thought you would ever do again? I am always excited to hear the stories of the amazing things people are doing after their surgery.

I haven't had surgery yet but I was told by my doctor's office that we should take biotin supplements. They are are supposed to help with hair loss.

I am at almost 8 months and mine is growing back, to the point, it makes my bangs look funny, my bangs got so thin and now there is about an inch of new growth showing through. The loss has slowed significantly. My doc said it should by 8 months. I am down 92 pounds and loving it.....(68 inches too)

Congrats to us all.. yippee

Mine started falling out around the 4 month mark and it stopped around the 7th month. It's now just starting to grow back. It was a nightmare with all the hair around, and I could never wear my hair down. After it stopped falling out I went and got kind of a bob cut, and that thickened it up for me. I'm just glad not to see hair clogging the drain anymore!

Congrats on your 64lbs lost!!

I've been taking biotin. I'm losing a lot of hair anyway. I'm at 6 months and I see no signs of it stopping.

Sorry for YELLING BUT BIOTIN DOES NOT STOP HAIR LOSS. IT HELPS WITH REGROWTH. I don't know how many times this has been posted!

I started losing hair at three months and now at six months I am noticing it coming back! I don't think anything prevents it or makes it come back but time. This is a photo from yesterday....3 months ago my hairline looked like my balding brother!. All the hair at my hairline is new and about 1 inch long

Edited October 24, 201411 yr by SparkleCat

@@shmily That was incredibly rude. I am new here (3 weeks) and I would have no idea that this has been posted before. I was only repeating what I was told by my doctor's office to try and help someone. It wasn't necessary to "yell".

@@shmily That was incredibly rude. I am new here (3 weeks) and I would have no idea that this has been posted before. I was only repeating what I was told by my doctor's office to try and help someone. It wasn't necessary to "yell".

but the biotin promotes hair growth so if it's coming out and the biotin is regrowing the hair you can say it stops hair loss in a way also hair infinity works great.

I noticed hair thinning bout 3 months after. Now it looks better after i got good haircut. Slowed way down.