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bolingpins    0

bolingpins
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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???

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Jonathan Blue    311

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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.

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notgonnafindit    22

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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.< /p>

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shmily    424

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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

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Marathongirl    106

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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!!

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Amyllf2    206

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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.

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shmily    424

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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!

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SparkleCat    521

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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!post-202610-141418630711_thumb.jpg. All the hair at my hairline is new and about 1 inch long

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notgonnafindit    22

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@@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".

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Naynay31    63

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@@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.

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ladypoohbear    123

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

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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