i prayed it wouldn't happen to me, i love having mid-to-long length hair, but my hair has gone limp and thin post-op. im finally giving in and getting a shorter style. on the plus side, i've lost enough weight in my face that i'm more comfortable going shorter (i have a football face like stewie on family guy...ugh).

praying my beautiful locks will once again be there when i look in the mirror!!!

You glow no matter the hair length! You will be beautiful (still).

I cut off all my hair at about 2 months post-op in anticipation of the inevitable thinning. I figured it would be less noticeable with shorter hair. My hair really started falling out round the 3 month mark, so I'm glad I did it when I did. Hopefully I only have a month or two left of hair loss now that I'm almost at 5 months. It really does still look fine and I don't think anyone would really notice, but my god, my bathroom is like a horror film if hair were blood. Every single day it's all in the shower drain, all over the floor and counter, all in the sink... I try to keep up with sweeping/cleaning it up, but it's everywhere!

Are you taking Biotin? It helps so much. My biggest complaint is my nails have to be trimmed 3 times a week.

Your making great progress. Reward yourself. Put some color in. Go all out. I went bleach blonde and pulled it off.

My hair was almost to my bra strap. I got it cut pretty short. Just praying what I have left does not fall out.

Edited February 8, 201511 yr by mamaofmatthew

That's about how much I cut off. If you look at my gallery, you can see how long my hair was in my before pictures and then how long it was a few weeks ago in my progress pictures. Those progress pictures were taken about 3 months after I cut it all off, so it had grown out some by that point.

Biotin helps tremendously. My hair was thinning 4 months post opt. I'm two and a half yrs post opt with very thick hair

i prayed it wouldn't happen to me, i love having mid-to-long length hair, but my hair has gone limp and thin post-op. im finally giving in and getting a shorter style. on the plus side, i've lost enough weight in my face that i'm more comfortable going shorter (i have a football face like stewie on family guy...ugh).

praying my beautiful locks will once again be there when i look in the mirror!!!

It will look great! I finally broke down and cut my hair too. I cut it into a asymmetrical bob and have gotten nothing but compliments since.

My hair loss has way slowed down and I believe I am back on the upswing. You will too!