How long did your hair fall out?

[Elode 8,093]

My hair has finally started to shed. Nothing too horrible...yet. Just really annoying! I had a cute hair style picked out but opted to order extensions instead. I'm not upset by it, I knew it was going to happen so I'm not shocked. I've decided to look at it as my internal "fat" girl and "skinny" girl are fighting. One of them is fighting dirty and pulling hair out!! I'm betting on the skinny girl to win the fight in the end! Ha! So if you lost hair how long did it last?

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

I am 6 months out (on Feb 25th) so far so good no Hair loss.

[sunflowerchild 146]

I think the hair loss lasted about 6 weeks for me.

Edit to add: my hair still falls out now but the really drastic period of Hair loss where it was like clumps of hair lasted like 6 weeks

Edited February 22, 2015 by sunflowerchild

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

@@Elode

Mine started at three months out. Its still going at 8 months out. I was told it lasts for 6 months. I'm crossing my fingers.

[WL WARRIOR 690]

I haven't had any hair loss yet. I was wondering when most people start experiencing Hair loss. If the cause is from the stress of surgery, then it should have happened by now.

I've reduced shampooing my hair to once a week. It may sound gross to some, but its not too bad if you use dry Shampoo in between washings. Also, I've stopped pulling it back as often. My hair has stayed long the past three years as a way of hiding myself because I was ashamed of my obesity. It would be quite freeing to cut it into a different style.

[samuelsmom 670]

This is the one thing I am really concerned about. None yet and I am 3 months out. I do wash my hair less and I give myself a warm coconut oil treatment once a week (wet hair, pour on melted coconut oil, wait 20 minutes, and then shower and wash hair). I'm hoping I get lucky on this one!

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Mine started coming out at 4 months and kept coming out for another 8 months, and stopped at a year post op. Coincidentally, that's when I started increasing my calories and weight loss slowed. It's taken another year to recover. Almost all my hair is back now, but not all of it.

I think I had a worse case scenario because I didn't have thick hair to start with, I had a lot of weight to lose, and I have to eat super small calories to lose, and I'm past 50 and post-menopausal. That's a lot of things working against me! I never missed a Vitamin or a day of getting Protein in, and I took Biotin, too.

[cdenney123 103]

Mine just started falling out about 4 months out its been about 3 weeks of when I play with my hair, comb it or even just look at my shirt I see my hair falling out. I already have thin hair so its concerning, but I knew this could be a side effect.

[Elode 8,093]

@@Thinkingthinner1109 That's awesome! I was really hoping it wouldn't but unfortunately it has....

[Elode 8,093]

@@sunflowerchild So did it start out a little and get worse or all pretty much the same?

[Elode 8,093]

@@jenn1 Is it a lot or just a little at a time? I haven't had any clumps yet just multi stands.

[Elode 8,093]

@@WL WARRIOR I'm not sure what actually causes it. I'm almost 4 months out and I've been getting 90+ grams of Protein in since week 2. I eat 800 calories a day, never miss a Vitamin including Biotin since even before surgery, I drink at least 64 oz of Water a day....I don't know what else I could have done?

[sunflowerchild 146]

@@sunflowerchild So did it start out a little and get worse or all pretty much the same?

I had very thick hair so my hair would always fall out but it felt like pretty sudden that I noticed it falling out a lot. Every time i would brush my hair the entire brush would be filled with my hair. It was out of control. I cut off 12 inches after dealing with it for a month or 2 and then it seemed to get a lot better. Now I have more of an average amount of hair so it didn't wind up turning out too bad for me.

[Elode 8,093]

@@samuelsmom I do the organic coconut oil treatments usually twice a week over night. I also use no sulfate products but it's still happening it didn't start until just this week and I'm almost 4 months now....keep your fingers crossed!!!

[Elode 8,093]

@@samuelsmom I do the organic coconut oil treatments usually twice a week over night. I also use no sulfate products but it's still happening it didn't start until just this week and I'm almost 4 months now....keep your fingers crossed!!!@@MichiganChic