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Is my hair going to grow back?

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    Thank you so much! My surgery was in January and I was preparing myself for this but I'm just going through the last month picking up my hair everywhere I like the new do idea too!!

  • I don't know if I could hold off coloring my hair....This would be bad for me. I wonder if there is a gentle coloring out there?

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When was your surgery? Didn't they tell you this may be one of the after-effects of the surgery? My hair started falling out at about 3 months out. I am now almost 5 months out, and it is finally slowing down. I figure I have lost about 1/3 of my hair, but from all over my head, not clumps. It SEEMS like clumps sometimes by how much I get in a handful, but no, it is from all over. The most noticeable area is at my temples. But it DEFINATELY is slowing down now.

Everyone will have a different experience, but I am told it will eventually stop, and grow back(by my nurse and dietician team). I am using Nioxin shampoo (only the shampoo, it seemed the treatments actually made more hair fall out, but I can't prove that). It seems that when I started using it, the hair slowed it's fall-out. But I don't know tat it was the shampoo, just the timing. I see a few new ones coming in, but not a whole lot, yet. I got the Nioxin on Amazon.com, but I understand salons carry it, as well. It cleans out the follicles, but doesn't regrow hair.

And Biotin will not regrow hair, either, but will make what you have look great!

Just remember, this, too shall pass. You get used to it, and realize it is just hair. What I did to help me feel better about it was to get a new hair-do. I had it blunt cut to just under my chin, and it helped it by making it look fuller. Good luck to you!

A couple other things my NUT told me was to not color or perm, as it may make it break off more easily, and try not to use ponytail holders, for the same reason. Just another hurdle to weight loss success!

I'm going to get a short cut next week. Tried of the hair all over the bathroom and shower. I will let you know if this helps.

A couple other things my NUT told me was to not color or perm, as it may make it break off more easily, and try not to use ponytail holders, for the same reason. Just another hurdle to weight loss success!

I don't know if I could hold off coloring my hair....This would be bad for me. I wonder if there is a gentle coloring out there?

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Do you normally do your own color, or go to a stylist? If you don't use a stylist, why not call one or two and ask what they would recommend? Make sure you tell them about the surgery, so they can suggest something pertinent for your situation, if one exists. Good luck to you!

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