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I think it varies from person to person. Mine didn't start until about month six. It just recently stopped and I am 16 months post op.

Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones.

I will say losing the hair was so worth the weight loss and a new lease on life!!

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Mine didn't start until closer to 4 months out. Maybe you will be one of the lucky ones but no you aren't too far out to worry about it. Sorry.

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I never lost any hair. I'll be2 years out next month. I have really thick hair so maybe I didn't notice but it has continued to grow like usual. I think we may be the exception.

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I never lost any hair. I'll be2 years out next month. I have really thick hair so maybe I didn't notice but it has continued to grow like usual. I think we may be the exception.

My hair is so thick! I've been purposely not having my stylist thin it out but I'm losing patience. I don't want to have her thin it out AND THEN lose a bunch more. I'll wait a couple more months just to be sure.

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Mine has just started to fall out and I am 5 months out. So far it's not too bad.

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Mine has just started to fall out and I am 5 months out. So far it's not too bad.

Do you keep it short? Have you had to cut any special way? I lost a bunch of hair after all of my pregnancies, but my hair was much short then.

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I have kept it long. The thing that is worse than it falling out is that it is dried out and looks frizzy. I just get the ends trimmed but I am like you and have very thick hair si it is not too noticeable yet...

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I'm closing in on three months and haven't lost any yet. Hope the trend continues.

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I'm nine months post-op, and I never lost hair either. I took crazy amounts of Biotin starting right after surgery, so my hair actually became thicker rather than thinner. I was extremely anxious about Hair loss, and it turns out to have been a non-issue for me.

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from what I've heard/read, it usually starts falling out at 3 or 4 months out, but it can start as late as six months. I'm quickly approaching five months (with no loss so far) and am cautiously optimistic, but I won't rest easy until I hit the six-month mark.

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I started losing about 4 months. My hair has thinned drastically. I can see, but I don't know that anyone else notices it. I cut it way shorter. I'm taking a lot of Biotin and making sure my Protein intake is high to help prevent it from thinning further. It is growing like crazy, but still losing at 6 months. It has slowed quite a bit.

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I started at month 4, now almost at month 6 and still losing hair like crazy. It sucks!

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