My surgery was May 20th and the hair loss began in late August. It hasn't seemed to even slowed down yet.... it's freaking me out!

I take my multis, biotin and get pretty close to hitting my proteins daily.

Please be honest and tell me about your hair loss. I knew going into this that hair loss is a side effect, but I wasn't prepared for it to be like this.

I found the hair loss stopped when I stopped loosing super fast...I slowed down to 1 lb a week or so (15 lbs to go) and the hair stopped falling out. I take 1000 of Biotin every day and I use biotin shampoo. I eat a lot of almonds which I hear helps too. The hair is now growing back, as I have little short hairs on the top of my head. It looks awful now and I wear a lot of hats, but the new hair is soft and healthy, so I think with time...

Just consider it part of the Journey!

Biotin shampoo... ohh, interesting. That's the first I've heard of that. I guess hair regrowth is the silver lining of slowed weight loss.

Thanks!

Im 3 months out from surgery. Ive been taking biotin since the week after my surgery. Luckily I havent lost any hair yet although im prepared for it. I saw my dr last week and she was discouring me from taking it. She said it can interfere with the effect of the other vitamins and that if im going to loose my hair than im going to loose it and the biotin wont help. Has anyone else heard this because ive read so many posts about biotin helping out alot. I have also heard that once you stop loosing so fast your hair loss will stop.

That is interesting, since Biotin is one of the things my doctor recommended I take! I guess it depends on the doctor. My Vitamin levels are terrific...first time in my life I haven't been low on Vitamin D. But again, do what your doctor says.

My hair loss started at about month six post op. All my lab work was normal. I had started taking biotin prior to surgery. Always got my protein in and still my hair fell out. I probably lost about 2/3 of my hair and what I had left was dry and brittle.

My weight loss stopped at around month 10 as I was at my goal weight. Even when my weight stabilized my hair fell out like crazy. Huge clumps in the shower and hair all over the bathroom floor.

I tried so many things: coconut oil, emu oil, essential oils, different shampoos, raw vegetable juicing to increase my nutrients and antioxidants, folic acid, scalp massage... The list went on.

What finally worked for me was I began taking liquid silica added to my water once a day. That slowed the loss down considerably. My hair was still thin and brittle. About six weeks ago I began to take marine collagen powder added to my water and it has been my miracle cure. My hair loss has stopped and now it's shiny, soft, and growing back. Yippee!!

Even with the hair loss this surgery has been so worth it!!

Good luck to you.

Liquid silica? Wow, I'm learning so much from this thread. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm going to start some research

My doctor told me that Biotin doesn't keep you from losing hair but will help it grow back in quicker. I lost hair from months 3-6. I'm 8 months out now and it's all growing back in.

I started losing hair a few weeks ago and it freaked me out! I was pulling handfuls out while washing. I recently started taking biotin and hope that the hair loss phase stops soon. I have a lot of hair to begin with so I can stand to lose some but it's still scary.