Hello to all,

I was sleeved back in August and since then have lost nearly 50 lbs. I am eating fairly well and healthy, take all required Vitamins and am going through rapid and noticeable hair loss. I thought the Biotin 10,000 mcg/daily tabs would help but they haven't been helping me much.

Any thoughts and advice for those of you who may have gone through the same experience...any hope of stopping the hair loss or getting my hair to its normal state?

Thanks for reading this and for your responses!

Warm regards,

Luckystar

Funny you posted this today. We had surgery on the exact same day. I am having the same problem and thoughts. I was in the shower today wondering when the hair lose was ever going to stop. My started about a month after surgery and hasn't slowed down. My hair is half as thick as it was at the beginning. Thank goodness I had thick hair to start with or I would have none at all by this point.

Unfortunately, this is an effect of extreme weight loss. It will not last forever, it will grow back, and the only thing you can really do is get as much Protein as possible and stick to your healthy diet.

@@Hello new me, Thanks for your response! Good thing you have a head full of thick hair, I already had thin hair to begin with but the loss of hair is excessive. I am hopeful it will grow back for us. As I am afraid of being left without any hair at all at the rate that its falliing out. Good luck to you and congrats on your weight loss!

@@BarrySue, thanks for writing me and for your encouraging words. I sure hope you are right when you say it is temporary and that the hair will grow back since its worisome for me. Congratulations to you too on your weight loss journey and may you continue to have much success.

I have just hit 6 months and I think the loss may finally be getting better (or wishful thinking on my part...not totally sure) ????

I also had fine hair to start with and it was already thinning on top. I got a hair piece (top only not full wig) and that has really helped hid the problem. Most gals just seem to cut it really short.

I have probably lost 60% of my hair at this point. ????☹️. I can't wait for it to come back in. Hope your loss gets better soon. ????

I was one the ones whose hair loss did not seem to stop. My hair started falling at about month five and continue to fall out until quite recently. I am 17 months post op.

From the beginning I got all my protein and vitamins in. All my lab levels were normal. I had started taking biotin about three months before surgery. I tried so many things and my hair continued to fall out and worse was that it was dry and brittle.

About three months ago I started taking liquid silica and my hair loss dramatically improved. However, it was still dry, brittle and thin. About two months ago I began taking powdered marine collagen in my water and that has made the biggest difference.

My hair is soft and starting to be shiny again. It is also getting a little thicker.

The weight loss is so worth the hair loss, but it can be frustrating.

I think the key is finding what works for you.

@@MzB, thanks for your response. I also hope that your hair starts to come back as well.

I had surgery on 8/17 and noticed the hair loss in the shower about a month post-op. My hair is pretty thick, but I can notice the loss at the top of my head, near where my bangs are. Luckily I can style it so it's not really noticeable. From reading the posts on this site, it's normal and it should stop. I'm not going to wig (pun intended) out about it! Weighing less is worth a little hair loss. If it gets drastic I'll do something about it. For now I'm concentrating on getting my Protein, Vitamins, exercise and Water in.

@@glitter eyes, thanks for your response. I will have to try the marine collagen to see if it willl work for me. How does it taste? Is it mixable in anything other than Water -- say, juice? Thanks!

@, thank you for responding! Thanks for the laugh, I needed that...you are right weighing less is far better than worrying about hair loss. I see you have loss a great amount of weight, would you say it is attributed to your daily dietary intake and excersize? I seem to be at a bit of a stall and was wondering what I am doing wrong, since I imagined, I too, would have lost much more weight. To date Ilve lost 50lbs since surgery and 58lbs since starting on my journey. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

@@LuckyStar I was able to lose 39lbs prior to surgery which for me was awesome. I started following some of the post-op "rules" beforehand...like no drinking with meals, no drinking prior to or after meals for 30 minutes. I also eliminated caffeine, soda, and most carbs. I had "stalls" pre-op and the only way I could break them was to change up my exercise. I had one particularly long stall and my NUT said that my body was comfortable at that weight and I had probably maintained that weight for a long time in the past and he was right. I had been that weight for a few years. I guess the body remembers this!

Post-op my issues have been with food - letting carbs sneak back into my diet. That's what has affected my weight loss last week. It's just so easy to fall into that trap again. I need to be more cognizant - especially now with all the food trappings of the holiday's.

If you are trying to break your stall - keep on doing what your are doing...eat your Protein first, make sure you get enough Water, take your Vitamins and exercise. You will break it! If you are doing the same exercise routine all the time I would suggest you change it up or up the intensity.

@@Margie122, thats amazing that you lost 39lbs pre-surgery --and a total of 80lbs! Thanks for the advice on eating Protein first and excersize, while I try to eat my Proteins first, thats not always the case. As for excersize, I am only walking around to run errands and such, have not yet joined a gym but plan to do so in a few weeks.

Thanks for your response! And much continued success to you on your weight loss and health!

@LuckyStar. The one I is VEDApure I order it from Amazon. It's a powder that you can mix in anything. I usually just mix it in a bottle of water flavored with crystal light drops. I can barely taste it. You could mix it in yogurt, protein drinks, etc.

hope it works for you!! It made a huge difference for me

@@glitter eyes, thanks for the info...Im heading over to Amazon now to check it out. I too would mix it with sugar free juice.

Thanks for the suggestions on this thread! I am definitely going to check the out.