I'm reading a lot that hair loss is a side effect of the lap band? Why? And what percentage of people experience hair loss?

I'm not sure that it has so much to do with the lap band, but more to do with surgery itself. I have done quite a bit of reading on the Internet and I have basically learned that it doesn't happen to everyone and that your hair basically cycles really fast. I have been losing my hair for about the last two months. I was banded on 7/20 and I am hoping that it ends soon. I watch my hair loss almost as much as I watch the scale. I often wish that I was losing weight as fast as my hair was falling out, lol.

but why? omg is a scary thing, my surgery is in 2 days and i def don't want to loose any of my long hair .

Yes you will lose your hair, or rather it will thin a lot. I had very thick hair before my surgery. It is quite thin now. It has to do with the nutrients you lose from what I understand. I will say start taking Biotin as soon as you can start taking pills. It really does help. No, it won't happen overnight but I can tell my hair is beginning to get thicker. Even my hairdresser noticed when I went in January that my hair is getting thicker again.

Do I hate that my hair is now thin and that I can't keep it as long as I would like? Of course. Is my thin hair worth the 150 pounds I've lost? Hell yes! ????

I'm ranting about my hair loss this morning. I was hoping to be one of the lucky ones it would not happen to, but no such luck. I had my sleeve surgery on 10/15/15. For the past 2 weeks I have been losing a lot of hair. The good news is I am no longer obese, just in the overweight range. I will deal with the hair loss, it will grow back. I never want the weight back.

Does this goes as well to the lap ban too? Omg I will be disappointed , because I let my hair grow long just a few months ago , fingers cross

Yes, I was banded last January.

I lost so much hair once I started losing weight rapidly after my surgery. it would fall out everywhere and in big clumps. I was so upset about it because my hair wasn't that thick to begin with. my hair was also long so it looked like it has empty strands of hair it looked terrible and I knew I had to cut it short to all grown back healthier and not look like empty Patches of hair.

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Oh wow. Which surgery you had?

Oh wow. Which surgery you had?

I had the lap band. make sure you get as much Protein as your body needs dont skip days without having your Protein shakes because protein is very important in hair growth

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It's due to the Protein. Keep up with your recommended protein intake and it should help.

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Hi . hair grows . 2 ways depending on diet

So of you eat mostly carbs . Its grows one way

Low carb high Protein and fat another

So with the surgery . You are proberly falling in to ketos. With eating not much . And drinking liquid . So your old hair reacts to this . And starts to thin . New hair dose grow . But another way . Hope this helps . Information on internet

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Two things that affect hair loss. 1 diet, 2 stressors. Your diet has and will change with not eating as much as you did so if your not getting enough protein..the hair will pay the price. Also stress, telegen effluviene (sp) Hair loss from stress. Rather it is emotional stress or physical stress (surgery). I suck at handling either.....and yes hair is thinner, finer and straight now. Use to be wavy. Been 3 years now, lost 100 pounds...Quit smoking, gained 20 and working on them. So stress and crappy eating. Yep I know.