Has any experienced bald spots from their hair loss? How long did it last? I'm almost 5 months post op and losing massive amounts of hair

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I am also 5 mo post op and am losing more hair than my animals shed. I was told to keep taking Vitamins, increase Protein and drink lots of Water. We will see ????????

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Mine didn't get THAT bad. I lost heavily from about 3.5 months to 5.5 months post-op, then it all started growing back. Honestly all the new little baby hairs sticking out everywhere once it started coming back were more noticeable than the thinning hair had been.

I am terribly concerned about hair loss. I've lost a lot in the last few years already.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to take to help with it for post op??

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I am terribly concerned about hair loss. I've lost a lot in the last few years already.

Anyone have any suggestions on what to take to help with it for post op??

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The best thing you can do is work hard to get your Protein, Vitamins, and Water in as soon as possible post-op. By the time you are losing hair, the damage is already done and the best you can hope for is to encourage regrowth. Some people swear by Biotin and medicated shampoos, but chances are your bariatric Multivitamin already has ample biotin in it.

I've been taking all my Vitamins and supplements from day one - never missed one. Now almost 5 months out. In the last month, I have been losing handfuls of hair. I've added Biotin. I was wondering the same thing. I've always been over my Protein and Water goals since day 1 post op so, I don't know what "damage" I could have done @JamieLogical. Today in the shower there was enough to put on a baby's head! Now, I know that when I have had surgery in the past, my body has reacted this same way. I'm waiting to hear back from my team with their take because I don't want to be the skinny bald woman!

If hair weighed more, I wouldn't mind losing it...

You have no control over the hair loss! It's nothing you did or didn't do. You can be "perfect" and still lose hair. Trauma/stress to your body causes your body to shut down non-essential activities like hair growth to focus on healing the trauma. Major surgery is traumatic. Losing large amounts of weight is a stress to your body, no matter how much Protein or how many Vitamins you take in or how slow you lose it.

The fact that it takes months to notice it just adds to the feeling that you've done something wrong. And the fact that it grows back makes people think what they ate or vitamins they took saved their hair. Reality is, it's a cycle you have very little control over. Sure, you can probably make it worse with bad nutrition, but if it's going to happen to you, you can't stop it.

Just focus on the fact that it will come back.

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I've always been over my Protein and Water goals since day 1 post op so, I don't know what "damage" I could have done @JamieLogical.

I simply meant that by the time you are losing hair, whatever triggered the hair loss took place months ago so there is nothing you can do *right now* to stop it.

The vast vast majority of WLS patients lose some hair. Some lose a lot of hair. There are so many attributing factors, that it's not really possible to predict how much hair you will lose or how long you will lose it for. The only things within your control are your nutritional intake, but that is just one small piece of the puzzle.

WLS have a quadruple whammy when it comes to hair loss. Anesthesia has been shown to cause hair loss. Rapid weight loss has been shown to cause hair loss. Stress and trauma have been shown to cause hair loss. And malnutrition has been shown to cause hair loss. WLS patients are usually subject to three or four of these.

I was having some hair loss problems before this and they said clumps of hair loss isn't normal and needs to get checked out

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I use Aveda's Invanti system. I have found it worth the money. Also a hair, skin, nails gummy.

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