I've been warned of hair loss/thinning hair after surgery. My surgery is going to be scheduled very soon. And, believe it or not.....that is one of my top worries. Any help? Clues? Experiences? Remedies? Hat suggestions?

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Edited January 9, 20179 yr by Laura62

I've been warned of hair loss/thinning hair after surgery. My surgery is going to be scheduled very soon. And, believe it or not.....that is one of my top worries. Any help? Clues? Experiences? Remedies? Hat suggestions?

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I'm hearing alot about hair loss and I'm worried about that also but I'm having my surgery in April.

Here are my tips for dealing with hair loss if it gets bad. Sadly, there is no real way to prevent it other than not having surgery.

--short hair, particularly in a side part, layered style works well to hide hair loss

--fill-in powders such as Nanogen and Toppik also work really well if the loss gets severe

--headbands to pull longer hair back over your scalp also work if you don't want a short hair cut

I learned this sort of stuff when I lost most of my hair before I was even considering surgery, just due to bad genetics.

For those of you out there who are thinking about hair loss, I'll add one final tip:

--keep in mind that hair loss related to surgery is temporary and minor. I know it's no fun but keep in mind that you could be me instead and lost the vast majority of your hair permanently, for no good reason, and count your lucky stars

Work hard to get your Protein and fluids in post op. Take your Vitamins. There is no concrete proof that extra Biotin works and keep in mind, if you take extra biotin (other than what is in your multi) that it may produce facial excess facial hair.

Most everyone has hair loss at about 4-6 months and it start regrowing back 6 -9 months.