I am a little over 3 months out and I am losing hair pretty quickly. My hair is long and blonde on the ends so I'm not sure if it's just breaking or thinning. Anyone have any suggestions or products they've used? It needs to stop

On 4/7/2017 at 7:51 AM, secretsleever20 said:

when we say falling out.... how much are we talking about? i'm almost 1 month post op and very scared about this. Is it enough to give bald spots in guessing??

I haven't had any bald spots, thank gosh. I could just tell when I washed my hair, brushed it, and on my clothes. I had really thick hair, so its thinner now, but nobody seems to notice but me. I am just so glad that it has finally slowed down.

I lost a ton of hair the first 6 months. Nothing I used made it better....then magically at 6 months it stopped!

Sleeved 9/6/16. I have lost about 40% of my hair. My hair was fine but I had a lot of it. 7 months post and I don't see as much falling out. Could be because I don't have any left to lose! I take my vitamins, water, and protein. It is a natural process when your body goes into shock from being malnourished for a long period of time. My doctor compared it to pregnancy hair loss after giving birth. Doctor did tell me it would grow back. If you do a search on hair in this forum you will get to read what all of the vets said. It happens, can't prevent it and it will grow back. The vets say it will take anywhere between 1-2 yrs for it to come back.

Amazon sells a fiber hair loss filler that I love! Just put a little bit at the top so no one can see the scalp.

Good luck.

I use a light brown hair spray concealer on my hair to cover any thin spots and it works wonders.

Someone a while back posted information on Dr. Matthew Weiner. YouTube him. He has a great video clip on hair loss after gastric surgery. really helped.

Thanks everyone for weighing in on this. Best of luck to everyone. Happy Easter!

So it's been a month since I posted this. My hair loss is starting to slow down a bit. I have about half of my hair left. It's not so bad that I can see my scalp, but it is incredibly noticeable to me. If I pull it into a ponytail, a hair tie would twist 4 or 5 times. thin as a pencil. The pain in the scalp (like when you have a ponytail too tight) has started to subside. At least I have that to be thankful for. I am still happy with my choice to have the surgery. Hair wil grow back.

My hairloss lasted for about 10 weeks. It didn't get to the point that it was noticeable to anyone but me. I am in month 8 and am still waiting to notice it growing back. I haven't noticed it yet. I still have no regrets.