I'm genuinely startled about how much hair I lose in the shower in the morning. I know this is normal, I'm one of the 40% of bariatric patients that go through telogen effluvium, the resting phase of hair follicles. Yay! (insert sarcasm here)

Thankfully, i have a thick head of hair and it isn't very noticeable. And I'm almost at the 6 month mark. I've added biotin to my daily vitamin intake and I know it will be okay. It's just scary. No bald spots, just some thinner areas, but it is very disheartening.

I've stopped washing my hair every day (I didn't do it before, but I'm down to 2-3 times per week, which I hate because my head feels so dirty!!), I don't brush it any longer and I'm treating my hair like a pair of pantyhose when I wash it.

I really hate this part. I know it is temporary, but I really really hate. it. (rant over)

Thank you for this. We are in the exact same boat. My hair has always been too thick so I haven’t hated the thinning but I’d love for it to stop now. I’m on some Hair Nail Skin stuff ( something like that) which has biotin and I’m hoping the loss stops soon.

6 minutes ago, suzy1313 said:

Thank you for this. We are in the exact same boat. My hair has always been too thick so I haven’t hated the thinning but I’d love for it to stop now. I’m on some Hair Nail Skin stuff ( something like that) which has Biotin and I’m hoping the loss stops soon.

Good luck to the both of us! I'm ready for it to stop too!!

I am rowing in the boat with you all!!! LOL I take Biotin faithfully everyday. I am 4.5 months out and just this week I noticed the shedding is slowing down. It started thinning around 2 months out. Thankful for thick hair too!!!

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Just now, SouthernBella said:

I am rowing in the boat with you all!!! LOL I take Biotin faithfully everyday. I am 4.5 months out and just this week I noticed the shedding is slowing down. It started thinning around 2 months out. Thankful for thick hair too!!!

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yay for the slowing down! I'm hoping mine slows down too. It is alarming.

At almost 4 months I’m seeing a lot of hair loss. I have long hair but not thick hair. It’s freaking me out a bit. Kinda wish I had short hair so it’s not so noticeable all over the place... but not really lol long hair forever for me.

Happy to share this update......the shedding has stopped with some ironic twist. I used Biotin every singleday along with the rest of the vitamin regime. I also used Redken Extreme Anti-Snap which is awesome. I have used the Redken for years when my hair was having issues. So the end result.....I have long hair, after the shedding it is thinner but not noticeable. The irony is my hair is 3 inches longer. My eyebrows and lashes are loner and thicker!!! Go figure!!!

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Sorry my eyebrows and lashes are longer and thicker.

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So I just did some research because I am concerned about thinning hair. I have very fine hair, so any hair loss looks extreme. I had no idea they have “hair fibers” to hide bald or thinning areas of your scalp. This was good to know, especially since hair loss from weight loss is only temporary. From the look of photos and reading reviews, these seems to work really well.

Hey, I feel the frustration, I also ran into same issue... hair falling and all over shower LoL... increase your protein and don’t forget your biotin.. It will stop by 8th month.. same as you thankfully I have tons of hair and was not noticeable. Best of luck and hope this is just temp..

I am 5 months out and it has stopped.

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I am almost two years away and I am still suffering from this due to issues with iron deficiency. The act that I have always had super straight and super thin hair has also not been very helpful.