Hello,

I am almost 5 months post op vsg. I have lost at least 50% of my hair. I have always had extremely thick hair, now I am scared to wash it or even brush it because so much comes out. I have bought all of the matrix violate advanced fiber strong products and they do not seem to be helping. Has anyone else experienced this?

I am also going through a stall. I am extremely frustrated. I am thankful that I have lost a little over 75 lbs in almost 5 months however I feel like everyone else is out of their old clothes and into new by this point. I am not. Yes they are big but I can still wear them comfortably. For the past at least three weeks I have been going up and down between 3 lbs. it is definitely not coming off like it was. Has anyone else experienced this?

You can't worry about what other people are doing, track your progress and keep your eyes on the goal -- better health, more robust life.

i am very worried about losing my hair after surgery,especially since i have fine hair & have my son’s wedding in nov. i am starting on aveda’s invati system & looking into a prescription of finasteride5g.

I haven't LOST hair (I don't think so, anyway), but it does appear it's growing slower than before. I've noticed that less is coming off when I trim my beard each week, and the last time I got my hair cut, I was asked if it had only been 2-3 weeks since my last one (it had been about 6 weeks). Has anyone had this issue?

Biotin is supposed to help prevent hair loss.

It sucks but it's normal. Maybe try upping your protein?

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Sorry to hear about your challenges. it sounds like you've had fantastic weight loss to be at 75 lbs down at 5 months! What was your starting weight? I think if you try on some smaller clothes you may find they fit well and that you might like them after a little bit of wearing them. When you're bigger you get used to loose stuff and avoid anything that is slightly tight, but once you lose some you might not mind it anymore. I'm down a bit over 60 (50 since surgery) and I still wear a few items from before, but noticed that I feel so much better in the next size down after I tried it. I actually went as far as to clean out all my bigger clothes except for a couple things so I have no choice now.

The hair loss sucks, but it will come back. Unfortunately there's nothing proven to really help, you just have to ride it out. I've got thick dark hair and am expecting it to be bad too... so I bought some hats.

For your stall are you being super careful to monitor what you eat and tracking everything? Are you eating anything that has much more salt? I've also caught my scale reading wrong - so if you have an electronic scale change the batteries, this morning my scale was reading 4 lbs high and after a batter change it's normal again.

Hang in there, you're doing great and you can do this!