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Anyone NOT lose their hair?

My doc told me If I get a minimum of 60g of protein in a day and take my daily vitamin regimen, that I won’t experience hair loss. Is this true??

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I did tons of research on telogen effluvium and hairloss regrowth and this one was promising , im not out of the woods yet but im hopeful that this is helping minimize loss (and prayer) so i tell everyone i can.

Keep me posted on your progress

HW: 256
SW: 238(4/25/18)
CW: 224
GW: 165

I started shedding more than normal a couple of weeks ago, at 3 months post op. I take a good multivitamin, biotin and adequate protein, but still started losing my hair unfortunately.

@james marusek there are different ones...which one did you use?
This might be off but I have not had my surgery yet but I have crohns and with this we go through periods of hair loss as well. It happens with flares I started to take a thyroid supplement postassium iodian and it stopped within a month. I also use monta now and have tons of new growth. Monta is a shampoo just cost a arm and a leg. I have not had new growth since I was 20 years old. I do not sell monta shampoo I buy from a friend of mine. I been amazed on my body and growth and the fact my hair dose not fall out. I am going to go back on the potassium iodine after surgery to help thyroid support. (I stopped taking it when my hair stopped falling out). With IBD it falls out with flares.

I have hypothyroidism and take Synthroid daily. Sometimes with thyroid disease, you suffer from hair loss. I've been blessed.

HW: 256
SW: 238(4/25/18)
CW: 224
GW: 165

My program is 80 of protein for females and 90 for males. I have not lost hair. I started taking Biotin a month before surgery and now that I am seven weeks post I take my supplements including the Biotin to be sure. I take Opurity vitamin daily, Calcium Citrate twice daily and Biotin once daily.

I'm coming up on 6 months out and haven't had any hair loss. My nutritionist felt like I probably wouldn't because I hit all of the goals (fluid, protein, taking vitamins) the whole time so far without missing anything more than a couple calcium pills. Hair growth is normal, the only issue I did have was cracking nails so I took Biotin (starting a month ago) and that helped with the nails. Hopefully the good luck continues!

I had my surgery May 8th. I have not had issues with hair loss. (Knock on wood) I get between 60 & 75 grams of protein with my protein shakes.

I (like lots of others) thought the hair loss was something that happened right after surgery. Breathed a sigh of relief that I'd dodged it after 3 months and no loss. Within the last few weeks though, my hair has started to come out. Whahah. :) It isn't awful though and I don't expect to be bald or anything. No one else even notices- it's all between me and the bathroom sink. Well. All of you now too. I've seen biotin and l-lysine mentioned here, but I also remember my nutritionist mentioning eating zinc rich foods as well to help.

I lost a lot of hair, but since I have seriously thick hair I didn’t worry. It is growing back in now.
A friend of mine was not so lucky but hers is growing back nicely too

Mine was lost long ago so i shortcutted this particular aspect.....

I'm stocking up on all available remedies, but I'm already wig shopping. I have hair loss due to my medication so I am expecting the worse after surgery. Maybe it won't be bad but we'll see.

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