I got my gastric sleeve on 5/9/18. Things are going great-I’m down 60 lbs total from my pre-surgery and post surgery loss. I noticed that I have lost some arm hair (good) and now eyebrow hair too (bad). My head hair has been thinning for many years and I was really worried about that getting worse. Somehow, I haven’t lost that hair. Has this happened to anyone else? Did your eyebrows grow back?
Do I need to add eyebrow tattoos to my list of post surgery cosmetic procedures?!?!!?

Thanks!

HW 255
SW 234
CW 195
GW 150

11 hours ago, madscientistmommy said:

I got my gastric sleeve on 5/9/18. Things are going great-I’m down 60 lbs total from my pre-surgery and post surgery loss. I noticed that I have lost some arm hair (good) and now eyebrow hair too (bad). My head hair has been thinning for many years and I was really worried about that getting worse. Somehow, I haven’t lost that hair. Has this happened to anyone else? Did your eyebrows grow back?
Do I need to add eyebrow tattoos to my list of post surgery cosmetic procedures?!?!!?

Thanks!

HW 255
SW 234
CW 195
GW 150

Hair loss is common, however it's not exactly "hair loss" in the normally used sense. Your hair is thinning because surgery caused your body to trigger a "rest phase" on more hair follicles than would normally be at rest. When they reactivate, they shed the hair they were holding. This appears to be "hair loss" in reality it's just a larger percentage of the normal shed process happening at once due to the surgery. Good news is, the condition is seldom permanent and re-growth typically is complete. It's just going to take some time to get all that hair back to your preferred length. I'd avoid any cosmetic tattooing for at least 6 months to a year to allow your body to get back to normal. I'd hate to hear that you had the tattooing, then your hair grew back and it looks silly or funny now.

18 hours ago, madscientistmommy said:

I got my gastric sleeve on 5/9/18. Things are going great-I’m down 60 lbs total from my pre-surgery and post surgery loss. I noticed that I have lost some arm hair (good) and now eyebrow hair too (bad). My head hair has been thinning for many years and I was really worried about that getting worse. Somehow, I haven’t lost that hair. Has this happened to anyone else? Did your eyebrows grow back?
Do I need to add eyebrow tattoos to my list of post surgery cosmetic procedures?!?!!?

Thanks!

HW 255
SW 234
CW 195
GW 150

Matt is right, hold off on doing any tattooing or anything permanent to your eyebrows. This is a temporary loss, not permanent. Just wait and see. Plus, there is ALOT that you can do with makeup now-a-days. YouTube some eyebrow makeup tutorials, you'd be amazed.

I will definitely wait a year before I do anything. I hope they come back! Thanks!

I got my eyebrows microbladed months ago for no other reason than it’s the most fabulous game changer ever! No more doing the brows! Just have to keep the area around the microblading tidy! The Bomb!!!