I keep hearing people talking about hair loss after a few months of sleeve surgery. What are your experiences with hair loss.....what are things I can do to try and keep that from happening?

I have heard the same thing as well. I am 4 weeks post op. I am currently using Biotin shampoo, using Biotin vitamin patches and taking a Biotin melt by mouth each morning.

Thank you!

You're welcome. I am not sure any of it will help, but I really don't want to lose my hair so I am trying to take all of this for prevention!!

have you heard of Opurity vitamins? I have had a few coworkers that did not experience hair loss or if they did experience it, it grew back quickly. As I was talking to them about it I found the one common denominator is they were all using Opurity for their vitamins. I plan to use that brand at least my first year then move to something cheaper later. You can google and find them, they are made by the people that make Unjury protein supplement. Now I have tried the Unjury and it was very tasty so I plan for that to be my main protein supplement in the beginning and again move to something cheaper later.

I'm not sure you can totally prevent it. It seems to be on a case by case basis.

Telogen Effluvium is hair loss after surgery or metabolic distress, both of which occur with a weight loss surgery. I strongly recommend you look it up.

There are strategies that some of us employ to help reduce the risk and maybe mitigate extreme hair loss, but I'm not sure how effective they are.

I began losing larger than usual amounts of hair at about 3 months post op and now at 4 months, it seems to be slowing down. I ALWAYS got my protein requirements and I have ALWAYS taken vitamins/minerals (including biotin supplements) to reduce.

I second the promotion of Unjury and it's products. I did not take the Opurity line. I tried so many others that once I found something that didn't make me nauseated, I was afraid to try another.

8 minutes ago, S@ssen@ch said:

I'm not sure you can totally prevent it. It seems to be on a case by case basis.

Telogen Effluvium is Hair loss after surgery or metabolic distress, both of which occur with a weight loss surgery. I strongly recommend you look it up.

There are strategies that some of us employ to help reduce the risk and maybe mitigate extreme hair loss, but I'm not sure how effective they are.

I began losing larger than usual amounts of hair at about 3 months post op and now at 4 months, it seems to be slowing down. I ALWAYS got my Protein requirements and I have ALWAYS taken vitamins/minerals (including Biotin supplements) to reduce.

I agree with this. There are several of us who have done everything "right", protein, supplements, etc., and still experienced hair loss.

I lost a significant amount of hair from 3-5 months approximately. Even though I estimate about 33%-50% volume loss (from pony tail diameter), it really isn't noticeable to anyone other than myself. I just have to be careful pulling my hair back, because the loss does show at my temples and hairline.

About month 3 is when I started losing hair. I’m frustrated because I have taken my vitamins since before the surgery and I ear a well balanced diet. It’s month 4 and I’m still losing hair. It’s very sad. My hair was so thick and pretty. Now it’s dull and thinner out. I’m hoping it will thicken back up with Time.