Bald spot... is this caused by the surgery?

[insta_adventurer 1,046]

Ummm so I am one month post op. I haven’t really noticed an uptick in Hair loss yet.

However, today I was getting my hair done and my stylist asked, “have you always had this bald spot?”

And I said, “Durrr uhhhh what?”

So yeah- I’ve got a quarter sized bald spot in the back of my head. Could this be surgery related? I’m not talking shedding either- I’m talking BALD. Anyone else experience this? I’m starting to freak out that it may be Alopecia (thanks dr. google)!

Photo evidence:

[KimTriesRNY 1,853]

It seems early for that, but not beyond the realm of possibility. It seems to be in a good location to be hidden so that’s good!

[Kay07 734]

As someone who suffers from Alopecia, it’s entirely possible. There is a form of alopecia that directly relates to stress and our bodies definitely are stressed during our recovery. The good thing is that it’s temporary :) a dermatologist could confirm it, but unless it spreads to over an inch in diameter I wouldn’t worry too much.

And it does appear to be in an easily hidden spot. Unlike mine! Although mine is not temporary. 😭

[insta_adventurer 1,046]

On 08/17/2018 at 06:12, Kay07 said:

As someone who suffers from Alopecia, it’s entirely possible. There is a form of alopecia that directly relates to stress and our bodies definitely are stressed during our recovery. The good thing is that it’s temporary :) a dermatologist could confirm it, but unless it spreads to over an inch in diameter I wouldn’t worry too much.



And it does appear to be in an easily hidden spot. Unlike mine! Although mine is not temporary. 😭

We took pictures so I’d have a reference point in case it spread. Thank you for your response and reassuring me that it’s temporary if it is Alopecia.

It just came out of left field, because I always though Alopecia typically first occurred in people when they were kids/teens... and I’m in my 30s and had never had any signs of it.

Also, while I went into this knowing post-op shedding was a thing that would likely happen- I thought it was all over shedding/thinning that I’d be facing.