I was banded May 5, 2008 and am down about 80 pounds so far (over 1/2 way done!), it has been really great! I have not had any problems so far and go for my first fill Sept. 9th. The past month or so though I have been noticing that I am loosing hair by the handful. I mean it clogs the shower to were the water won't drain before I am even 1/2 done my shower. I get over 80 grams of protein almost every day, so I don't see how it can be from a lack of protein. Has anyone else had this problem, even though they are eating more then adequate protein? If so, what was the cause?

Thanks!

Try adding a Biotin supplement (vitamin pills) and using a Biotin shampoo. Jason (thats the brand name) makes one and it can be found at health food stores. I bought mine at vitamin world. They make a biotin shampoo and conditioner that was recommended to me by another lap bander.

Yes it happened to me , after about the same weight loss and it scared me to death. I have heard every reason under the sun and I tried everything, but it does stop and your hair does come back, my hair came back as full as ever. I actually think it is the lack of nutrients but who knows, I am just a nurse not a doctor, but it does come back.

Mine is coming back, but it's also still falling out by the handfuls. I started biotin about a month ago, and don't really see a difference. I'm getting a little worried it hasn't stopped yet. This has been going on since May!!!

I also lost about half of all the hair on my head within a few months after banding and lost about 35 lbs which have all come back due to a lack of good fill followups (my doctor is in Mexico and I wasn't able to get back for fills) but am going to a local doctor here in Las Vegas next month to get back on the weight loss journey. My hair has thinned all over my head and although it was fine before, it is very fine and very thin now. It seems like the strands are thinner, not just fewer hairs over all, but thinner and finer strands. I had over $2000 in endocrine workup done to see if there was another reason but all we could figure out between me and 2 doctors was it's how my body reacted to the placement of a foreign body (the band) inside of me. I had hoped it would grow back but it hasn't, and I am just hoping by losing some weight now it will stay in my head (what's left of it at least).

AAAAAARRRRGH!!

I was banded May 5, 2008 and am down about 80 pounds so far (over 1/2 way done!), it has been really great! I have not had any problems so far and go for my first fill Sept. 9th. The past month or so though I have been noticing that I am loosing hair by the handful. I mean it clogs the shower to were the Water won't drain before I am even 1/2 done my shower. I get over 80 grams of Protein almost every day, so I don't see how it can be from a lack of protein. Has anyone else had this problem, even though they are eating more then adequate protein? If so, what was the cause?

Thanks!

If you have already lost 80 lbs since May 5th, that's about 5 lbs a week! That's tremendous! Good Job!!!! You must be very diligent in following all the rules. I wish my weight was coming off that fast.

However, that kind of rapid weight loss is prone to make certain people lose hair. When your weight stabilizes, the hair will come back. This I know from personal experience. Biotin is a product that works for me and it is very inexpensive at Walmart.

Keep up the good work.

I haven't had a lot of trouble with it but after my last surgery I lost a lot of hair. It finally came back but I don't want it to happen again. I have started taking a good quality Hair, nail & skin vitamin along with my multi.

GNC & Puritan Pride bith have good ones that came highly recommended. My daughter used the it due to hair loss & other hair issued from her thyroid. It worked great for her. I just decided to add it to my routine and maybve miss this problem.

I am losing mine too. I hoped it wouldn't happen, but no luck! I heard the Biotin works and am going to try that, but do the Vitamins come in chewables? pills get stuck especially if they are really big. I am tired of my hair going down the drain!

Congrats KePrincess on the weight loss. We were banded on the same day and I am only at 60 lbs since this whole process started for me a year ago. Keep up the great work!

I hope somebody find a cure for this ..I'll die if my hair falls out...just die

I too am losing hair. Bummer. I am taking Biotin and Zinc and Folic Acid. I also started using Nioxin Shampoo, conditioner and Scalp Therapy...but it makes the hair soooo dry and straw-like, that I must stop. Did anyone have success with Nioxin?

I may have to put a wig on!

Do not take Biotin if you have any kind of Liver Disease... I have an enlarged liver and my doctor told me to stay away from it.

There are plenty of foods that have Biotin in them like liver, mushrooms, legumes, carrots, cauliflower- you can look it up online...

My doc advised me to drink a Protein shake during the day to get extra protein in- nothing will really stop the hair loss. It will stop on it's own after approx. 3 months. I've lost about 10% already and it's only been going on about 2 weeks. It's gross.

I cut my hair kinda short and layered it and my friends (who only tell me the truth) said they can't tell at all.

I won't color it either right now - just keep it healthy!

This happened to me around the 4 month mark after surgery and I started using Nioxin shampoo and conditioner. It has taken about 2 months but I have lots of new little spikey hairs coming in, even my hairdresser says she sees them. She suggested that I continue to use it for a few more months.