just a question...

did anybody else have a problem with losing there hair after losing weight? I'm about 45 lbs post-op. and i'm losing my hair, and i mean losing, in clumps, in droves. My family docter is doing blood work right now, but i was just wondering if anyone else had this problem?

anybody???

iamcanadian25

Yikes!

I've only heard of a very few people with the lapband losing their hair. Hair loss is a common side effect of gastric bypass surgery.

I hope this is something that your doctor can fix with a simple vitamin/mineral supplement , or by having you increase your Protein intake.

Good luck and let us know what you find out.

Hey! don't I know you??? Aren't you with the Support Group at Dr. Hawasli's office? This is Nancy....hello!

I have had terrible hair loss.....i had thin hair to begin with; but mine is a combination of some recent medications, since they take 1-2 yrs to cause hair loss; and also the anesthesia, and lower Protein and fast weight loss.

I am currently seeing a Dermatologist for scalp injections and it is helping. But he tells me that anyone he has seen with haior loss after weight loss surgery gets the hair back after a while. He also suggested taking Folic Acid and Biotin to help.

People have also said to kick in more protein, etc.

Nancy

just a question...

did anybody else have a problem with losing there hair after losing weight? I'm about 45 lbs post-op. and i'm losing my hair, and i mean losing, in clumps, in droves. My family docter is doing blood work right now, but i was just wondering if anyone else had this problem?

anybody???

iamcanadian25

I have lost some of my hair, It is thin to begin with.I spoke with my doc and he had said to change my vitamin so I m now taking Centrum Chewables and Viactiv calcim chews. I am also takin Biotin 1 tab daily . I was told that after about a month or 2 it grows back.

just a question...

did anybody else have a problem with losing there hair after losing weight? I'm about 45 lbs post-op. and i'm losing my hair, and i mean losing, in clumps, in droves. My family docter is doing blood work right now, but i was just wondering if anyone else had this problem?

anybody???

iamcanadian25

Quite a few of us had problems with it, it's normal. It lasts about 2 months, and it is growing as fast as it is falling out. You think you are going to go bald, but it comes back pretty fast. Mine got pretty thin, but I was the only one that noticed it!

If you do a search on it, there are several threads about it.

My hair is getting pretty thin. I lose it daily. Hopefully I wont go bald. I have only lost about 35 pounds so I don't know if that is it or protien is the issue or just from anesthesia.

js

There seems to be many different opinions on this.

For me I was told by both my PCP and my band surgeon, my hair loss is from not enough Protein, since I have reaaly been eating more protein, my hair loss has stopped. This is just my story.

I was wondering if I was starting to lose mine too because whenever I go to the waterpark the top of my scalp gets sunburned and it never did before!

My friend had her op end Feb and she just phoned me from Saudi a few days ago.She had to cut her hair short.She was losing a lot and it thinned a lot.It does seem to be around 4 months that people lose more hair.I know for a fact that my friend is not eating enough protein...she likes carbs a lot and eats rice, bread (battle but eating it..) and poridge a lot....

I also heard that not taking in enough Iron causes hair loss as well....Anyone hear that also?