I'M SAD ABOUT HAIR LOSS....
Tamera,
I really relate to you on the hair loss. I will be looking for a wig this week. It has gotten out of hand.
With any surgery, hair loss is a possibility due to the anestetic. (SP) Some people lose none and some alot. The drugs cause the hair to go into stasis and it will fall out. So it is a risk to begin with. Then add to that a lack of protein that many of us go through, and some of us just can't win! I have hardly eaten in 6 months and have the hair loss to prove it.
It will grow back. Let's have faith it will grow back soon. It is distinguished for a man to lose hair but not us ladies. I really was devastated by my hair loss. I am over that now and am looking forward to trying new looks. (I am just trying to look at up side. lol)
Take heart.
Grins,
Kaye
Tamera,
First let me say I have tried absolutely EVERYTHING mentioned here plus a whole lot more to keep my hair from falling out. Once it started to fall out - about 2 months ago - I redoubled my efforts. But alas, absolutely none of the so called "preventatives" or "remedies" has worked. After gretching and moaning for 6 weeks or better about my hair I came across the article I've included in this post. Now I know I can't blame myself for my massive hair loss. Either you're gonna lose your hair or your not. Most of us will/are/have lost some/most of our hair. According to this article I have about 35-40 days left in this "cycle" of hair loss. I maybe looking for a wig by then, but in the mean time I just keep cutting it shorter and shorter.
Hope this helps!
Happy thoughts,
Va
232/153/130
-79 pounds
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"Excessive shedding occurring after gastric bypass surgery would be a typical example of a telogen effluvium. The name "telogen effluvium" explains the nature of the hair loss very well. All hair follicles in humans run through cycles of activity. During anagen, they produce hair fiber. During telogen, the follicles are dormant and there is no further growth. The hair shaft is shed at the end of the telogen phase. Effluvium is a Latin word that means "letting loose". So the term "telogen effluvium" describes hair follicles entering a dormant stage and shedding (letting loose) the hair shaft.
Telogen effluvium forms of hair loss are generalized and diffuse over the scalp. Telogen effluvium is not normally a permanent form of hair loss. Eventually, the hair follicles recover and return to normal hair density usually within one year. In a normal, young, healthy individual up to 90% of hair follicles are in an a growing phase (anagen) and only 10% are in a telogen (resting) phase at any one moment in time. If your body experiences a systemic physiologic upset, such as a gastric bypass surgical procedure, many of the anagen hairs can be shifted into telogen. At the end of that telogen phase, which is typically about 100 days in length, those hairs will all shed. Rarely are more than 50% of the hairs of the scalp ever involved in a telogen effluvium. The severe shedding rarely lasts more than the length of the telogen phase, which is about 100 days.
There is no treatment for telogen effluvium. Once the hair follicles entered the telogen phase, the hair shafts were destined to shed in 3 to 4 months and there is no way of preventing it from taking its natural course. However, you will be encouraged to know that the hair follicles have not been damaged and that all of the hair will grow back in.
If you would like to read more about the phenomenon of telogen effluvium, please access the article at http://www.minoxidil.com/journal.htm#Telogen
Richard Lee, M.D."
Va
232/153/130
-79 pounds
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"Excessive shedding occurring after gastric bypass surgery would be a typical example of a telogen effluvium. The name "telogen effluvium" explains the nature of the hair loss very well. All hair follicles in humans run through cycles of activity. During anagen, they produce hair fiber. During telogen, the follicles are dormant and there is no further growth. The hair shaft is shed at the end of the telogen phase. Effluvium is a Latin word that means "letting loose". So the term "telogen effluvium" describes hair follicles entering a dormant stage and shedding (letting loose) the hair shaft.
Telogen effluvium forms of hair loss are generalized and diffuse over the scalp. Telogen effluvium is not normally a permanent form of hair loss. Eventually, the hair follicles recover and return to normal hair density usually within one year. In a normal, young, healthy individual up to 90% of hair follicles are in an a growing phase (anagen) and only 10% are in a telogen (resting) phase at any one moment in time. If your body experiences a systemic physiologic upset, such as a gastric bypass surgical procedure, many of the anagen hairs can be shifted into telogen. At the end of that telogen phase, which is typically about 100 days in length, those hairs will all shed. Rarely are more than 50% of the hairs of the scalp ever involved in a telogen effluvium. The severe shedding rarely lasts more than the length of the telogen phase, which is about 100 days.
There is no treatment for telogen effluvium. Once the hair follicles entered the telogen phase, the hair shafts were destined to shed in 3 to 4 months and there is no way of preventing it from taking its natural course. However, you will be encouraged to know that the hair follicles have not been damaged and that all of the hair will grow back in.
If you would like to read more about the phenomenon of telogen effluvium, please access the article at http://www.minoxidil.com/journal.htm#Telogen
Richard Lee, M.D." Dena,
I haven't stopped doing everything I can to promote healthy hair. Just after I read this article I quit beating myself up over the hair loss. I knew I hadn't done anything wrong...it's gonna happen or it's not gonna happen. Nothing I could do to prevent it.
I still take my vitamins and still get my protein in and still take flaxoil and still use special shampoos...etc... I'm still losing a fistful of hair a day... I do my part...I want to make sure that my body and my hair are healthy.
Va
I am still loosing hair like crazy as well. Dont worry they say it will grow back! just feel great about the weight loss to compensate 
Best of luck!
Elizabeth M Most Active
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