Help! My hair is falling out.

Does Rogain help at all? Just started last week...already getting a bit of a bald spot...I am really bothered by it. Going to up my protien - but open for any other suggestions!! Thanks - 65lbs.

Hi Stacey and welcome to the club. My hair has been coming out for weeks now. And I honestly dont think it has anything to do with protein. I get between 80-100 grams a day and it still is falling out. Its related to rapid weight loss. If I have to stop losing weight to keep it, i'll choose losing hair. It WILL grow back. It happens to most everyone. God bless! Melanie

compared to everyone else...doesn't seem so rapid - but I know what you mean. Surgery was May 19 - lost 65 lbs - seeing people who have lost 80-100 - wow...I wish.

Your hair is kind of long like mine is!!! What are you going to do - are you going to cut it at all? I do not want to cut mine but it is thinning and long hairs keep coming out. I can wrap the ponytail band three times around my hair now!!! I do not want to cut mine!!!

Hi Stacey, My hair is starting to fall out too...for at least a week now. I have lots of hair, so I doubt that I will have a bald spot, but my hair is sort of thin. I hear this is normal and it will eventually stop and your hair will grow back. Get it lots of extra vitamins...I hear flax seed is good. I am not going to worry about it. I have only lost 63 pounds so far (at least the last time I checked a week ago.)...so you are on track. Tricia

I wonder if rogain for women would help at all - it is for hair loss right?

Hey Stacey, I just started to loose mine this week. I don't have any bald spots but it does look thinner. The same thing happened to me after my Gall Bladder operation. It grew back in a couple of months. I just kept it shoulder length and as it grew back I had some layers put in to help with the regrowth. I am also down 65 pounds, so we are on the same track!!! Hope this helps! Christine -65

I wouldn't bother with the Rogaine. It's expensive and your hair will come back without it. The Rogaine will not speed up the process. This is about the shock of the surgery to our bodies. You're in good company. Mine is coming out in handfuls. Cheryl 316/249/150ish

Mine is falling out too!!! Whatcha gonna do?!? I look so impressed w/ the way that I look and feel, I can totally deal w/ the hair loss. -62 lbs

Mine is coming out also. I have been on Biotin 2500 for 4 months, zinc, flaxseed oil, taking in protein and have even mixed crushed birth control pills with my shampoo. Nothing seems to work at all. I have long hair which is getting thin. I am down around 80 lbs. Today I pulled my hair back in a ponytail and wore a clip on hair piece which looked pretty alright. I may have to wear this whenever I go out because my hair is so thin. Does it really grow back???? I see a lot of wls patients with thin hair. I am afraid because I am 50 it will not come back!!!!