Hi Laura, I had the same thing happen to me, so I cut alot of it off, but when it grew back it still looked like a broom! I hated it. No matter what I did nothing helped. Here is what I ended up doing, and now finally my hair is back to normal!! I started using shampoo every other day instead of daily, although I still use Pantene conditioner every day. I also bought this stuff that really works great! It is called Secret Professional Beauty Creme. I put it on my wet hair every single day, and let it soak in. You don't rinse it off. I let my hair air dry for about 20 minutes, then I blow dry. If I don't blow dry it is too wavy and I don't like the way it looks. (I can and do curl my hair with a curling iron again too). This stuff really worked for me, where other products I tried did not. I buy it online from a place called Avenue You. It is alittle pricey, I buy the large size tube for about $25, but it lasts quite a while. I swear it has made all the difference! Good luck. Anne

How did your appt go with jenny craig. I know that having surgery gives us a better opportunity to weight loss so I wish you much success. I would also like to say for me to loose the weight even after almost 2 yrs out I only added protien and water and lost everytime. I stopped eating sweets and went to the basics. I would stock my cubbords with beef jerkey and water. I know beef jerkey had alot of sodium in it so the water would flush that out but I got the protien from it none the less. I am not a meat eater so this helped out alot. I would snack on this instead of my crackers and stuff I used to snack on with alot of carbs. This is a lifetime journey I know and wish you much sucees.. NAT

Christie, Congrats Congrats. Its almost our birthdays!!! YEAH May babies... This is a great present I commend hubby nice gift he gets kudos for that. Hmm he may have been thinking of himself also a bit ya think Congrats to you NAT

I just wanted to pop in, since it's been a few months since I have been on the boards. Wow, may babies, we are all so busy, and the board is slow. I had my plastics done in November, a breast reduction and lift, LBL with anchor cut, hernia repair, medial thigh lift and brachioplasty. It was a very long recovery, and I am just feeling great again! I have been maintaining between 118 and 120, and wearing junior size 3! I have never been this small, and feel great!!! I am back in school and working full time so I have been super busy between taking care of my hubby and my daughter and school and work. I finish in June, and hopefully can work towards getting a better job by next year. I just wanted to see how everyone is doing and say hello since we are almost 2 years post-op!! WOW, how time flies when we're having so much fun!!! I can't wait to shop for bathing suites this year (I can't believe I am saying this, I always dreaded summer.) Tricia -129 lbs

Thank you so much for the nice compliments and advice. Everyone has great ideas that I will definitly work on. I am also seeing a psychologist to work on my body image issues but that is a very slow moving process unfortunately. I've always had to really work at getting my water in so that is something I will have to work on extra hard. Especially now that I know I can drink soda again. I try to stick to Caffeine Free Diet Coke but sometimes I do the full sugar Cherry Coke or Mt. Dew. (Bad Jessica!) I'm going through that time of the month right now so I'm just trying to get through life but once it's over - I'll be all over this health thing again. Thanks guys! I don't know what I'd do without your support! Happy St. Patty's Day! Jessica