Okay 58 pound lost s...

Okay 58 pound lost since 5-22-06 Recently I have been loosing alot of my hair. Very worried. My doctor thinks it's from not enough water. Any ideas ??worried about my self estem.

First of all, Congrats, Doreen on your loss of 58 lbs. That has to make you feel great! The hair loss is normal and it is a result of reduced protien intake. I was told that it does and will most definetly stabilize and return. My procedure was May 1, 2006 and I am thinning out (the hair) quite a bit. Women are affected by the hair loss more so than men, but I went bought some "volumizing" shampoo. I am down 112 lbs so losing a little hair is the least of my worries!! Hope you continue to do well! Jeff W. Waldrop

Thanks, congrats on your loss. I'm sure I'll be fine. and good luck Doreen

Hi Doreen. I had my surgery on the same day as you and just recently have noticed a lot of hair loss too. Every morning I have to clean the floor in the bathroom of stray hairs after brushing. I am only brushing when I blowdry now to help keep them in I also heard that its caused by the decrease in protein and will level off in a few weeks. Take Care, Suzette-

The hair loss is relatively common and is caused by a medical condition called Telogen Effluvium. It's due to the stress from surgery and occurs in other types of surgery as well. It's only temporary and falls out due to the effect the trauma of surgery and anesthesia has on the normal growth cycle of our hair. Take a look at the article found at http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic416.htm It explains this condition in detail and will relieve a lot of your worries.

Hi! My doc says that if you don't get enough protien in that it will cause your hair to fall out. I have several friends who have been through that as well. Up your protien intake. It will take some time to notice a change though. My doc says what ever you eat today (protien wise) will affect you three months from now. Good luck! Diana

Hi Doreen, I've heard also that not enough protein will cause hair loss/thinning. Some say no matter how much protein you take in, you're still going to have at least some hair loss. I have been experiencing hair loss for the past month or so now. Luckily, I had a lot of hair to begin with, but I'm still watching it with some alarm, especially since my wedding is next month (yikes). My hair stylist will have a fit if I go to him the day before the wedding and I've lost tons of my hair! So I've been trying to drink lots of liquids, keep upping my protein, and I'm thinking about getting a shampoo that thickens and promotes hair growth (my stylist recommended one, but I don't remember the name - when I get it, I'll share). Alisa

Hey congrats on your wedding. Good luck with your hair. I thought maybe we could collect what we llose and make a wig togeter. LMAO. I bought a wedding gown off ebay it's beatiful. I've decided I can marry my soul mate after I fit in my new size 8 gown. Hope it's not wishful thinking. I'm a 12 now. DOREEN

Doreen - I'm with you on this one. I have "Bragged" for the past 4 months about how I'm not losing my hair when I should have stayed shut the heck up. Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed SO much hair loss it's crazy. Thank goodness I have a head full of thick hair. I'm still very concerend though. I too have heard over and over about it being lack of protien. I'm here to tell you that's BS. I eat between 60-100g protien a day.

Congrats on the weight loss. I had surgery the same day and I am down 56 pounds! And yes my hair is starting to fall out. I've always had dry, damaged hair, but this is awful. I am right there with ya!