Hair Update

How is everyones hair doing? I have lost so much. My hair is flat. How is everyones doing. Has it stopped or slowed down. Everytime time I clean my bathroom there is so much hair. I am getting alittle worried. Everyone have a great weekend Barb

Mine is still going. I havn't broken down to cut it short as of yet. I hope that it will slow down enough so I don't have to. I shower every day at work- I work out in the a.m. and have to stop and clean out the shower--- it is real bad. The one other women who works out is an aneroxic (sp) and she too is loosing her hair. We kind of laugh about it. She is a good kid and getting help for her problems. donna

I had that proplem and I told my doc he said to get zinc 50 mg and take it 3 times aday and it has worked wondering. Not losing nearly as much now.

Mine has slowed down considerably although I am still losing some.. the weird thing is that my hair was so thick pre-op that now that it is thinning out it has more bounce and looks better.... go figure Anna 09/06/2005

Still losing...my hair too is flat...after my shower, the drain appears to have a small animal residing on it. Pam 5'2" 282/195/145

My hair loss has not slowed down any. I does me no good to skip a day washing my hair, because the next time I do it comes out twice as bad. I had thick hair and it is short also. Since I have thinned my hair out I can actually use gel in it and it gives it more body. I am looking forward to getting what I have lost back. I do have one question- why does the hair on my legs stop growing or fall out. Of course the hair I would like to fall out doesn't!!! Hugs, Christine

Nothing helps. Me too I hate hair on my legs.. Seems like it is growing more on the legs. LOL Hugs Barb

Hey Barb, knock on wood, but I haven't lost any hair yet!! I keep waiting, I hear five months is when it can really start. So I'll probably just be starting to lose my hair when you all are done!! By the way, I have been taking Biotin since way before my surgery. Someone told me once that that was good for hair loss. I don't know if that's had anything to do with it or not. love donna

Hi, Fortunately, I've lost no hair. (knock wood) It does seem to be flatter than normal lately, though, even without losing any. I'm trying different shampoos to give it a boost. It's probably because of malnutrition or something. My surgeon told me at week 2 that as long as I was getting in 65 gms or more of protein a day right from surgery, that I'd probably not lose my hair...maybe he's right. OR, maybe I've just not lost it yet... Paula

I have lost about 1/2 my hair but it realy doesn't bother me much becouse pre op to pull my hair back took about 4 inches in a pony tail holder and was so thick and heavy it did nothing and i had to thin it about every 3 months just to avoid the headaches..lol Shel