Hair loss and Protein

Is anyone else having hair loss issues? I am loosing hair by the handful. I am trying a protein pill instead of drinking it. Has anyone tried this? I am also using a hair care line called Nixoin. It is for thinning hair. I have gotten positive feedback on this hair care line from people in the same situation. I am also taking maxi-hair. Does anyone have anything to say about any of this? Has anyone had a hair loss issue and gotten hair to grow back? I'd love to hear what anyone has to say. Heidi

I lost a ton of hair. Not balding but a ton. I upped my protein and started taking 2 biotin with each meal. It has slowed down. I have not had any hair growth but according to my doc that usually about your 6 month is when you start to notice it really bad. I had it at 2 and 3 months out because of my stricture and it taking so long to get a diagnosis. I was starved. Good luck!

Okay ladies - here is the problem. From what I am learning, we only are able to utilize about 30% of the grams on PILLS because they don't stay in the tiny tummy long enough. Protein in food form - either bars or shakes or just plain meat - is IMPORTANT so that you get the benefit of ALL of the grams you ingest. I did add soy isoflavones to my lunch meal, but with the knowledge that I am only using a small percentage of it. My hair fell out so bad I was getting scared, but it has just about stopped now. I did use the biotin-based shampoos and scalp treatments just to help, and I do take biotin in my vitamins. That pill protein isn't going to help a whole lot if that's all the protein you are taking. Remember, you are NOT getting the grams the label says you are. I can see some of the shorter new hair growing in ~ good thing I have a layered cut!

I always shed, but for the first 6 months I REALLY was loosing hair. I'm lucky that my hair has always been really thick, so I didn't get bald spots, but my pony tail thinned out A LOT. I do protein bars (ones made by premier nutrition have 30-31g of protien in 1 bar & are delicious) and get my protien in the food I eat. Hormel's Turkey chili w/o beans has 24g of protien in 1/2 a can. I have found now that I am finally able to get in 70g of protien a day at least that the hair loss has started to subside.

I lost quite a bit of hair too! I was really scared because it was coming out by the handfuls. My bathroom floor was constantly covered with hair and so were my clothes. It's beginning to grow back now. I read quite a bit about it by doing a Google search on "telogen effluvium" and reading everything it lead to. I will copy a brief article here so you will get an idea what it's all about. Hope it helps! CJ =========================== ASK A HAIR LOSS OR HAIR TRANSPLANT EXPERT Question ID:4386 | gastric bypass related hair loss | Asked on 09/16/02 terri valdespino asked: "I had a gastric bypass 4 months ago, and last month I began to experience an exceptional amount of hair loss. My doctors told me that some hair loss was normal, and if I ate enough protiens i would be able to control it. Well, at the rate my hair is falling out, I will be bald with-in a couple months. I asked my doctor how long this hair loss will go on. (I was told 9 months) I asked if there was any special things I could do or take to help. The only 2 things that was recommended to me Iam already doing. Iam eating at least 50 grams of protien a day, and I have inquired and begun using an over-the-counter product, a shampoo and conditioner named Nioxin. My hair is still falling out at an alarming rate. If there is anything that you can reccomend, or advice. It will be greatly needed and apprciated Thank you Terri Valdespino please" Dr Richard Lee, MD answered: "Excessive shedding occurring 4 months 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