Did I avoid the hair loss issue?

My hair loss started around 4-5 months out... I had thin/fine hair to begin with and unfortunately most of my hair loss was permanent... I am 4 years and still dealing with hair loss... Luckily for you, I seem to be the exception and not the rule.. Most hair loss is temporary and comes back to the fullness you had before sugery. 

Biotin is a nutritional supplement and I've found it at GNC, Wegmans, etc.  You can take it as a preventative (should make your hair healthier overall), but it may just help the new hair growing in, as opposed to preventing the loss in the first place.

I'm a tiny bit over 5 months out and started noticing hair loss about a month ago.  It's not horrible (and certainly not enough for me to regret this process!) and is still ongoing with me.  Given that I'm down 79 pounds, most people are looking at the changes in OTHER parts of my body rather than my hair ... haha!

I keep my hair short out of choice, and my hairdresser tells me that's helping prevent more hair loss, because the hair isn't pulling on itself with its weight. 

I've also been told by several people that the hair loss is not so much related to the weight loss, but to the body's reaction to anesthesia drugs, as it's seen fairly commonly in everyone who's had surgery (not just WLS patients).

Karen