There goes my hair...
Just shy of 11 weeks out and suddenly my hair is coming out in handfuls. I have really thick hair (when I get it cut I beg them to thin it, then when they think they are done...thin it again), so I have plenty to spare! But this is pretty shocking!
I think if I collected it all, I could make wigs for baby Kardashians ;)
Just wondering how long the loss typically lasts, before it slows down?
I have PCOS, so I'm not interested in Biotin--I only want hair on my head, not everywhere else, please!!
on 10/2/15 4:34 am - WI
It usually starts at around three months out and it ends at about nine months out. Biotin does not prevent the hair loss. Keeping your protein levels up will insure that your hair grows back as strong and thick as before surgery. I lost about half my hair, but I have thick, curly, hair and the only person who noticed the loss was me!
Most folks get a new hair style to get through it.
HW 270 SW 236 GW 160 CW 145 (15 pounds below goal!)
VBG Aug. 7, 1986, Revised to RNY Nov. 18, 2010
I remember gasping, then smiling in amazement when holding fallen hair in my hand. I was thinking, "sure enough, it's almost three months to the day I read this would happen." You started a whole week early. I bought Nioxin shampoo/conditioner and a faux ponytail to wear. The hair situation got better a year out. Let's hope yours stops a whole week early, too.
Right on schedule! Relax. It will all grow back.
Some people freak out, and start trying all kinds of stuff. When their hair grows back, which it will regardless, they swear it was because of whatever product they were using. It's not. It's just time.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
