Losing hair

I'm so sorry you're going through this. I've been there and it was so hard to deal with mentally. I have always had beautiful, thick, long hair, but not after VSG. grrrr  I finally decided eating more calories each day was my only hope at saving what I had left.   My weight loss stalled but my hair stopped falling out and even started growing again!

How many calories and grams of protein are you eating each day? I'm 3.5 years out and currently eating between 1,100 -1,300 cals and 50-70 grams of protein a day to reach goal by the end of the year.

I was also using Castrol oil mixed with Coconut oil on my scalp twice a month. That really seemed to help too. Oh and upped my Biotin to 10,000 a day.

The crazy shedding can last till the 9th month??? Mine is crazy too...I'm down to washing 1x a week... it wont last 4 more months of this. UGH. 

This happened to me for about 4-5 MONTHS post-op. I was losing so much hair I was afraid I was going to go completely bald.  Giant clumps in my hair brush.  Id run my fingers through my hair and my fingers would be threaded with tons of hair.  My hair was thin and gross--- The texture of my hair was awful.  My friends would tell me i needed to brush my hair, I would and they would say WHY DIDNT YOU BRUSH YOUR HAIR?!  Sigh...  

Good news:  IT GETS BETTER.  There is nothing you can do about this now but what really helped me was taking Vivascal Extra Strength.  I am still taking it religiously (Started in April).  I have a TON of extra hair growth and my hair is growing fast and healthy.  

Also, make sure you take your vitamins.  After my surgery I had a lot of problems eating, taking vitamins, keeping food down, etc.  Once I started to really hunker down I noticed a big difference in my overall health, mood, hair, and I found that if I took my vitamins as I was supposed to that my weight came off much faster.  

So, in closing- Viviscal Extra Strength and bariatric vitamins.  I took 2 viviscal a day.  Best of luck!  

where do you get Viviscal? I'm doing everything else.....regular vitamins, right amount of protein and fluids, extra biotin.......

I buy my on Amazon.com.  Otherwise, try a regular drug store, they should have it at Target.  Im telling you Viviscal is the best.  Best of luck!  

I'm 11 months post op and am still losing hair. However, I am starting to see all the baby hairs that are growing back.. Looks really funny. So I have been using a lot of hair spray to keep them tamed. 

I got a shorter haircut. Seemed to help until the shedding stopped. I also let it air dry. By that time my hair had gotten really curly, so I just rocked the fro.