Biotin?

I know that once I have my surgery (RNY) I will be losing my hair, that's a little scary to me.  I hear people talk about Biotin, does it work?

Nothing is going to stop the hair from falling out if it's going to. Everyone reacts differently, but most people experience telogen effluvium to one degree or another after weight loss surgery. Biotin can help the hair that starts regrowing after falling out, but it's not going to do anything to keep it from falling out in the first place.

If you're one of the people affected strongly, my advice is to get a cute, short, layered haircut. Use volumizing products and blow dry to add a bit of fluffiness. See a good hairstylist for more ideas, but don't buy into a sales pitch for products that help regrow hair. Toppix hair fibers can help camouflage severe loss, or in serious cases wigs or hairpieces can help out. The best news is that for the vast majority of people the hair loss is not noticeable by others, and it's all temporary. Your hair will grow bac****ep thinking about how much healthier and happier you'll be; for most people who have WLS, it's a trade off they'd gladly make.

Good luck!

Biotin gave me peach fuzz on my face.  I had to get facial waxings until I figured out what was causing the hair growth and threw the biotin away.

Most hair loss after surgery is due to something called telogen effluvium and if you mean does biotin prevent telogen effluvium, no, it doesn't.  Biotin is one of the B vitamins.  If you have a biotin deficiency, that can cause hair loss.  Biotin deficiency is very rare, though.  So unless you are losing hair due to an extremely rare biotin deficiency, taking biotin won't help.

Thank you everyone for the info it really does help. 

Yes it does but you have to wait until week 3 to start another vitamin which has Biotin in it is called Fusion they are all the vitamins you need in one chewable $25 for 120

Yes it does but you have to wait until week 3 to start another vitamin which has Biotin in it is called Fusion they are all the vitamins you need in one chewable $25 for 120