Hair loss tips

Hiya,
I will soon have my band removed and will be having a RNY in its place, does anyone have
any tips on hair loss (didnt lose any hair or weight with the band), i have long permed hair i braid /weave it in winter  and have it permed in  summer
i shall be having my OP mid Aug any tips would be very welcome
thank you
mine


PS i live in london

Only suggestion I have is to make sure you have protein supplementation and that you take your vitamins - some suggest extra biotin.  Otherwise - you should be okay.

I lost hair but I hadn't gotten a good supplementation routine down - once I did, my hair came back just fine.

Hiya
Thank you for your reply, do you think i should start taking the Biotin now or wait till  after i have my OP

thank you

mine

If you intend to take it ever, you should start now - it takes a few weeks to 'build' in the system to have any effect - the key is consistency - so if you start... don't stop. 

Hiya,
went and got the Biotin and have started taking it thank you for your advice
thank you

When I started seeing my hair falling out like crazy I went to Sally's Beauty Supply and got a bottle of pure protein conditioner. I can't remember the name I just know it was in a grey bottle. I would wash my hair and then put the protein in it and let it sit for a while (maybe 20-30 mins). Then I mixed some with my conditioner and put it in again to soften my hair. It seemed to help a lot. That was my first surgery. I had a revision 1-13-09 and my hair has pretty much stayed braided. I did take it down last month and relaxed it and it was still fine. I have a pic in my profile.

Hiya,
had a look and my hair is about the same as yours would hate to have to lose loads and i dont have very much volume its just long, so i really want to do as much as i can for my hair
thank you for your reply, did you have a revision to a DS and hows it going, i have a band at the
moment soon  to be a RNY 
thanks once again
mine

I was revised to a distal rny. I probably would have had a better chance with the ds, but thats okay I'm still doing what needs to be done. It's a slow process, but I'm hanging in there. I've seen quite a few people revised from the band to rny and they have done great and I'm sure your will as well. Congrats on your revision!

oh thank you, and i think you have done ever so well too (pics) whats a distal RNY is that when the Y bit is longer and you dont absorb so much almost like a DS???? when i asked my Dr about that he said he just has a standard lenghth he uses, other wise you dont get your vitamins all that but i think when in see him again im going to ask him to make mine just a little longer
dont know if he will though

You may be talking about the extended rny or erny which bypasses a little more than the distal, but it is so that you don't absorb as much. In my original surgery the surgeon bypassed 150 cm of intestine and in the revision he bypassed at least 200 more. For some reason my weight loss is still very slow, but I am still losing so I thank God for that.