120 Days Today - Am I Safe Yet???

Corrie33
on 6/9/15 11:37 am
RNY on 02/09/15

One of the most recent articles I've seen posted here said Telegen Effluvian (hair loss after surgery) usually occurs between 100-120 days after your operation.  In class we learned it generally occurs at or about 3 months.

I also just read this online:  "...your hair sheds between 1 to 6 months after surgery (usually about 3 to 4 months)..."

For those of you who lost hair after surgery - did any of it occur after 120 days?  Or is it possible I'm safe as of today??!!! 

GOAL REACHED! 170 lbs lost...

RNY: 2/9/15 (age 52), Ht-5'9" HW=304, SW=292, GW=155, LW=134, CW=147

Mo.1 -29lbs Mo.2 -18lbs Mo.3 -13lbs Mo.4 -11lbs Mo.5 - 14lbs Mo.6 - 10lbs Mo. 7 -11lbs Mo. 8 -9.4lbs

Kate M.
on 6/9/15 12:20 pm - toronto, Canada

I've read that it starts at 3-4 months and gets the worst at the 6-8 month point.

May 1, 2015 - RNY TWH | HW 322 | SW 301 | Feb 27, 2016: 175lbs

    

AngryViking
on 6/9/15 12:27 pm
RNY on 07/17/14

I started shedding big time around 4 months and cut it short at 6 months because it looked awful.  It slowed down considerably after that but I'm keeping my short and sassy 'do because I like it!

   

  

  

  

hl1524
on 6/9/15 1:13 pm - Austin, TX

I noticed mine around 3 months and thought it stopped at 5 months. I started shedding again around month 8 months. Hopefully it will end soon. I get all of my vitamins and meet daily protein goals. 

Its only bad enough for me to notice and I haven't chopped off all my hair. 

  RNY 8/27/2014

crazy4birds
on 6/9/15 1:15 pm
RNY on 12/02/14

Mine started at about 3 months and is getting worse now at 6 months.  Hopefully it will start to slow down.  I thought I was going to be ok.  Originally started with hair down past my shoulders about mid back and cut it to right above the shoulders at 3 months. Having it cut shorter on Sunday.

      HW: 240   SW:  224   Goal:  130 

mute
on 6/9/15 1:38 pm
RNY on 03/23/15

Mine started almost immediately after surgery :( So I keep hoping it will stop way sooner than that average! I have thick hair so it's okay-ish right now at 2.5 months out. I have a chubby face or I would chop off my hair, I had it short once before and loved it when my face was thinner. I have a salon appt in 2 weeks so we'll see what I end up doing.

Poodlemac
on 6/9/15 6:33 am
RNY on 09/26/14

My hair is awful:-(. Starting falling out BADLY at about 3-4 mos. Started hair vitamins and added more protein. Seemed to keep right on falling out!  Slowed a month or so ago, then started again recently. It has zero body and looks dry and frizzy, and it is completely unmanageable. I guess it will get better soon!  It doesn't look so bad in the mirror, but in pictures, AAACK!!!  Is that what others see every day?  A friend in a group I attend is all but completely bald!!!  It's worth a little hair to be healthy and feel so much better about myself, tho!

    
Emiepie
on 6/9/15 1:52 pm
RNY on 08/11/14

Mine started at around 4 months and seemed to slow down around 6 months or so. Just like AV stated below I cut mine short at 6 months though so not sure if that helped. Now I giggle at the new hair growth that sticks straight up on my head :)

RNY 8/11/14 with Dr. Kelvin Higa PS Lipectomy 4/12/17 with Dr. John Burnett HW291.4/CW165/GW150

Corrie33
on 6/9/15 2:07 pm
RNY on 02/09/15

Thanks for all the helpful replies.  Sadly, it sounds like I'm not out of the woods yet at 120 days out.  I have very thin/fine hair to begin with... can't afford to lose much.  I'm just hoping against hope that I'll one of the lucky ones.  

Guess I'll keep crossing my fingers and toes.

Thanks again.  

GOAL REACHED! 170 lbs lost...

RNY: 2/9/15 (age 52), Ht-5'9" HW=304, SW=292, GW=155, LW=134, CW=147

Mo.1 -29lbs Mo.2 -18lbs Mo.3 -13lbs Mo.4 -11lbs Mo.5 - 14lbs Mo.6 - 10lbs Mo. 7 -11lbs Mo. 8 -9.4lbs

Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 6/9/15 2:40 pm - OH

Nope, not safe yet.  Mine had not started by the end of the third month and I thought I might get lucky. (I, too, have very fine hair and just a very average amount of it (or did back then) and was fearful of what might happen) Then month 4 hit... and my hopes were dashed.  By the time the hair loss stopped in month 9, I was starting to think about a wig. I survived, though, and so will you.  

Remember, your face is much smaller so most people won't notice much unless you lose a lot. Even when they do notice, you will feel so good about being smaller that the hair isn't quite as big a concern as you might fear.

Lora

 

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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