120 Days Today - Am I Safe Yet???
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??!!!
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!
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
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.
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!
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.