Hair loss!!
I am having the sleeve done on Monday, 7/19. I am not vain about my hair but I don't want to lose it either. Is there any "magic trick" to help it stay in. I have seen on the internet on other forums about taking Biotin, Silica and fish oil. If I start these next week, how much is too much and what is the best way to take them during the clear liquids stage. I have found liquid fish oil and chewable Biotin. Help, any advice is appreciated!!!
Not everyone loses hair and those that do not at the same rate. There's really nothing you can do or take, there's no "magic anything" to avoid it. What you CAN do is make sure you get plenty of protein from the get-go. Biotin will help with the re-growth, your hair EVERYWHERE will be affected, but it's not a preventative for hair loss. The losses usually show up around the 3rd-4th month and last for 3-4 months. Most people report the regrowth is even fuller and healthier than ever.
My best advice is to make sure you get as much protein as you can as soon as you can.Most importantly don't stress over it! You are usually the only one who notices it!
My best advice is to make sure you get as much protein as you can as soon as you can.Most importantly don't stress over it! You are usually the only one who notices it!
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My new G.O.A.L. ~~~~ Get Out And Live!
Includes 61lbs lost before surgery
My new G.O.A.L. ~~~~ Get Out And Live!
Includes 61lbs lost before surgery
Don't know any "magic tricks" but the most important thing is getting in your protein!! In the begining, the first couple of weeks, it will be very difficult. After that should be able to get in the protein your Doc tells you you should get in. Genetics does play a part in it too. I am 3 yrs out have always got in my protein and have never lost any hair nor taken any supplements for it. However there are people who get in all their protein and lost hair!! Everybody is different.
So excited for your upcomming surgery! Welcome to the loosers bench!
Meggie
So excited for your upcomming surgery! Welcome to the loosers bench!
Meggie
Megan
From what I understand you are less likely to lose hair with the sleeve as compared to someone that had a surgery with malabsorbtion aspect added in. If that is true you may not end up with any hairloss. With that being said..
I lost a lot of hair and it got bad for a very little while, but there was a lot that contributed. I had the surgery then had gal bladder surgery few months later from a result of gall stones. Then I also broke my finger in between all that which was a lot of stress for the body and a lot of anestesia. I also had a super hard time with nausea in the begining with almost anything I ate. One bite too much and I would get sick, puke then have to start over so I didn't do so well with getting all the water, vitamins and protein I needed the first couple months.
After the anestesia and the lack of vitamins my hair started falling out. While my body was adjusting I found liquid vitamins and started taking them and start with a bottle of water and keep it to monitor that I am drinking enough water throughout the day which helped a lot. Liquid vitamins with iron and ones with biotin seem to help the most for me. Then once I was able to eat eggs again I noticed if i eat the middle runny a couple times a week for a month or so the new hair is stronger feeling. Now I am well adjusted and hardly ever get nausia but on extreme rare occasion and I can eat almost anything I want, but I still swear by the eggs with runny yolk ( I guess it absorbs more easily that way, maybe) and liquid vitamins and biotin which I still do.
I am a little over a year out and my hair is back to normal now in terms of thick and healthy again. I also take an after wls chewable vitamin and I feel better when I take it but it has not helped my hair growth in terms of thickness and/or strength that I can tell. Everyone is different though after surgery and how things affect them so I wouldn't rule out the chewable till you try it a couple months while looking at the new growth for changes of lack of loss hopefully.
At the worst point I had to stop bleaching my hair , which I had been doing for over 10 years, and dye it closer to my natural color because my hair had become almost brittle. I won't lie .. I am very vain about my hair. I went to cosmetology school, my mom does hair, my aunts do hair, my grandmother owned... its the family business! My friends went to daycare and I went to the salon cause that was my daycare. Even with that I will say the surgery was worth the hairloss for me. I didn't realize it till I was done crying over not being able to be a blonde and then having to cut 6 inches off the ends to make it appear thicker while I waited for my hair to recover. Then one day I woke up and looked in the mirror and said 'wow.. this is not ugly, this is the new me... I have changed and I look kinda good' and decided to keep my hair dark for a while.
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."
- Richard Bach
I lost a lot of hair and it got bad for a very little while, but there was a lot that contributed. I had the surgery then had gal bladder surgery few months later from a result of gall stones. Then I also broke my finger in between all that which was a lot of stress for the body and a lot of anestesia. I also had a super hard time with nausea in the begining with almost anything I ate. One bite too much and I would get sick, puke then have to start over so I didn't do so well with getting all the water, vitamins and protein I needed the first couple months.
After the anestesia and the lack of vitamins my hair started falling out. While my body was adjusting I found liquid vitamins and started taking them and start with a bottle of water and keep it to monitor that I am drinking enough water throughout the day which helped a lot. Liquid vitamins with iron and ones with biotin seem to help the most for me. Then once I was able to eat eggs again I noticed if i eat the middle runny a couple times a week for a month or so the new hair is stronger feeling. Now I am well adjusted and hardly ever get nausia but on extreme rare occasion and I can eat almost anything I want, but I still swear by the eggs with runny yolk ( I guess it absorbs more easily that way, maybe) and liquid vitamins and biotin which I still do.
I am a little over a year out and my hair is back to normal now in terms of thick and healthy again. I also take an after wls chewable vitamin and I feel better when I take it but it has not helped my hair growth in terms of thickness and/or strength that I can tell. Everyone is different though after surgery and how things affect them so I wouldn't rule out the chewable till you try it a couple months while looking at the new growth for changes of lack of loss hopefully.
At the worst point I had to stop bleaching my hair , which I had been doing for over 10 years, and dye it closer to my natural color because my hair had become almost brittle. I won't lie .. I am very vain about my hair. I went to cosmetology school, my mom does hair, my aunts do hair, my grandmother owned... its the family business! My friends went to daycare and I went to the salon cause that was my daycare. Even with that I will say the surgery was worth the hairloss for me. I didn't realize it till I was done crying over not being able to be a blonde and then having to cut 6 inches off the ends to make it appear thicker while I waited for my hair to recover. Then one day I woke up and looked in the mirror and said 'wow.. this is not ugly, this is the new me... I have changed and I look kinda good' and decided to keep my hair dark for a while.
"What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly."
- Richard Bach
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