Hair Falling Out

lissa0406 · 03-05-2006, 08:22 AM

I had the surg. 4 months ago.....I am doing great except my hair is falling out!!!!! I am taking protein (at least 40g a day extra) and it is not helping. How soon should I see results from the protein additive and if its soon what can I do to stop this....I have always had thick long pretty hair and now I am really worried....HELP:omg:

banded_for_life · 03-05-2006, 09:47 AM

Are you taking Biotin? I had surgery and Sept and started having the same problem. My hair is still thin, but the actual losing seems to have slowed down.

lissa0406 · 03-05-2006, 09:59 AM

What is biotin...how do you take it....and where do you get it....I am ready to try anything....I need help quick....

StormGirl · 03-05-2006, 10:07 AM

I see you're taking protein, but are you also taking a regular mulit-vitamen? If you can't tolerate pills, there's many liquid multi's available now (I actually found one that doesn't need to be kep cold so I keep it on my nightstand & take a swig every morning). Also something to think about that promotes hair growth is Omega-3's typically found in fish...maybe a little more fish in your diet???

Just a suggestion...

And I don't take bioten, but I believe I've seen it in drugstores in a liquid form...just rings a bell for some reason.

Good Luck :)

lissa0406 · 03-05-2006, 10:09 AM

Yes I do take a multi-vitamen every day....I try to eat healthy but that doesn't always work....I will try the drugstores and see what I can find

Jill_S · 03-05-2006, 10:15 AM

You can get Biotin in the vitamin section of nearly any drug or discount chain. I'm currently taking capsules, but it comes in crushable pills as well.

banded_for_life · 03-05-2006, 10:17 AM

Yes, I take the pill form...they are small pills and I can cut them pretty easy...never had any problem with them going down.

lissa0406 · 03-05-2006, 10:17 AM

Great....I just called the Walgreens here and found it....I will try that...

CCBSTX · 03-05-2006, 04:19 PM

I am shedding like a dog! Although, it has slowed down since it started 2 months ago. I log my protein on fitday.com and TRY to get at least 60 grams, plus I take the Biotin. On my surgeons message board, someone asked when her hair would stop falling out. He said usually about 8 months or so from your surgery date! Shawn

legallyblonde2 · 03-05-2006, 04:28 PM

Please, please read the previous threads concerning hair loss! I think it will make you feel tons better. Just to recap...I had long beautiful thick hair. 4 to 6 months following my surgery, it all started falling out. I would honestly say I lost 50% of my total volume. I feaked out. What made it worse was that I couldn't get a doctor, any doctor to give me an answer. There are many theories as to why this happens to some people and some of those theories are absolutely ridiculous. Not getting a straight answer from a medical professional was killing me. Then, one magical day....as suddenly as it started, it stopped. I still have far less hair than before, but my bum is far less huge as before. I honestly feel it will grow back. My hair, not my bum. :)

I totally understand your fear and I would never belittle your concerns about your hair. People want to poo poo your hair loss trauma sometimes because it is a vanity issue but I totally understand!

It will stop.

Christine

Kim_8 · 03-05-2006, 04:34 PM

I had surgery with anesthesia once before this and I lost gobs of hair. My hair dresser said it could have been from the anesthesia - common.

Whether this is what it was or not, I don't know, but like Christine - it did eventually stop. Took about 8-10 months as I remember it. I have noticed that I seem to have started losing some hair again.

I used to stick the hair hanging off my hands in the shower to the shower wall everyday just to make sure I wasn't accumulating so much that I'd be bald - guess I could've looked in the mirror, but I really stuck it to the wall - one section of wall for each day of the week. How gross was my shower??? :-)

flower · 03-05-2006, 05:35 PM

About 6 months out mine came out in blobs too for about four months it eventually stopped now it is the way it was at the time I asked my band doctor and he said he didn't know why seems funny everyone on this board almost have experienced it well dont worry

PhotoNut · 03-05-2006, 05:51 PM

Protein, protein, protein! We are eating low carb, low fat diets. Our bodies look to carbs and fats for energy. When the body doesn't find enough of those, it starts using our protein supplies - muscles and hair are built from protein. Many of us are now more active than we have been, in addition to reducing carbs and fat. So we require even more protein. The minimum we should be eating is 60 grams. (animal proteins are absorbed the best) This is for muscle and tissue repair after surgery, and for fighting infections. But as we feel better and start moving around more, the increased activity means we'll need more energy sources. Since we won't be increasing carbs and fats, we need more protein. For example, bodybuilders eat 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight.

Oops.. there I go again, preaching about protein. I can't help it. It's SO important!

Archermom · 03-05-2006, 06:30 PM

Hello, just my 5 cents.

I'm not banded yet- but will be in 1 1/2 days - yeeepeee;
when I went to my surgeons first visit, the point that he really stressed was to start taking protein as long before the surgery as we can - most times we are on the low site of that anyway - but his theory is to build up the protein level in the body before surgery as well as we can.
This will help after surgery as our body already had time to do some "repair" before we really needed it. Sounded got enough to me - I have been on a protein smoothy every day since the end of January and I think (?) I'm feeling better. (Maybe it's just in my head

-ahem ... stomach) lol

ipenavs · 03-09-2006, 01:40 AM

Great post photonut. So, Dr. Cahn did your band? Wonderful surgeon. You are so right about the hair loss thing. Protein, protein, protein. 60gm is the minimum you should be taking in. I was banded 4/17/05 and about 2 months ago began having problems. Hair loss was just one. I ended up seeing a registered dietician and she was a life saver. My pre albumin(lab for malnutrition) was in the toilet and almost landed me in the hospital. I was not getting enough food or protein. You should actually be getting about 1gm of protein per kg of muscle weight. This is not the same as total body weight and should be measured by a good dietician. I am suppose to be getting about 120gm of protien and I was only getting 30-50gm. Does this tell you why I was getting sick?!