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Pink Julie said:
Thanks Brenda, very interesting article! As I said, I follow a few people who have had bariatric surgery on YouTube, and they have recovered from their hair loss. I think that we are all different, with different medical backgrounds, and we all have symptoms to varying degrees. I choose to remain optimistic :) I had a couple of inches cut off at the weekend, and I used the products this morning, and do you know what? It made me feel better!
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Wow, your hair is beautiful Julie!!! Makes your eyes pop. :) You look amazing girl.
 
Honestly the thought of this hair loss stresses everyone out. Which stress I think also plays a part. I also have experience hair loss about 4 years ago and it came back. No folicals dying.. don't we every 7 years experience some sort of change to our bodies? I'm going to do what I can and leave it that. I know we all experience this differently. Enough said.
 
Pink Julie said:
I used to love coming to this website, but all this spam is totally ruining it for me, it’s overrun with spam, it’s very annoying!
How is everyone doing?
I’m 6 months out now, and I am feeling much stronger and getting back to normal. I’ve managed to stabilize my weight, but I can eat more now, thank goodness. I go line dancing 3 nights a week, and I treat myself to an adult beverage once a week too ;)
I have lost, and am still losing quite a bit of hair, I hope that stops soon.
Just a little update!
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I am 6 years out from band, 4 years out from revision to sleeve and 3 months out from revision to bypass - both revisions due to complications, not a choice I would have made otherwise. I feel SO much better following the bypass. I wish I had done that from day one, but my journey is my journey for a reason, and I am ok with that. I am down over 151 pounds from my highest, and 42 down from my bypass. I am smaller than I have ever been as an adult. The only thing I am not happy with is the loose skin and right now activity still wears me out quicker than I would like. I do have the hair loss happening, but I have a lot of thick hair, so it is only noticeable to me. I eat pretty normally right now, just in smaller amounts. I have shifted my mindset away from being a lifelong bariatric patient and more to someone living a healthy lifestyle that happens to have been helped with bariatric surgery. I have spent so much of my adult life as a patient of some sort due to my weight, and then now a chronic illness. I don't want to live in a patient mentality. I want to live life free from food addiction, excess weight, unhealthy patterns and self destruction! Having places like this forum have been so helpful, and I enjoy hearing about everyone else's journey.
 
eladams2015 said:
I am 6 years out from band, 4 years out from revision to sleeve and 3 months out from revision to bypass - both revisions due to complications, not a choice I would have made otherwise. I feel SO much better following the bypass. I wish I had done that from day one, but my journey is my journey for a reason, and I am ok with that. I am down over 151 pounds from my highest, and 42 down from my bypass. I am smaller than I have ever been as an adult. The only thing I am not happy with is the loose skin and right now activity still wears me out quicker than I would like. I do have the hair loss happening, but I have a lot of thick hair, so it is only noticeable to me. I eat pretty normally right now, just in smaller amounts. I have shifted my mindset away from being a lifelong bariatric patient and more to someone living a healthy lifestyle that happens to have been helped with bariatric surgery. I have spent so much of my adult life as a patient of some sort due to my weight, and then now a chronic illness. I don't want to live in a patient mentality. I want to live life free from food addiction, excess weight, unhealthy patterns and self destruction! Having places like this forum have been so helpful, and I enjoy hearing about everyone else's journey.
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Wow, what a journey. Congratulations on your loss and especially your shift of mindset. :) I think we all need to come to the same realization. You're quite an inspiration.
 
Thought I'd update here. Im 5.5 months post bypass and I don't know if it was the biotin, monat shampoo, or just time, but the hair loss has now definitely slowed! I think there might be regrowth as well because I have all these little short hairs around my face. Now if they'd just not come back in grey....
 
AnnieLuv said:
Thought I'd update here. Im 5.5 months post bypass and I don't know if it was the biotin, monat shampoo, or just time, but the hair loss has now definitely slowed! I think there might be regrowth as well because I have all these little short hairs around my face. Now if they'd just not come back in grey....
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Glad to hear that you're seeing some regrowth too! I have a bunch of these 2" long hairs at my right part giving me a "cowlick" but I'm happy to have the hair growing back so I'll deal. :)
 
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