Hair loss? Lacking anything?

by **Max44398** on Mon May 04, 2009 8:45 pm

I'm not sure why this is happening but I have recently started losing lots of hair. If i take a band out of it clumps of hair come too. When i run my fingers through it or brush it i loose handfuls. It is starting to worry cause i'm losing so much everyday. I lost some hair after i gave birth to my son in Dec 07 but this even worse. I had gastric banding surgery in Feb this year and my husband seems to think it's because of my limited eating that i'm losing vitamins that are making it fall out. Just wondering if anyone has ever had a similar situation and If you know what causes it and what did you do to stop it? Any insight/advice/knowledge would be great.

by **tilac61481** on Mon May 04, 2009 8:47 pm

Get to the doctor right away! It's a vitamin issue. They can do blood work and tell you exactly what you need to take. It happened to me too! But I waited to long and it's taking forever to grow back to fullness.

by **DittoD** on Mon May 04, 2009 8:48 pm

I had the lapband put in November 2008 and am having the same issues. The last time I lost weight (on an unhealthy diet) I also lost a lot of hair. You could actually see a bald spot!

What I did then was take a daily vitamin and fish oil pills. Since I can't get a vitamin past my band I am going to the store tomorrow to buy some new Once a day women's vitamin powder that you mix into a bottle of water. As for the fish oil, those pills are huge too, but if you can fit them past your band, they are supposed to help with hair loss also.

Something else I haven't tried yet (b/c it's kinda pricey) is over the counter Rogaine for women. It's supposed to help with thinning hair and hair loss due to a certain diet.

And as for the reason, I asked my surgeon just to make sure, and he said the hair loss is due to the lack of nutrients I am getting b/c of the certain things I cannot eat due to my lapband. He told me that a multivitamin should help but it won't reverse it completely. So I guess the only real helper would be the Rogaine or something like it.

Good luck with everything, and if you ever wanna talk gastric banding like questions, suggestions, etc. please feel free to hit me up. I always have questions to ask :) garber3804@yahoo.com

Hair loss? Lacking anything?