I started losing my hair in the past 2 weeks and I had my sleeve done in December. I started taking biotin and hoping that helps!

I started losing at 3 months out. My hair got pretty thin but not bald patches, luckily. It stopped after about 8 weeks and has finally started to grow back.

My story is the same as most of the others posted. I take 5000 mcg of Biotin and have since the beginning. I use Organix Thick and Full Biotin and Collagen shampoo every day. I was totally a freak about keeping my protein over 70 but I couldn't avoid the large clumps in my hands every moring when I washed my hair or in my comb. :-(

I have thin and fine hair to begin with so I was really worried I'd end up in a wig. No wig I am happy to say. My hair started to break and fall out around month 3 last summer and I now 11 months out I have a lot of regrowth. In fact, I think my hair looks healthier than it has in years.

It was dicey for a while and I would suggest just keeping it a bit shorter and getting it trimmed frequently just to keep a style.

I don't think you can avoid it...some people just have more severe hairloss than others but I do think it's worth a try to keep your protein up and take some Biotin. It can't hurt, right?

Losing_Sarah,

With all due respect, I don't think anyone on this thread suggested Biotin would STOP hairloss thus I don't think anyone is spreading misinformation.

Biotin helps with hair and nail strength. Many people take it that have not had WLS.

If someone is seriously concerned about hairloss they will have likely searched and found out that the hair you lose is mostly as a result of anestesia apparently and trauma from surgery.

I have been happy with my hair regrowth and honestly think it looks better than it did years before surgery. So if I think Biotin helped to strengthen my hair and my peeling nails that's good enough for me.

I have been sleeved for 7 months. At about month 5, I noticed that my hair brush had more strands than normal. I immediately started taking Biotin and tried to pay even more attention to my protein intake. I increased my daily goal to 110g of protein instead of my normal 80g of protein. It seems to have helped keep the significant hair loss at bay. From what I've read so far, Biotin doesn't help you to necessarily regrow hair, but it will helpt to make your existing hair look healthier. Protein is how your body grows hair, so stick to your good health guidelines and you should be fine. The easiest change I made was to my morning protein shake. I swapped out protein powder to get more bank for my calorie-buck and use HEB mootopia instead of regular fat free milk (50% more protein).

I am only 7 weeks out and my hair is starting to fell off but is not so much. But it may be may fault because I forget to take my vitamins everyday and my protein is only 50-60g per day. Maybe I need to improve my protein intake to prevent more hair loss.

Its not really hairloss more like others said a thinning. Your hair grows WAY slower that in the past and falls out at quicker rate but not to create balding lol, more like thinness. I suppose if your hair is already very thin and course it would be a problem but for most I think its not too bad. Most suggest cutting it short to lessen the extra work of having to run around and clean up after it in the shower and bathroom.

I had bad hair thinning, some say its due to diet other told me it could be the bodies reaction to surgery as both my mom and friend who had surgery (not WLS) had hair loss for some months afterwards too. But I think the extent of it is due to the nutritional loss that we get during the first few months after surgery. Mine started at about 2 months, then at about 4 months got really bad. Then at about a year I realized it was over and my hair was growing back but at a much slower rate then usual. Six months ago (my one year mark) I cut my hair short and its grown but not as much as it used to.

I dont know about the biotin, since there is not scientifically proven link between hair regrow and biotin I opted not to add an addition pill into my already full with all the vitamins and supplements, but others swear by it.

The hair loss, skin sag, hiccups/ burps, gas, etc and other not so pleasant side effects are part of the deal with WLS, and in the end most if not all are temporary and correctable but the weight loss loss, can be permanent and worth all the unpleasantness thats how I look at it. :happy:

I am six months out. My hair loss has been minimal, not even really noticeable to be honest . I do take all my vitamins and get all my protein, maybe that helps. My hairdresser also told me I shouldn't wash my hair every day, so maybe washing it every other day helps?