Having Hair Loss after 70lbs lost-- freaking out!

Are you eating sufficient calories? Were you eating sufficient calories while losing weight?

Are you experiencing any other stress other than your wedding?

If its a significant hair loss perhaps you should visit your doctor...

Eat more variety, more protein, and more fats and oils.

I would see a doctor ASAP.

You probably want to see a doctor about this. How many calories have you been eating?

As others said, see a doctor. I've lost 150lbs without a problem, but my understanding is also that hair loss can be related to lack of protein, vitamins and minerals in the diet.

It's not necessarily malnutrition. I had the same thing happen when I had lost a lot of weight...it probably started when I had lost 60 or 70 pounds. I was not on a very low calorie diet, got plenty of protein and fat, etc. I was losing on average 1.6 pounds a week for several months...hardly drastic or extreme! I went to the doctor. She ran blood work to check for thyroid issues, anemia, hormones, and some other standard things. That was all fine.

She said often when you lose a lot of weight, even if you do it in a healthy way (meaning slowly and not a crash diet), it can be a bit of a shock to the system. She said it would come back once I stabilized for a while. She was right. It is now starting to grow back in. It still looks a little thin because the new hairs are much shorter than the others, but I can clearly see the new growth.

Btw, the same thing happened to a friend of mine who lost a lot of weight several years back. Hers also came back. It doesn't happen to everyone, but for some of us even if we do it the right way we have to deal with this.

That being said, you SHOULD see your doctor. He/she should run some tests just to make sure it isn't something more serious.

A complete blood panel is pretty easy for them to do. I have to get them every year for medical reasons so they can check my vitamin and mineral levels along with all the standard stuff. Go get it done so you can check that off the list and relax about it. Maybe it's stress. If it's a vitamin or mineral deficiency, that's easily addressed. Might be a combo of stress and vitamins needed.

When my anemia is untreated I shed significantly. Not all forms of iron are created equal. I get my levels tested yearly and know several types of supplements did not work for me. I'm taking Iron Bisglycinate now.

I did some additional shedding during a high stress time and BioSil helped. Within a week or so I was seeing less hair in the drain after a shower.

Thanks for checking back. Hair loss after significant loss is common among the Bariatric community but I was lucky to have missed that.

Nails and hair will stop growing if stressed as others have mentioned. Whatever triggered this happened weeks ago and what you are seeing is the dead hair shedding. New hair growth will be baby fuzz for a while but it will come back.

Instead of using the word "malnutrition" does "deficiency" work better? I'd look at protein first.

I had hair loss about 6 months into my weight loss (50 pounds down at that point). If it's Telogen Effluvium, you won't lose all your hair. You'll probably be the only one who'll notice it. You only lose hair that's in certain stages of growth and since there are multiple stages of growth going on simultaneously, you don't lose everything. It's self limiting. Mine lasted about 6 months. No vitamins, proteins or other supplement will help it.
Of course, that's all assuming it's TE. Check with your doc.