More about hair

Of course your hair grew back.  There were already new hair follicles emerging that was pushing out the old hair.

I had my gallbladder removed 2 months after my VSG. I don't know if it made the hair loss any worse. I lost hair from about 6 months post op to 9 months post op. Now I'm almost 14 months out and my hair is definitely thickening up again. I remember how distressing it was when my hair was falling out, so I understand what you're going through. Have faith that this is temporary and your hair will come back!

Thank you all for your responses. I feel a little better now. I just can't wait for my hair to go back to normal!

OTC Biotin.  Get it on vitamin and supplement aisle.  Inexpensive and helps hair, skin and nails. 

Thanks. I have been taking biotin since before my surgery. I hope it's helping with regrowth but it's certainly not doing anything to prevent thinning! 

No it definitely won't do anything to stop or ameliorate the thinning, and there isn't any medical evidence that it does anything to even help with regrowth if your levels are already normal.  If you are biotin deficient that is one thing, but apparently biotin deficiency is rare, so it may or may not do anything at all.  

It didn't seem to do anything for me except cause some excess facial hair growth.  Unfortunately, I listened to the people who said it would definitely help with regrowth, so when it wasn't helping, I increased the dose.  Then I increased it again... Until I noticed the fine fuzzy hairs growing on my lower cheeks and above my upper lip!

Lora

You're probably right about it not doing anything. My hair has always grown fast naturally so maybe it's all in my head that the biotin is helping with regrowth. But thank you for the warning about other side effects. I certainly will not increase the dose that I am taking!  

The good news is that the condition is temporary and you can help  your skin, hair, nails and gut by getting lots of rest, exercise, eating right, hydrating and taking your vitamins regularly.

Many have reported that Biotin encourages bonus hair growth in areas they didn't wish for....like their face!  Be careful with that stuff, and rest easy knowing that the hair will return.  For now, I recommend a makeover with some cute layers to blend in that new growth so you don't look like a chia pet.

Lol thank you for the suggestion!  I'll be going to see my hairdresser on saturday so maybe I'll have her give me a new look. Cutting my hair short is SUCH a scary concept for me! The last time I had short hair was in 7th grade and it was SO bad that I promised myself "NEVER AGAIN!"