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Hair Loss After Gastric Bypass
asked 1 year ago by anon
Latest answer by Shawn Garber, MD
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Tags: hair loss
Why do some patients lose their hair after bypass surgery?
2 answers to Hair Loss After Gastric Bypass
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Hair loss with weight loss surgery
About 50% of patient usually report some hair loss after bariatric surgery. Usually it is just noticing some hair in the shower and it is not noticed by anyone around year. Be sure to eat protein and consider biotin to help you with hair loss. The important thing to remember is that your hair will always come back and that it is temporary.
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Hair loss after weight loss surgery
Hair loss is generally temporary, and is related to the speed of weight loss and protein intake. Think of your body as a factory, manufacturing multiple products. Many of those products are made from protein. As you lose weight and go into a "starvation mode." the body needs to decide which products it needs to keep making, and which it can do without. Well, if it's a choice between repairing and maintaining vital organs and making hair, guess...
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Mark Pleatman, MD
Bloomfield Hills Bariatric Surgeon
Bloomfield Hills Bariatric Surgeon