Hair Loss After Gastric Bypass Surgery
Hair loss after gastric bypass surgery is one of the biggest reasons that a lot of women decide against or are undecided about having the gastric bypass done in the first place. The problem that most are concerned with, hair loss, usually rears it’s ugly (hairless) head somewhere around 6 months after the procedure is first done.
The reasons why patients who have the gastric bypass sometimes lose their hair is due to undernourishment of the body. You see your body is so used to having a certain level of caloric intake and then you get the gastric bypass done and all of sudden your intake drops off suddenly. It is a shock on the body and the reaction is commonly that it can’t compensate to provide enough ‘energy’ to run all of the normal functions… like growing and keeping healthy hair.
And sometimes women who have the gastric bypass done, will find clumps of hair in their hair brushes, or even in the shower drain. That can be kind of scary when you see it fall out in such a large quantity. But the good news is that the hair loss usually corrects itself after the body gets used to functioning at it’s new levels.
Your body will begin to recognize your caloric intake as normal after a while and begin ‘figuring out’ how to run the whole ship on what you are supplying it. It just takes some time after your gastric bypass for this to happen. But normally, it will correct itself it’s just the initial shock and trauma of it all can be a little intimidating.
There are some things that you can do to curb the hair loss after gastric bypass surgery but nothing is full proof. Your doctor will recommend some good vitamin supplements that speficially target hair and rejuvenation. If you religiously take these after your gastric bypass surgery it should lessen the hair loss if not minimize it all together.
Overall, hair loss after gastric bypass surgery is definitely something to consider but in my opinion not something any woman or man should use as a reason NOT to have the surgery. After all, we are talking about getting your body down to a more normal healthy and manageable weight… your health is priority #1.
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