Gastric Bypass and Hair Loss
Gastric bypass and hair loss is 1 of the biggest reasons that a lot of women decide against or even are undecided about having the gastric bypass done in the 1st place. The problem that virtually all are concerned with, hair loss, usually rears it’s horrible (hairless) head somewhere around six months after the procedure is 1st done.
The reasons why patients who have the gastric bypass another time lose their hair is due to undernourishment of the body. You see your body is so wore 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’s a shock on the body and the reaction is normally that it can’t compensate to provide enough ‘energy’ to run all of the normal functions… like growing and keeping hardy hair.
And periodically women who have the gastric bypass done, will find clumps of hair in their hair brushes, or in the shower drain. That can be kind of scary when you see it fall out in such a big quantity. However the great news is that the hair loss usually corrects itself after the body gets wore to functioning at it’s new levels.
Your body will start to recognize your caloric intake as normal after a while and start ‘figuring out’ how to run the whole ship on what you are supplying it. It just takes a select few time after your gastric bypass for this to happen. However usually, it will correct itself it’s just the first shock and trauma of it all can be a little intimidating.
There are a few things that you are able to do to curb the hair loss after gastric bypass surgery however nothing is full proof. Your doctor will recommend a select few fantastic 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 absolutely something to look at however in our opinion not something any woman or even human should apply as a reason NOT to have the surgery. After all, i am talking about getting your body down to a even more normal fit and manageable weight… your health is priority #1.
We do have even more hair loss information as it pertains to gastric bypass procedures througout our website right here so please feel free to investigate our more information.

I’am over a year past my gastric bypass and my hair is really shedding and is very thin. I have lost 100 pounds and feel great. My iron was somewhat low and I took iron pills and now it is normal again. How long will this hair loss last? I eat really healthy and take vitamins daily. Do I need special vitamins? Thanks
Comment by Giny — June 1, 2006 @ 10:39 am