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01-02-2009, 02:05 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 42
Weight Statistics 04-25-2006 Start Date:
September 30, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
389 lb Start Weight:
247 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
77 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.5038560411 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index66.7644042969 BMI Start:
42.3928222656 BMI Current:
29.1772460938 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Hey everyone!
I am 3 months out and I am starting to experience the dreaded hair loss! I have been getting almost all my protein and taking my Flinstone vitamins and my B-12 complex. I guess this is not helping enough. I did a little research and found Silica Complex! I have heard great things about it from people who have had Gastric Bypass Surgery, but I just wanted to see if any of you had taken it before or what you did when this happened to you! I am getting pretty nervous about it!
HELP! 
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01-02-2009, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 2,706
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
330 lb Start Weight:
228 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
102 lb Weight Loss:
48 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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Body Mass Index47.3448979592 BMI Start:
32.7110204082 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I never heard about that - but good luck!!
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01-02-2009, 02:31 PM
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| | WLS Master Guru
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 990
Weight Statistics Feb.08 Start Date:
Nov. 10th 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
314 lb Start Weight:
225 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
89 lb Weight Loss:
65 lb Lb Left to Lose:
28.3439490446 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index49.1739808421 BMI Start:
35.236132769 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
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I have never heard of it either. I am almost 2 months out and am very very worried about losing my hair also.
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01-02-2009, 04:36 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
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5' 4"
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278 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
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Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
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i never heard of it either what is it suppose to do
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01-02-2009, 07:43 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 42
Weight Statistics 04-25-2006 Start Date:
September 30, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
389 lb Start Weight:
247 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
77 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.5038560411 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index66.7644042969 BMI Start:
42.3928222656 BMI Current:
29.1772460938 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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This is the article I first found it in!
The vitamin I take for healthy hair and nails is Silica Complex by Puritan’s Pride. It contains calcium, magnesium, zinc, boron, betaine and horsetail extract. Consumption of this supplement almost immediately retarded my hair loss and renewed my dull lifeless hair. I will continue taking this supplement throughout my life. Three years after surgery my hair is long, full and lustrous – one would never know I had suffered significant hair loss. In hindsight, I would certainly begin taking this supplement prior to my surgery. In the very least I would begin taking it soon after surgery before the signs of hair loss were apparent.
Hope that helps!
Please let me know if you have heard of this!!!
Thanks
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01-02-2009, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
Weight Statistics Pre-Operation. Start Date:
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5' 4"
Height:
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149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4028776978 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
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where do you get it
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01-02-2009, 07:58 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 42
Weight Statistics 04-25-2006 Start Date:
September 30, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
389 lb Start Weight:
247 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
77 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.5038560411 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index66.7644042969 BMI Start:
42.3928222656 BMI Current:
29.1772460938 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Puritan's Pride Vitamins: Discount Vitamins and Herbal Supplements
I just typed in Silica Complex
It's actually a really good deal also, they're having a buy 1 get 1 free sale!
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01-03-2009, 08:06 AM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: birmingham alabama
Posts: 13
Weight Statistics December 2006 Start Date:
July 1, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
416 lb Start Weight:
254 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
94 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.9423076923 % % Lost:
December 25, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index67.1368227732 BMI Start:
40.992194674 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I just went thur this... I was horified I was going to lose all of my hair.... my doctor said this is really normal, due to the stuff they give you to put you to sleep for surgery and the rapid weight loss..... He said it would eventually stop.... it was coming out in handfuls..... and it just stop almost as quickly as it started....
my beautition said... massage head really well, use a good hair thickener and don't brush your hair much during this time.... she recommended once a day....
hopefully this will not last very long for you... just make sure you are getting everything in like you should and it will end soon
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01-03-2009, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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it usually kicks in around the 50 pounds lost mark...and will continue for a while...Biotin will promote new hair growth (all over...be ready to shave more often)...I remember when mine started, but now it seems like a century ago....I don't struggle with it now, but I'm in maintenance and not in rapid weight loss....
Be careful with the flintstone vitamins...I've heard a lot of surgeons suggesting these, only to have their patients report low vitamin labs...there are better alternatives out there for weight loss patients....
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01-03-2009, 10:55 AM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern California
Posts: 414
Weight Statistics 05/30/2008 Start Date:
06/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
219 lb Start Weight:
112 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.8584474886 % % Lost:
05/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3751679656 BMI Start:
21.1599032518 BMI Current:
23.6159634507 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I'm reading this as I am on my way out to buy a wig! I have lost so much hair from the top of my head, that you can see my scalp, and there is nothing I can do to cover it up! Thanks for the info~~I think I'll order some~~it can't hurt. I used to have really thick hair! Can't wait for it to start growing back. The trade off to be a healthier person is worth it, though.
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