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Is There Hair Loss After Weight Loss Surgery?
It is not a regular occurance to see weight loss surgery atients lose hair following surgery, but in some instances, it can happen. The situation often does cause anxiety on the part of the patient but the effects are not long lasting. The tigger to this rare occurance is a drop in the sebaceous oils in the scalp that are inhibited by a drop in a nutrtional element in the post-surgery diet.
Once it is determined to be happening, a nutritionist will offer a vitamin supplementation for the hair loss bariatric patients to overcome the hair loss situation.
