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Has anyone experienced hair loss after an ostomy?
Ostomy & J-Pouch | Last Active: May 10 7:38am | Replies (83)Comment receiving replies
I lost a lot of hair after my colostomy. It didn’t start growing back until after my reversal 6 months later. I think the shock to my body, all the antibiotic, and 40 pound weight loss contributed to the loss. It was if my body was using all its energy to heal me and hair and skin suffered. It was almost a year before all my hair grew back and my skin returned to normal. Biotin and a multi vitamin helped with the recovery.
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Thanks so much for replying. The stress of what we have been through has played havoc with our whole bodies and our poor hair has taken a beating too. Mine is starting to come back. Hope your’s fully recovers.
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I've been following this topic with some interest because my hair thinned out tremendously due (I have always believed) to an overdosing of sulfa many years ago. I'm old (84) now and my hair is very thin... however I couldn't say whether it thinned out more because of the colostomy .
However I would say that my skin has changed after I had the colostomy becoming quite granular, especially on my face and neck. I wonder if the ostomy had anything do with it. I've also undergone general anesthesia a few times since the ostomy for a variety of causes. From what I've read recently that this is particularly problematic for the elderly (which apparently is what I now am). Any thoughts?