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Has anyone experienced hair loss after an ostomy?

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Yes I did about 9 months after surgery which was march of 25.
One day I was brushing it and a big clump came out. The following days more came out.
I had shoulder length hair and it went from curly thick hair to bald spots on the back of my head and about 1/4 of hair on my head.
It is slowly growing back but it’s all white.
I cried because it seemed like I was loosing everything but then I realized this is your life now so put on your big girl panties and deal with it.
I had 3 surgeries ( not planned )as went to Dr with a mole on palm of hand and was melanoma and thank God it was contained but Dr gave me one set of drugs for immunology therapy and within a week and giving me 50 mg of prednisone it blew my large intestine up !!
Im hoping this month to finish up therapy and go home.
It will soon be a year since I left there !!
Sorry if I shared too much !!!

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@angeleyes777fun Losing your hair is for a woman one of the most traumatic things which could happen to her. It just is. It happened to me when I was 18 and overdosed with sulfa (now I'm 84). I hope you can come out the other side of it all. I'm sure you can...life sure throws us some mean pitches.

@angeleyes777fun, I see that you were diagnosed with melanoma. You may also wish to follow the related support group and join these discussions here:
- Melanoma & Skin Cancer Support Group https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/melanoma-skin-cancer/