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Has anyone experienced hair loss after an ostomy?
I realize I am almost 82, but I have always had a thick head of hair until my colostomy. I have shed so much it is shocking. I know it is a relatively small problem, and my hairdresser says it is normal after a trauma. But I guess I need a pep talk from others who have experienced this and gotten through it okay. On the bright side, what I have left of my hair has turned curly!
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@catbaloo76 thanks for your encouragement but I’m down to just wisps of hair at this point.
But I’m hoping 🙏
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1 Reaction@pidge32 my hair fell out a lot I hated to even brush it and this lasted 6 months now after now after a year and 8 months my hair is thick again.
@piki thank you for your encouragement 💕
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1 Reaction@pidge32 Dear pidge32, I wouldn't give up just yet. It may take much longer than you might want, but I think in the end, a year or two, your hair will grow back. But in the meantime, thank goodness for wigs!
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2 ReactionsOh, Pidge. I am so sorry. Yes, thank goodness for wigs, but I know how disappointed you must feel. But you are alive!!!
I have lost almost all my hair from my November ostomy surgery, to the point of bald spots and needing a wig Now I just had to have another surgery to correct a problem with the ostomy so I have given up the thought of it ever growing back. Will probably go completely bald now.
Thank goodness for wigs
It feels good to be in a community of like circumstances. Just a note— I had hip replacement surgery six months after my colostomy, and my hair cutter cautioned that my hair would likely fall out again, but it didn’t! Think positively!
@adlib071 yeah, once I cut it really short if felt a lot better. I'm glad you are getting regrowth!
I am also on the very same supplements you are.
I hope I’m as lucky as you are.
Unfortunately I have to in on the 5th for a surgery to deal with my prolapsed intestine.
There goes what’s left of my hair. 👨🦲
@pidge32 I had remembered a friend told me her hair was thinning and so I contacted her to ask what she did about it. She is the one who recommended ROUTINE shampoo and conditioner for thinning hair. I had been looking at ads for it online, but hesitated trying it until she mentioned it. I figured it probably was gentler on my hair. I have been using it, but also got on supplements like Biotin, Zinc, B12, C and E. A friend who has alopecia recommended Pure Pumpkin Seed Oil, too. I don't know which things are working, but I have begun to see a row of short hair (at my hairline) underneath my skimpy old bangs!! I also think my high protein diet is helping too.