Bariatric Times - September 2008 - (Page 26) 26 Nutrition Perspective Bariatric Times • September 2008 The Latest on Nutrition and Hair Loss in the Bariatric Patienty by Jacqueline Jacques, ND NUTRITION AND HAIR LOSS A common fear and complaint of bariatric surgery patients is postoperative hair loss. While for most of us as people, our hair is important as part of our self-image and body image, it is not very important to our bodies. For this reason, nutrition can have a great impact on hair health because when forced to make a choice, the body will shift nutritional stores to vital organs like the brain and heart and away from hair. Hair loss has many causes. The most common type of hair loss after weight loss surgery is a diffuse loss known medically as telogen effluvium, which can have both nutritional and non-nutritional causes. Whether you are aware of it or not, for most of your life you are always in the process of both Nutritional issues aside, bariatric surgery patients already have two risks of major surgery and rapid weight loss.
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