A side effect to WLS is hair loss ... 4 1/2 months later it's time to do something about it ... I knew it was coming! I knew to expect it ... I even blogged about it ... My hair needs help! Pre-op I set a goal that when I lost enough for people to tell I would get a drastic haircut & color change. I thought this would be a great way to prepare myself for the inevitable, and also give everyone something else to talk about. I thought by this time I might be tired of people talking to me about the sx and weight loss. Good news ... This isn't true, I am not tired of it yet! For a month or so, every time I would shampoo, so much hair came out. The ends would tangle making combing it out even harder. I was to the point of washing up to every three days & using a dry shampoo spray in between. Not the best idea, but it was dry and falling out and buns suit me. I didn't have any bald areas, but it was starting to become noticeably thin and as you can see in the above picture it looked jagged on the ends. Surgeons & nutritionists usually attribute the hair loss to a lack of protein, and internist say a shock to the system after surgery and subsequent rapid weight loss is to blame. Either way... it happened! Since the cut, I have had a ton less hair loss and I have gotten used to looking at my chin with short hair. On a side note it is funny when your kids start to notice the weight loss ... they have each reacted in their own way. After the hair cut, I had a long day I was pulling my hair back in a pony tail. Kaidan looks at me and said "now you are starting to remind me of the Full house girl, DJ, but now in real life." Funny he doesn't even know that Liz and I used to be DJ & Stephanie. I can hope I look a bit like her one day. OK maybe not... but we are both white girls with fake blonde hair ... and she is totally fit & puts God 1st... that's something to strive to be!
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This weight loss is only from June 2015 (I had lost another 51 pounds prior to this)
Blog MissionIt has taken me a long time to get to this point, but I feel like God opened the right doors at the right time. My vision for this blog is not only to document and share my journey with those who care, but also to encourage those who may be following in my footsteps. First and foremost though, I want to give all the glory to God & to focus on his plan for me throughout the journey. What you talkin' 'bout?VSG = Vertical Gastric Sleeve Categories
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