Evidence-based articles on nutrition, hair loss, vitamin absorption, and long-term health after weight loss surgery. Written for patients. Backed by published research.
Every essential nutrient your body needs after surgery, how each procedure affects absorption, the monitoring schedule to follow, and how to recognize the warning signs of deficiency.
The six nutrients most strongly linked to post-surgical hair loss — iron, zinc, folic acid, B12, biotin, and vitamin D — what the research says about each one, and how to build a recovery plan.
Why hair falls out after sleeve gastrectomy, the month-by-month timeline from onset to regrowth, the nutrients that matter most, and what to skip.
Month-by-month breakdown of the shedding timeline based on a meta-analysis of 2,538 patients — when it starts, when it peaks, and when it ends.
A deep dive into the hair growth cycle, how surgery triggers telogen effluvium, which deficiencies compound it, and the evidence-based strategies that support faster recovery.
Why ferritin — not serum iron — is the number to watch, what "normal" really means for your hair, and a practical roadmap to rebuild iron stores after surgery.
How Roux-en-Y bypass creates unique absorption challenges, which nutrients bypass patients deplete fastest, and how to build a supplement protocol for hair recovery.
Why the DS creates the most aggressive nutritional challenge of any bariatric procedure, the ADEK protocol, fat-soluble vitamin thresholds, and DS-specific lab targets for hair health.
The four things that determine whether the iron in your bariatric vitamin actually reaches your bloodstream — form, dose, delivery, and what else is in the same pill.
Who genuinely benefits from an iron-free bariatric multivitamin, who still needs iron despite popular belief, and how to make the right decision based on your labs.
The answer is forever. Here's the clinical evidence for why supplementation is lifelong, what happens when patients stop, and what a 12-year follow-up study revealed.
The six most common causes of supplement-related nausea after surgery — iron form, empty stomach, tablet size, zinc, pill overload, and poor formulation — and a step-by-step fix for each.
A format-by-format comparison of liquid softgels, chewables, gummies, and transdermal patches — evaluated on bioavailability, ASMBS compliance, gastric tolerance, and dosing convenience.
How bariatric surgery changes nutrient absorption, why standard tablets fail, and what to look for in a liquid bariatric vitamin — with a full format comparison table.