Female hair loss after surgery?

[Chrisdub10]

Hi, my 4 year old GP Heidi had an operation last Tuesday to remove her ovaries and two large cysts growing on them. She had some hair loss and was pear shaped and that's how we spotted the problem. She seems to have got better since the surgery, and a problem where they injured her leg a little giving her an injection. She's eating normally again and behaving more like her old self, bit the hair loss has continued and grown. Can anyone tell me if this is normal and it takes a while for hormone levels to adjust again after the operation?

 

[Wiebke]

Hi, my 4 year old GP Heidi had an operation last Tuesday to remove her ovaries and two large cysts growing on them. She had some hair loss and was pear shaped and that's how we spotted the problem. She seems to have got better since the surgery, and a problem where they injured her leg a little giving her an injection. She's eating normally again and behaving more like her old self, bit the hair loss has continued and grown. Can anyone tell me if this is normal and it takes a while for hormone levels to adjust again after the operation?

Hi

Please give a bit more time for the body to adjust to the hormone levels and the sudden switch off. It is not even a week. Hair will take around a month two grow back.

 

[Chrisdub10]

Hi

Please give a bit more time for the body to adjust to the hormone levels and the sudden switch off. It is not even a week. Hair will take around a month two grow back.

Thank you for replying, I know the hair will take a significant period of time to grow back, I was more worried about the new bald areas on the abdomen. I suspected that removing the ovaries wouldnt turn off the hormones like switching off a light, it was just a bit disheartening to see it keep going after the surgery.

 

[Wiebke]

Thank you for replying, I know the hair will take a significant period of time to grow back, I was more worried about the new bald areas on the abdomen. I suspected that removing the ovaries wouldnt turn off the hormones like switching off a light, it was just a bit disheartening to see it keep going after the surgery.

Have you considered mechanical abrasion rather than hormonal abrasion with her lying around more and ptonetially self-barbering due to some discomfort in the belly in the days post-op?
Barbering ( Eating Hair)

 

[Chrisdub10]

Have you considered mechanical abrasion rather than hormonal abrasion with her lying around more and ptonetially self-barbering due to some discomfort in the belly in the days post-op?
Barbering ( Eating Hair)

I had thought about it, yes, especially because at the edges of the bald patches there's some half length hair. I just figured that for her to pull it out right down to bare skin I would have been likely to see marks or cuts on the skin as well. That along with the fact it's in fairly symmetrical patterns on both sides made me think of hormonal issues. I have her booked in at the vet tomorrow anyway just in case - she's got a lot better in the 10 days since her surgery, but she's just not quite her usual bullying wee self

 

[Chrisdub10]

I suppose pictures would have been helpful from the start

 

[Wiebke]

I suppose pictures would have been helpful from the start

Hi

That looks like self-barbering to me (hair eaten short) whereas hormonal hair loss is patchy loss of hair from the roots, so generally a thinning of hair.

Please take the time to read the barbering link in my previous post. You should find it both helpful and informative.