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What bariatric surgery can do to your skin and hair – if you are not careful.

December 25th, 2019 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

After bariatric surgery you will lose some and win some, and some of it will be great and others not that much. Here are some examples of what you will/may lose, depending on how you take care of yourself after the surgery. There is only that much magic the surgeon can do for you, the rest if up to you. You will lose: Weight Diabetes  (yay!) this will help your skin because there will be less protein glycosylation, and that is good for the proteins (skin included) and for you. Muscle mass (you will need to exercise a lot, and eat protein, ask your doctor) Capacity to absorb vitamins (you…

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