AboutAlan M. Engler, MD, FACS Expertise Dr. Engler has answered over 2700 plastic surgery questions for Allexperts. His expertise is in cosmetic plastic surgery including breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts etc.
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Experience Dr. Alan Engler is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York and the author of BodySculpture - Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women (ISBN 0966382749) one of the top-selling plastic surgery books on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
Education/Credentials Dr. Engler graduated from Yale University (undergraduate) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University (medical school). He did his residency training in General Surgery and, after that, Plastic Surgery, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Question This probably sounds out of place...I had a tummy tuck done over a year and half...I was not happy when I found out the the surgeon implanted a so called mesh. I experience a lot of pain months after...it is better now...but I have been loosing my hear (thining and breakage)I lost at least 4 inches in my head...what wss long hair, all one length looks now like a "bob" just below my ears. This loss of hair began last May and this past Christmas I notices aggressive loss in my pubic hair...I have seeing my PC, dermatologist and an endocrinologist. All test came back normal...I hear that perhaps it could be from my tommy tuck and / or mesh....Any truth on this? I am very upset and both my PC and I do not know what is causing it (ruled out stress) and do not know what else to do. No family history of hair loss either.
I would appreciate any answers.
Most grateful,
Gloria
Answer Hi Gloria,
I am unaware of any connection between the mesh used in such a procedure, and hair loss. I suppose anything is possible, but this relationship is not something I've heard of.
It sounds like you're already under the care of enough doctors, and they will hopefully figure it out, but, in the meantime, I'm not sure what else to say. Again, though, it's not something I'm heard of.
