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Title: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: RattieLady on August 18, 2006, 12:19:33 pm

I don't know where to put this so i picked here.
I used to dye my hair before i had my first AN removed i had a prelab incistion, so what i wannna know is is it safe to dye my hair again? It's been 2 years since the op, although i just had an emergancy op on the top of my brain to remove a tumour,so it'll be awhile before i dye my hair if i can. Thanks in advance!  ;D

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: Patti UT on August 18, 2006, 12:56:24 pm

I did mine about 5 months post op, and have been doing it ever since. Doc said it was Ok at about 2 mo post op

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: RattieLady on August 18, 2006, 02:09:54 pm

thank you Patti UT. can't wait to have red hair again.

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: Brendalu on August 18, 2006, 09:03:02 pm

Darn, that was the first question I asked my neurosurgeon when I came out of the morphine uphoria!  He said how important is it to you?  I gave him the dirtiest look I could muster and he said as soon as I had the staples out.  I did it the same day.  The incision area got extremely gray and does not cover with fillers or the best of the best.  I call it the red-headed skunk look.  I can't use a blow dryer, but I'll be darned if I'm gonna have gray hair.  Also, you don't dye your hair you tint it or color it.  You dye eggs and fabric.  Colorist for over thirty years, so I am touchy about wording.  ::)

BrendaO

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: amymeri on August 19, 2006, 10:21:25 am

I dyed/tinted, whatever you want to call it, about 3.5 mos post op when I felt like my incision was healed enough.  Even then I put vaseline over the incision line and kept the dye/tint/peroxide stuff away as much as possible. 

Amy

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: RattieLady on August 20, 2006, 05:29:11 am

Quote from: amymeri on August 19, 2006, 10:21:25 am

I dyed/tinted, whatever you want to call it, about 3.5 mos post op when I felt like my incision was healed enough. Even then I put vaseline over the incision line and kept the dye/tint/peroxide stuff away as much as possible.

Amy

Im gonna try the vaseline over the incision. Hope it washes off easily

Title: Re: Dying your hair after an AN opertion.
Post by: amymeri on August 20, 2006, 10:10:02 am

It washed off easily enough when I washed the tint out at the end of the dye process.  The warm water and a little gentle scrubbing worked well.