Hospital Stay

Recently, I scheduled some surgery for July. I'll be in the hospital for approximately two weeks.

Any suggestions on how to take care of my hair while I'm in the hospital? The dry air of hospitals and time spent in bed don't seem like it would be good for it. And I'm concerned about it tangling, although I'm planning to keep it braided.

My hair is about four inches longer than in my picture. I've been debating cutting off a few inches to even up some layers. Should I do this before the hospital so I have less hair to be a problem? Or wait until afterwards in case it does get overly dry and damaged?

Thanks,
Grace

Hi Grace, i hope your hospital stay goes well and smoothly. If it was me, I would wait for the cut until after the surgery so you have more hair to braid. Having it shorter may make it more difficult to braid, and thus protect, while you're in bed for awhile. 

Hi Grace

I recently went through this experience (in December), although my hospital stay was shorter, I was incapacitated for a little while.

If I were you, I would save cutting until after you come out for two reasons: easier to braid while you are in there, and having a nice trim may make you feel better when you are recovering.   Think of your hospital stay as an opportunity to pamper your hair.  You can oil it and keep it braided for days and it won't matter what it looks like (ppl aren't going to be expecting you to look glamorous!).  It's like a two week long conditioning treatment

I don't know how incapacitated (there's that word again!) you will be, but I would keep your washing routine really simple while you are in there.  Don't worry about any extra steps (ie ACV rinsing, ice cold water rinsing, honey additions etc.), just do the basic washing (whether that is CO for you...or whatever) and the nice oilings your hair is going to receive will look after the rest.

I hope that you have a really speedy recovery and will be back with us very soon after

Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement. I hadn't thought about the trim affecting the amount available to braid. One more reason to put off this trim I'm been procrastinating about for three months.

It's a hip replacement I'm having done. For a variety of reasons, it will be more challenging than the average hip replacement, so I'm expecting a possibly slow recovery with fabulous results!