Highlight or dying hair?!?

Does anyone know if dying or highlighting hair after RNY is okay?!? I have some big events coming up but with how fragile the hair is afterwards and thinning out is it okay to highlight or dye? If we can't, how long do we have to wait until we can?!? 

If it's dangerous I should be dead by now. Go ahead and color your hair, don't think you need to wait until the hair grows back. Our hair isn't "Fragile" - it's just thinning and nothing you can do will stop the shedding or slow it down, what will fall out is going to fall out no matter what you do. Nothing will make it worse or better. Plus -- dying your hair will plump up the hairs and make it look thicker.

Not sure, but I don't remember not coloring my hair when it was thinning.  I colored mine on schedule and did not notice that it hurt anything.

Laura

As Pam said, our hair isn't 'fragile' after surgery, and as long as whatever you are doing isn't likely to make it fragile, such as chemical perming or straightening, you should be fine. Coloring can actually coat the hair and make it look fuller. I dyed my hair without skipping a beat after my surgery and it did impact my hair loss at all. I hope that you go ahead and work with your stylist to put together a look that makes you feel fabulous. 

If you want more information about losing hair, you can find a link to an article about it on my OH blog.

Have a wonderful time!

I would love to see your blog but the link didn't work. Would yuo repost it please or pm it to me?

Also, do you mentor people here on the site?

Hi Helane,

I think that you can access my OH 'blog' if you click on my picture. I don't know that you could say that I am a 'mentor', but I'm always glad to help others along, so feel free to friend me and to keep in touch as you move through your journey.

I look forward to getting to know you,

Before RNY I lost 127 lbs and lost about half my hair. At the time I had dark auburn hair, so since my hair was so thin you could see my scalp. So I decided, so my scalp wouldn't be so obvious, I dyed it blond.....It worked!!! I've kept it that way for 11 yrs now. My RNY is in 2 weeks so about 1 week ago I got it dyed so maybe I won't have to dye it just after surgery.

I don't think it hurt your hair any either actually if you do highlights it will make you hair look thicker and I am not sure how much you have lost but any little bit helps.

I've been doing it this whole time, if I see the glitter (grey hair), I call on my friend Miss Clairol and she gets the glitter out every time!! :D

Huggles!!
~Sarah~

 No.  It's not.  You'll be fine.  In fact, it's a good way to reward yourself for all your hard work!