Hello fellow sleevers,

I am 6 1/2 mths post op now and my hair is still falling out albeit slower than at first. i have noticed an abundance of grey hair coming through, both on the regrowth and on the longer, older hair.

My question then, is simple, should I dye my hair - to get rid of the pesky grey - or leave it a while longer?

As you can see from my avatar pic, it is non descript mousy brown colour... Hmmm not sure what to do!

my hair has thinned out but I still dye mine. I dye it red otherwise it would be silver/white/brown

I don't notice any difference of how quickly it comes out before or after I dye, but everyone is different and I had thick hair to begin with..

I am about 7 months post

good luck

Hello fellow sleevers,

I am 6 1/2 mths post op now and my hair is still falling out albeit slower than at first. i have noticed an abundance of grey hair coming through, both on the regrowth and on the longer, older hair.

My question then, is simple, should I dye my hair - to get rid of the pesky grey - or leave it a while longer?

As you can see from my avatar pic, it is non descript mousy brown colour... Hmmm not sure what to do!

I colored and bleached my hair about a month after the shedding had slowed down substantially.

I dyed mine pink three days before surgery! I never dye my hair. But it is pink right now!

Coloring your hair will help you look better and feel better! I own a salon wildorchidsthesalon@yahoo.com and been doing hair for 35 years. It will not make your hair fall out any more! Good luck

PINK holy cow! Thats fun. Since I have lost a good 40-45% of my hair I opted to not have the three color process I normally have my stylist do on my hair every 6 weeks. I instead just used a temporary color from a box I picked up at the drug store. I just thought the less I do to it the better right now. My hair grows so fast that I have to color pretty often. I actually need my roots done around every 4-5 weeks but I stretch it to 6 because it gets so expensive. I thought maybe the next three or so months I can just use this off the shelf color until I see some regrowth.

I say do it!!! I agree with with wildorchids, I always feel better after a new color and style! Go for it

I also say do it. I just put some red color in mine (normally I'm a medium brown) ... made me feel a bit sassier to go with the new body and wardrobe.

Have fun with it!

I say go for it. I think your hair will look a bit thicker with color, too! You can add some highlights to give it dimension... post pics after you are done!

Thanks ladies... I will have a look over the weekend for a semi permanent colour... I am thinking a chestnut brown or perhaps lighter... and yea you're right... it does make me feel better, I was just a lil worried! These greys are not good!! x

Go for it!

Walmart has a new kind. It's a foam... that may work better than the actual dye!

I found this article on-line. It may help you decide a color that is right for you. http://beauty.about....a/pickcolor.htm

Is this the color you are thinking? If so, from your avatar, I think it would look great!!!!

http://www.guciimage.com/store/images/P/Picture%20453.jpg

I found this article on-line. It may help you decide a color that is right for you. http://beauty.about....a/pickcolor.htm

Is this the color you are thinking? If so, from your avatar, I think it would look great!!!!

http://www.guciimage...cture%20453.jpg

Hey Mini... that colour is lovely... right kinda shade but perhaps a tad too red... I have readt the other article and by the sounds of it I am 'cool' so best to stay away from reds??? I was right that semi permanent is the way forward... once my hair has stopped falling out I will get some blonde thorugh it too.... looking forward to the weekend now!

I am also thinking of a restyle now mainly cos of the how fine it is but also cos I now have a neck...lol =]

I'm a cool too, but my hair has natural red highlights when I am in the sun ... that's why I decided on a hint of red in my hair.

I had a very thick head of hair before surgery. While people still talk about how thick it is, I can tell that it is thinner. I recently had mine chopped quite a bit (also to show of my "new" neck). I can't tell from your picture, but is it a one-length bob? If so, you might want to consider some long layers (think Tea Leoni from the movie The Family Man). I did that & it gave back that full look and feel.

Can't wait to see what you decide to do ... Pictures are a MUST!!!!

I am pretty much a natural redhead but with too many freaking whites rearing their ugliness...I go with a medium auburn that puts me pretty close to my natural color so I don't have to do the roots too often. I started coloring mine about 4 weeks after surgery. The whites were getting way to bad. My hair had been coming out even prior to surgery so I started taking biotin. I have noticed that it is not coming out as much now. I have been growing my hair out for 1 1/2 years so I am getting so ready for a new hair style.