I read an article that recommended not dying your hair for 6 months to a year after surgery. OMG no way!!! I am 41 and have not had my natural drab brown now gray streaked hair natural for at least 15 years!!! I don't want to end up BALD from hair loss but I also want to keep coloring my hair.. Any suggestions? Would semi permanent be better??? Any hair stylists get the sleeve??? Should I just start saving for a wig???

I am 2 weeks out and I dyed my hair last week. Everything seems fine but I am so close to surgery I have not noticed any hairloss yet.

I've colored and highlighted mine several times. No problems.

Hope it stays that way lol

I died mine at about 6 weeks no problems, I'm a little past 3 months now and just noticed I need to redo I'm probably going to do it this weekend, I'll let you know how it works out!

I colored mine 1 week before surgery, and I just did it again 8 weeks past surgery. No problems yet

I highlighted mine a few weeks after surgery and had zero issues. Hope the same is true for you! :-)

I've dyed my hair numerous times without any dilemmas. What's going to fall out, will fall out no matter what. It does grow back. Enjoy your weight loss.....

I've highlighted mine three times and I am 6 months post op. I had a bit of hair loss, but nothing noticeable to others.

I had not heard about this so I'm 8 days post op and had mine colored today. I guess we will see !

Colored mine about 2 weeks after surgery and every 6 weeks since with no troubles. Cover that grey and enjoy the new skinny you!

I am 6months out and have lost a lot of hair in the last 2 months, so as bad as i want to color mine i haven't. But i also haven't used my curling iron, straightner either hoping to save my hair.

I hit mine four weeks after surgery. Have at it!

I am 6months out and have lost a lot of hair in the last 2 months' date=' so as bad as i want to color mine i haven't. But i also haven't used my curling Iron, straightner either hoping to save my hair.[/quote']

Amen! I have so much falling out that anything that would hurt it makes me nervous. 5 months yesterday.

My roots are bad but I was very scared about this. Great topic! Glad so many have had success. Now i can make my appt. =)

I'm a stylist @ an Aveda Concept Salon & I was sleeved in Aug. There is absolutely no reason I can think of to not color your hair. Not only do I color mine, but I smell it & work w/it on my hands all day. Color isn't absorbed into your bloodstream & generally doesn't have anything in them that could do anything to you but cause a topical complication, like an allergy or chemical burn, or offend your nose, as in stinky. Aveda color is 97% all natural, & some color brands make your hair healthier than if you didn't color it.

Now, if your experiencing damage or weakness in your hair, I wouldn't recommend bleaching/hilighting your hair, or anything else that 's a harsh chemical/brand.

Hope this helps. You can certainly message me if you have any questions.

P.S. Now if you're loosing your hair, coloring it won't affect that. Take your Vitamins, meeting all your food/protein/liquid requirements is very important to reduce hair loss. There's also hair treatments/shampoos that can help that.

& if your hair is dry/damaged, for heaven's sake, cut out the heat styling- flat iron/ rollers/ curling iron/ blow dryer- as much as possible!