Okay so I have had my locks for 7 years and I am thinking about cutting them off. Do you think if I cut them it will help with the hair lost because they are so heavy and maybe won’t lose as much just wondering if it would help? No surgery date but hopefully Dec

It will help in that hair loss is less noticeable with short hair, but it won't actually reduce the amount of hair you lose, at least not in any significant way.

hair follicles are put into a sleeping state during surgery and the hair falls out about three or four months later. Cutting your hair now won't change that. You can make that decision when you see how much fall out you experience. It could be none or a lot.

I think keeping the locs would actually protect your hair. It's a protective style and it means less daily manipulation. A couple of people I know that have had locs post surgery still have them. They might thin out a bit, you might lose a couple, but not all of your hair falls out.

Just wait and see what happens.

Lots aren't going to protect you in this sense. The hair falls out from the root, not from breakage.

You might not lose any hair, just wait and see.

I'm two months post op from the sleeve and I made the decision to cut off about 8 inches of hair just because i wanted a change. Everything else was different, loosing weight, changing my eating habits, i wanted to do something else. I love my new hair. If your hair falls out or not, I think it's a good idea. Definietly helped me see myself as a different person then I was 4 months ago.

Do you think if I cut them it will help with the hair lost because they are so heavy and maybe won’t lose as much

@@mstrice

NO

i was losing hair slow, but steady

didn't know when it would stop

hair was looking awful, bare spots etc

finally decided to get it shaved off

i was in charge

very empowering

little different though

i was going through chemo and breast cancer

we're talking 18 years ago

still around to tell my story

"I'm still standing" (elton john)

hope for your DOS sooner than later!!

good luck

kathy