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Is it best to shave your entire head or just the incision for surgery?
Mon, 02/07/2011 - 13:47Topic: Surgery and Devices
I am scheduled for left temporal lobe surgery in about 2 months and was wondering if it would be better to just shave my head and let it start scratch from the beginning, or just let them shave where the incision is going to be. I know it is going to be very itchy when the incision heals, but probably itchy when the hair grows back. My hair is just below shoulder length right now. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
I was diagnosed with Non
Submitted by LW50Gyrl on Sat, 2018-07-28 - 12:16
I was diagnosed with Non epileptic seizures in 2012, progressively it’s gotten worse and worse. 2016 and 2017 I had two babies back to back and also a hysterectomy. Since my seizures have gotten more frequent and worse, my neurologist is now sending me to UCSF for further research, testing and treatment. The meds I’m on now have already thinned my hair out so much and my hair is down to waist I need advise to cut or not to cut?