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Can I color my hair after transplant?
Transplants | Last Active: Jan 10, 2023 | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
Due to being sick for a while prior to my double lung transplant, I haven't been able to get my hair colored in about 6 months. What is the best hair color to use? My salon uses Redken Chromomatics which has no fumes. My doctor said that I can use natural hair color, but there is no hair color without chemicals. I am less than a month out from the surgery.
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The coloring came out great. My salon sent someone to my house and uses Colormatics, which has no peroxide or ammonia. There are no fumes at all. It is supposed to be the gentlest on your hair. Then I had a KN-95 mask for the full time and while I started to wash out the dye until my mask started to get wet.
On Friday, it will be 3 months. I had a problem with inflammation in my lungs, but they are not sure if it from acid reflex or start of rejection. So I had two days of therapeutic transfusion and then need to have 10 days of higher dose of prednisone. I also need to go back tomorrow for an EKG due to having some issues with being dizzy after standing for 5-10 minutes. Yesterday, I actually had my legs give out on me and I fell. So the transplant team is thinking it might be related to A-fib. I think it will all work out though.
They are still not sure what is causing the dizziness, but now that the prednisone levels are back to normal it has been getting better. They are trying to schedule some tests, but haven't been able to yet to just rule out other causes. It doesn't appear to be rejection thankfully.
Thanks for asking.
Good morning @chickytina 😊
I am a two year kidney transplant patient.
I tried the Redkin Chromomatics from my local hair salon. Thanks for the tip! It came out beautiful and no harsh chemicals to breathe.
I have a question about Prednisone.
What dosage do you take normally take for maintenance and when there was fear of rejection, what was it increased to?
Did you have to take insulin at the lower or higher level dosage?
I may be starting Prednisone and I would love to hear your experience with it at both dosage levels. Thank you for the heads up on Redkin Chromomatics!!
@chickytina
Thanks for the scoop on your Prednisone dosages during and after rejection treatment. Depending on what happens with my BK virus, I may need Prednisone added to my drugs so I was curious about your experience. It sounds like they handled your signs of rejection very quickly and with a big hammer!! 😊 That's a good thing.
Thank you again @chickytina for all your help
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Hello there Chickytina! I too am about to get listed for a double lung transplant. You may want to ask your doctors to be more specific about the hair dye. I would be interested in the answer to that myself. I had been considering going silver just to make my life easier. How are you doing?