Managing hair after occipital surgery

After my first surgery (occipital), I left my hair on top, however it is a pain to wash and try to get the dried and matted blood out since where the incision was didn’t leave much movement in my neck. I couldn’t tilt my head back and when washing it was constantly getting snagged on my staples. It looks like a second surgery may be in my near future and wondered if anyone else found anything that helped make this part of the recovery a little less difficult. I contemplated shaving my whole head last time and while my first 6 weeks or so of showers would have been much easier, I know I am glad to still have my hair now. Not sure I’d rock the bald head with the size of my ears 😆