Hospital Attire for the Bald Transwoman

I have it easy for sure: blue eyes, pleasant features, short (5′6″) stature — but I’m bald!  You’ve seen me when I’m together, but underneath I look like this:

Tuesday I had another hospital procedure — this time a colonoscopy.  They sedate you for a colonoscopy.  Some doctors prefer that a patient be well and thoroughly out; for others twilight (not the move!) will do.  In either case, I was expecting that I would not be in a position to keep my hair on straight.

My procedure for going unconscious is this: no makeup, no contact lenses, no wig, my scrawny hair tied back with an elastic tie.  On top goes a turban, leaving me looking like this:

It isn’t great, but if it shifts on my head, it slides back in place very easily — unlike my wig, which is clipped to my own hair on the sides and is taped to my forehead in front.  If the wig shifts, I am at risk from two conditions: hair (my own or the wig) sticking to the double-stick tape in front, and my own hair being pulled from snarling in the clips.

No, if I’m going unconscious, I distinctly prefer to do it in a way that won’t cause more hair loss if something goes wrong!  If your head is as bald as mine, I urge you to seek a cloth turban or a head scarf for those occasions when you just can’t keep the wig on.  I found my turbans a few years ago at a local wig shop: $5.98. I have the purple one shown here, a black one, and a white one.  From time to time I go back and look for different colors or patterns, but I haven’t seen any at that store yet.

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