Ask the hair questions before procedure day.
Your facility’s instructions set the plan.

Get the current written preparation instructions

Confirm which washing and product rules apply to your procedure and when. Keep the facility’s contact details with the sheet. Don’t swap in a general hair routine, another hospital’s checklist or a pre-op wash recipe from the internet.

Describe what’s on your head now

Mention extensions, a wig, a hairpiece, fasteners or a head-worn device before the day. Ask what has to come off or be reachable, who handles it and when. Don’t cut hair or dismantle an unfamiliar attachment to guess what the team wants.

The sheet names a special wash

• Use only the product, the body areas, the timing and the rinsing the facility specifies.
• Don’t assume an antiseptic body wash belongs on your scalp or near your eyes.
• If a direction is unclear, ask the facility rather than adapting it from a normal shampoo label.

A style or attachment takes advance work

• If something has to come off, allow time to arrange the right person and a comfortable alternative.
• Ask before you pay for a long-lasting style close to the date.
• A neat braid or protective style isn’t automatically allowed for every procedure or position you’ll be in.

Washing afterwards may need a hand

• Ask what washing access, movement and equipment limits to expect, then line up the help those answers call for.
• Agree who can gather supplies, help with a permitted wash or clear up.
• Don’t promise yourself a wash day before you know the rules.

Keep the preparation product separate

The facility chooses any procedure-specific wash, and nothing here can approve a substitute or change its directions. Keep the two clearly apart when you set out supplies.

Browse cleansing products. Your current shampoo, wash schedule and past treatments help guide a personal recommendation.

Check whether ordinary layers are allowed

Ask how the preparation instructions affect conditioner, leave-ins and styling products. Don’t add a familiar layer after a special wash unless the facility says that’s fine. Ordinary care for your lengths, within the limits you’ve been given, can come afterwards.

Browse rinse-out conditioners. The consultation uses your hair details and treatment history to compare conditioner options.

Write down only what’s confirmed

Record the preparation instructions, your attachment questions, who to contact and the plan for hair care afterwards. Mark anything still unanswered. Keep this sheet next to the facility’s full instructions. It’s a summary, not a replacement for them.

Gather supplies once you have answers

Set aside only what the confirmed plan needs, including anything allowed for drying and somewhere to keep removable accessories. Leave the original labels readable. Optional salon services and new products stay out of the preparation if they raise questions nobody’s answered.

Signs that need more than routine care

• If two sets of instructions conflict, a product reacts, or a new sore or rash appears in the area being treated, contact the procedure team or a medical professional before going ahead. Follow the facility’s rules about reporting illness. Nothing in a hair-care guide can clear you for a procedure.