how do i wash my hair

Treat yourself to a wash and blow at the local salon where you can use back wash my sister has metal plates in her shoulder and finds drying as well as washing difficult it's her weekly treat

If you have the funds, I'm sure a mobile hairdresser could could to your home once a week and give you a wash and set (this is what my MIL does)

I smashed my ankle and was not allowed to put my foot down at all for more than 12 weeks .... no mean feet ,I can tell you , but I did it .
I needed several gadgets to help but the best was a waterproof cast cover . This completely covered the cast to the knee with a very efficient rubber flange round the top as a seal .
The brand I had was a Limbo ( available from a well known online retailer beginning with A) .
I was able to shower and evenbathe and my cast stayed dry all those weeks.

Last message should have read" feat " not " feet ", of course ?

ChickenAnnie. I am with you all the way on this. I am in the same situation. I have got a cast on after a broken ankle. I find kneeling on a small stool leaning over the bath and washing my hair works for me.

Or do what I'm doing ......... And stay dirty!!!

I can't wash my hair or my face at the moment as any touch triggers the worst pain you can imagine (SUNCT and trigeminal neuralgia), this flare up will be for around 2 months and when I can finally wash my hair it will look amazing!

I agree, sit in the shower tray with you foot outside the shower. You can buy special plastic bags of various sizes to protect body parts in plaster casts from water. I got mine online from Amazon

Preferably on a shower stool! It's not easy to get down on the floor and up again with a leg in a plaster cast.

There's no need to leave your leg outside the shower as those waterproof covers suggested by several posters are very good and don't leak.

Head over bath and a lightweight plastic jug.

Useful post, thank you!

The NHS provided me with a shower chair. I bought a clear sleeve to cover my cast from Amazon.