Eek! I have an important job interview next week and I'm wondering whether my crazy appearance will be a problem.

Does anyone have any advice for how I should approach this? If you have a look at my weblog, you can see the stage I am at now.

I am wondering whether I should shave the hairs that are growing in the temple areas - they probably look a bit strange.

Actually, the interviewer wrote to me saying I can wear casual clothes if I want. This opens the possibility of wearing a hat. I still feel that wearing a hat indoors, especially at a job interview, may be a step too far though.

Bearing in mind that I will be getting interviewed by possible future work colleagues, I really wanted to delay the interview, but holding off for another week won't make a huge amount of difference. I hope that if they decide to hire me, they'll forget how I looked during the interview

Good chance no one would even notice. Having said that, I'd trim the temple hairs down as far as possible and go in with confidence.

You also have the option to wear the casual clothes with a hat, and mention you are wearing it because you have "temporary folliculitis" or something to that effect.

You most certainly do not want the interviewer to think of anything other than your qualifications for the job. Wearing a hat with excuses might be okay, but it can be considered negative. I would just trim the hairs and dress casually. Good Luck !

Thanks for the input.

I just tried shaving the hairs right down and it does look a lot less conspicuous.

I can see the incision sites when I look closely, and I have some persistent pimples so I will probably put some kind of face powder on the area to conceal them...I don't think that should do any harm (although it's not ideal).

I feel a bit sad to be cutting away new hairs that are growing, but hopefully I won't have to do this again.

What camera are you using to take those close ups?

Scottishguy, you might want to try a concealer like Toppik or Dermmatch to see if it gives you a more natural look.

I don't know what type of job you're interviewing for, but I'll avoid a hat for most types of job interviews.

Good luck with the interviews.

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Originally posted by Sparky:
What camera are you using to take those close ups?

I've used a Panasonic DMC-TZ5 for all of the pictures.

The close-ups are just a cropped version of the other temple area photos.

Cheers

Hi ScottishGuy

I agree with Forrest Gump - do try a concealer. I used Nanogen fibres when I returned to work and they worked fine, although you might want to practice applying a concealer first before the day of the interview.

Good luck.

I doubt they will notice. You look a lot better post op than I did at 2 1/2 months. Nobody directly mentioned my much improved hair from my post op condition, and the hairs grow in so steady that it's hard for anyone to notice exactly what looks different about you.