I like the one from Pantene.

http://pantene.com/en-us/product/original-fresh-dry-shampoo

Yes mom had those caps or we would use a warm lightly soapy washcloth to wipe over hair and scalp then go over 2 times with a clean water rinse cloth. Works great for short hairhair. We used baby shampoo.

Check here for lots of the caps

Shampoo caps

My SIL just had a hip replacement. They have you up and taking steps very quickly. My DH installed grab bars in her bathroom.

Yes, she was up the next morning, but still, no shampooing. She cannot put her foot down and uses a walker, she cannot lean or sit forward, she cannot shower or take a bath for 2 weeks. She is a bionic woman--this is her 3rd hip replacement, and she has had 2 knee replacements and one shoulder replacement and needs the other one done too. Arthritis.

I use Suave dry shampoo with keratin just to give my short fine hair some volume, my daughter told me about using it now and then...it's also good for a short while when you get home from the hospital and can't shower.

I even had a beautician tell me some people use baby powder....something to absorb oils. I have had three joint replacements and and was always permitted to shower.....just cover or wrap wound area with cling wrap and tape tightly. They did this before I even left the hospital the second day.

Corn starch or baby powder with corn starch. But really the caps and wash clothcloth method work best.

She must have had some real problems to have these types of limitations on a revision. There must be more to it than a simple revision. Good luck to her. Hope she has a speedy recovery.

One thing about being limited in mobility is a simple face washing and hair cleaning is tremendously refreshing. Sponge baths have been used in hospitals for a long, long time. A dry "shampoo" is not required, just don't be messy with the water. Ravencajun gave a good option that works well and this has been used a lot of times on people I know and on me. A wet, but not dripping washcloth of water to dampen the hair, a dab of easy and clean rinsing shampoo on the washcloth (or another) to work it in, then start the "rinse" with a couple wet washcloths or rinse them as you go. Just put a towel to catch drips and you won't have the powder mess of dry and it'll be much cleaner. Just don't use too much shampoo. A lot of shampoo is not needed. A person who isn't working up a sweat isn't going to get their hair as dirty as most. Then for additional refreshment, even a couple times a day just a wet washcloth through the hair will keep it surprisingly clean and only mess with the shampoo every few days, or even longer. Actually even if there is a little residual shampoo on the hair, that's not a big problem for most people. Then a later wash with just a wet washcloth will take it out and give it another washing.

Her limitations are highly unusual. Everyone I've known who has had joint replacement or revisions can't take a bath (no immersing) but can shower since the incision is covered. They're instructed not to run the water directly against the bandage area. And most everyone I've talked to now has the incisions glued rather than stitches so that keeps it dry too. One guy I know has had 2 replacements and 2 revisions and will be having another. He has bone deterioration. He just had the normal restrictions. Just out of curiosity, what happened to cause such problems for your sister?

Cynic, she has a no bath or shower restriction for 2 weeks. She is not steady on her feet, and that may have colored the doctor's restrictions. Too bad, because a shower after having surgery (or a baby) is so refreshing and helps make me feel human again. She has a very bad back too, and the muscles in one shoulder if not both have atrophied. She has not had anything special happen to her, but the hip problem is apparently a combination of congenitally shallow hip sockets and arthritis. The hip device was pulling out of the bone. She has had both knees replaced, both hips replaced and one hip revision, one shoulder replaced, and the other needs it soon too. She is the youngest of us 4 siblings and has the most problems. I have been the healthiest, my brother had one hip replaced, and my older sister had both knees replaced but as a result of injury from a car accident. My younger sister is the bionic woman. I had hoped all these surgeries would help alleviate the pain she has lived with for the past 20 years or more, but she is not pain free. It puzzles me too.