The Ugly Duckling Phase

Hello all!

New member here. I have been reasonably active in another forum for a few years now but I am branching out into others to get more information. I am debating getting an FUT surgery this year in Belgium and have consultations with doctors in August. I was wondering, for those who have already been through this, how people mitigated the bad aesthetics of the ugly duckling phase? I was debating cutting my hair to as short as I can without the scar being seen for the first 3-5 months but I am not sure if that will help or not. What did everybody else do? Any advice or was it just a case of riding it out? Anything people didn’t do but in hindsight would/should have done?

Thanks