RebRY: Hair must be extremely long before it’s a Chatzitzah. Also, to be a Chatzitzah it has to be folded unnaturally. As long as it’s growing in its natural way, it probably isn’t a Chatzitzah according to many Rishonim (that’s how they answer how Shimshon wore T’fillin). And the Gemara says that it’s a good thing that the walls of the house never see the hair (well, sort of; it says that someone got rewarded for it-which usually teaches us that something is a good thing but almost never implies an obligation). But that’s a Kal V’chomer to all other M’komos that are Ervah. And the shaved head of a woman is an Ervah just like any other normally covered part. Thus, shaving the head to avoid the house “seeing” her hair doesn’t solve anything. The house can’t “see” her shaved head either.
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