Hair loss during cancer treatment: a chance to try a radical new style!

Funny thing: I didn’t find the hair loss to be as traumatic as I thought it would be.

About three weeks after my chemo started, my scalp became very sensitive and in fact the hair follicles were really starting to hurt as I turned on the pillow at night. 

I didn’t want to wait until it started coming out in clumps in the shower, so very, very early one morning after a particularly uncomfortable night, my husband offered to shave my head right then. I was pretty miserable, so I agreed that it was time.

It turned out to be a kind of funny, bittersweet couple of hours for us, as he got me and the shaving supplies ready. I know that he was as anxious as I was and that was sweet. I had already purchased a wig, which my medical insurance had paid for, and it was all styled and ready to go.

Being bald proved to be rather liberating!

Watch these videos for more information - and another great product that they’re not talking about: Buffs. These are super, especially at night to keep your sweet little noggin warm and comfortable. Buffs give you the option of being very hip and stylin’ during your treatment with a lot of fab designs to choose from. http://www.buffwear.com/

Here’s another thing: get some self tanning cream. And shave your head. It’s much more attractive than stubble. Let your husband or boyfriend get the whipped cream out and give you a shave!  My husband thought that my bald head was very sexy! And speaking of that: yes, all the other hair comes out too. You’re just like the day you were born, which is a good analogy. You are being reborn: as a cancer survivor!