Hair Loss :( ....How did U handle it??

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  • Jenna75
    Jenna75 Member Posts: 2
    #22
    Rock the Q-Ball!!!
    When I lost all of my hair in 2006, I was only 23. And I do mean ALL of my hair-lashes, brows, leg and armpit hair, the whole nine. This was thanks to aggressive chemo with Etoposide (vp-16). I was SO self-conscious at first, but after being told by many supportive friends that I looked beautiful with nothing on my head, I started just baring it! I stopped caring about what other people thought and did what made ME feel comfortable, and that was NOT having itchy wigs or hats/scarves making me hot all the time. Slap a lil' sunblock on it and show it to the world, honey! Best of luck to you :)
  • kanchan_daniel90
    kanchan_daniel90 Member Posts: 2
    #23
    Ditto!
    Hi I was 17 when I was diagnosed with cancer and I'm 21 now and absolutely fine.my hair started falling a little after my first chemotheraphy.I had really long locks and they were all bundled up and put under a shower cap.After a while they started becoming very straw like and taking the shape of my cap.Also they had started interferring with all the medical equipment and I couldnt really stand to watch all my hair fall off.Thats when I decided to get my head shaved and we got the barber to come up to my room and shave off all my hair.I thought I could handle it and I remember watching all my hair fall so slowly into my lap.My mum was with me at that time and she asked me if I was feeling bad about it and I just looked into my lap and watched as tears fell along with the hair.I felt bad for myself, but for a very little time as I knew this waS Part and parcel of my treatement and the only solution to it would be to find a way around it.So I ordered a really nice wig from abroad that resembled my hair very closely.But I started loving my shaved head and would even crack jokes about it and wouldnt mind walking around bald.My little cousin sister even named me "egghead" after it.As for the wig,I'd step out of the house occasionally in it and alot of people would think that it was my real hair and theyd compliment me on my hairstyle,so I let them haha.A month or so after my last chemotherapy and surgeries I decided to ditch the wig and walk around with the fuzz.I was proud of it.So dont worry about what people will think or say because you have gone through enough already and besides this has been your personal battle.So it doesnt matter what people think of it.It hasnt happened to them and if they dont like it,thats their problem.There are a whole lot of us who understand your problem and we're with you,besides the hair that will grow back will be oh so pretty. Hope this helps.
  • GogolBordello
    GogolBordello Member Posts: 11
    #24
    I may be a guy, but it bothered me at first
    I ended up just kind of owning it, quite a few other survivors and myself, a mix of age, cancers, male, female, all that decided to start a club of sorts and would make hats, or just buy tons of hats and we would coordinate by color, style, etc and have fun with it, trade hats. Then it moved into bandannas, knit caps, you name it. It was our thing. To us it was like a right of passage, I can't say this type of thing was normal I've never heard of it before or since. I think mostly we just needed something to hold onto.

    The idea of a wig was weird to us, the idea of a wig made out of a strangers hair was even more strange. It was so much more then what it sounds like, one other person and myself are the survivors of a group of at times up to 30. It is kind of sad to look back and realize most of the fellow patients I met and became good friends with are gone, but at the same time we made the best of it and some of my fondest memories come from that.

    One of my friends was awesome, she, yes she, got a huge group of my friends and classmates to all shave their heads for me so I wouldn't feel weird. That was amazing and humbling. I was hanging out with a few of the group and we were told to stop laughing so much and having such a good time once. Yes, I am serious. I'm one of those people that hates being cooped up in small cold rooms, funny enough I was very introverted before I had cancer, but I kind of found myself seeking out people and getting to know them. Lemons to lemonade as it were. I was called the happiest cancer patient ever by a few nurses, I'm not saying I had all kicks and giggle by any means. I almost bled to death from a nose bleed and a tampon and 15 feet of gauze among other strange things stopped the bleeding, my nose looked like it had a beach ball in it, and imagine my voice. All things in life are about perspective and outlook. I never worried about anymore then right then. Tomorrow can deal with itself. One day at a time.

    I hope that helps
  • GogolBordello
    GogolBordello Member Posts: 11
    #25
    Jenna75 said:

    Rock the Q-Ball!!!
    When I lost all of my hair in 2006, I was only 23. And I do mean ALL of my hair-lashes, brows, leg and armpit hair, the whole nine. This was thanks to aggressive chemo with Etoposide (vp-16). I was SO self-conscious at first, but after being told by many supportive friends that I looked beautiful with nothing on my head, I started just baring it! I stopped caring about what other people thought and did what made ME feel comfortable, and that was NOT having itchy wigs or hats/scarves making me hot all the time. Slap a lil' sunblock on it and show it to the world, honey! Best of luck to you :)

    I had the same
    took almost 8 months after my transplant to get my hair back

    even had nose/ear hair falling out, itched like crazy

    not having eyelashes is weird as heck isn't it? and man did mine grow in all crazy lol

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