update hair comming out

Eldri where do you come up with these ideas.   After I read your funny posts the first thing that pops into my mind is your dog running with the wig in his mouth.   Gads girl thanks for the laughs and smiles.   I am surprised my husband doesn't come in the computer room and ask me what I am laughing about.  I remember when my hair was falling out I stopped in at Cost Cutters and asked the girl to shave the rest of it off as I was tired of cleaning the floor in the bathroom.  The idea or thought of my hair falling out didn't ever really bother me as I thought if I can get to NED sure would be worth the loss of my hair.  But it is surprising me how long it is taking to grow back.   It is doing so but not near as fast as I would like.  I have advanced from the scarves I would wear when going out of the house to a baseball cap.   Was just getting too warm with a scarf.  My hair color is dark gray to white in spots.  Don't necessarily like this look as I colored my hair before the loss.  Can't hardly wait for it to grow out so I can get my fake color back.   LOL

But you are sure right it is easier to take care of this way.

Love,

Jerri

I explained to the hair dresser why I was asking to get my hair completely cut off.  After hair cut was done she said I had a very nice shaped head and we went over to the check in desk and I asked what I owed her and she said "Nothing".  I thanked her very much and gave her a nice tip as I was glad I wouldn't be cleaning hair up from the bathroom floor. 

Jerri

giggs100 said:

LOL Eldri you are so funny

Eldri where do you come up with these ideas.   After I read your funny posts the first thing that pops into my mind is your dog running with the wig in his mouth.   Gads girl thanks for the laughs and smiles.   I am surprised my husband doesn't come in the computer room and ask me what I am laughing about.  I remember when my hair was falling out I stopped in at Cost Cutters and asked the girl to shave the rest of it off as I was tired of cleaning the floor in the bathroom.  The idea or thought of my hair falling out didn't ever really bother me as I thought if I can get to NED sure would be worth the loss of my hair.  But it is surprising me how long it is taking to grow back.   It is doing so but not near as fast as I would like.  I have advanced from the scarves I would wear when going out of the house to a baseball cap.   Was just getting too warm with a scarf.  My hair color is dark gray to white in spots.  Don't necessarily like this look as I colored my hair before the loss.  Can't hardly wait for it to grow out so I can get my fake color back.   LOL

But you are sure right it is easier to take care of this way.

Love,

Jerri

I was debating about getting mine colored again or leave the white.  I was a really pale (fake) blonde but my hair grows really fast, or at least it did BC (before cancer).  I had to get it done every four weeks or so.  I'd rather spend the money on a massage or take up a new hobby like cigar smoking....just kidding.  By the way I go for my second massage on Tuesday.  My hubby bought me a gift certificate for five massages and I'm going to make good use of them.  I felt so much better after the last one.  The massage therapist I have is an older lady who specializes in cancer patients.  She even says she works on people's stomach problems related to their treatment.  I feel comfortable with her too.

Love,

Eldri

debrajo said:

guess I'm weird....

When mine started coming out, I just took strands and pulled it out!  Didn't hurt, it was quick, and cheap(husband doesn't believe in spending money on hair dressers
).  I have only been to one beauty shop in my life, when I was 15, so pulling it out seemed ok to me!  Debra

Debrajo - you must have a much tougher scalp than I do. OUCH!!!!!

TeddyandBears_Mom said:

Eldri, I have been debating

Eldri, I have been debating about getting my old color back as well. But, I'm hesitant to do so since we had so many chemicals thrown at us already. I think I'm going to wait a while still. And, by the way... people pay good money to get their hair your color! The white is really pretty. :-)

Also, this new virgin hair is so soft. I do enjoy that part of all of this. And, I like the curls too. Just not the color so much...

Love and Hugs,

Cindi

Cindi, go to one of those stylist that will put different shades around your face and see which you like the best.  I bet you don't even realize how awesome you look now.  I envy you...   all I have is freckled skin and some fine fuzz..   I swear I am going to tatoo a smiley face on the back of my noggin' or maybe Kilroy was here pearing over the top of my head.

I've been pulling a lot of mine out, too, so there's not so much all over the place. I thought I would still need to have it shaved later but maybe I won't.

I haven't colored mine since I was diagnosed with cancer, and I don't expect to go back to coloring it--I suppose that's part of some deeper change in how I see myself. I had wanted to stop coloring it for a while but wasn't quite ready to have the world see me that way. For the past couple of months I've had this awful two-tone effect as the color grew out, but I was preoccupied with other things, so I haven't even really cared. Now when it comes back in it will be clean, white, and natural.

EZLiving66 said:

I was debating about getting

I was debating about getting mine colored again or leave the white.  I was a really pale (fake) blonde but my hair grows really fast, or at least it did BC (before cancer).  I had to get it done every four weeks or so.  I'd rather spend the money on a massage or take up a new hobby like cigar smoking....just kidding.  By the way I go for my second massage on Tuesday.  My hubby bought me a gift certificate for five massages and I'm going to make good use of them.  I felt so much better after the last one.  The massage therapist I have is an older lady who specializes in cancer patients.  She even says she works on people's stomach problems related to their treatment.  I feel comfortable with her too.

Love,

Eldri

My opinion is stay natural, Eldri!  You look lovely and you don't want all those nasty hair chemicals!

beccabtown said:

I've been pulling a lot of

I've been pulling a lot of mine out, too, so there's not so much all over the place. I thought I would still need to have it shaved later but maybe I won't.

I haven't colored mine since I was diagnosed with cancer, and I don't expect to go back to coloring it--I suppose that's part of some deeper change in how I see myself. I had wanted to stop coloring it for a while but wasn't quite ready to have the world see me that way. For the past couple of months I've had this awful two-tone effect as the color grew out, but I was preoccupied with other things, so I haven't even really cared. Now when it comes back in it will be clean, white, and natural.

Hi Becca, your scarf looks great! I wore scarves almost exclusively during treatment (I'm 6-weeks out from treatment now and have decided to go au naturel). There are a ton of instructional videos on how to tie scarves but my favorites are from www.wrapunzelblog.com. Also, I always wore a little cap or headband under my scarves so that they would stay put and create additional volume. Have fun with your scarves and let me know if you have any questions about them!

Kvdyson said:

Scarf tips

Hi Becca, your scarf looks great! I wore scarves almost exclusively during treatment (I'm 6-weeks out from treatment now and have decided to go au naturel). There are a ton of instructional videos on how to tie scarves but my favorites are from www.wrapunzelblog.com. Also, I always wore a little cap or headband under my scarves so that they would stay put and create additional volume. Have fun with your scarves and let me know if you have any questions about them!

Thanks! I think I found some of the same videos online. You look great in your new profile pic!

Wonder if anyone else has thought about that or actually done it?