I know that people who go through chemotherepy that have cancer are worried about loosing their hair and they feel really self concious about it. I was just wondering why don't they shave their head when they first start chemo so then they dont have to worry about loosing their hair becasue it will already be made into a wig, and it will look the same. It seems like it would be better to that then get a wig from Locks Of Love becasue this way you are guarenteed to get a wig and its your hair, not a strangers!! Just wondering why people dont do this...
2007-03-04 09:20:09 · 6 answers · asked by starsandmoons14 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I shaved my son's head this summer when he started treatment. My husband and other son and a few friends shaved theirs in support too. My son didn't really start losing his hair until months into the treatment, so it was growing back then, and then it starting falling out in patches--in fact he could just pluck it off his head in clumps when it started falling. So we shaved it again then as he had hair falling off all over the place.
It's enough trauma to have to face treatment, that the last thing you think about is hair. Women have really nice hair coverings they can choose from (online especially) but there was NOTHING for men...just baseball caps. That was kind of sad. He didn't like that hanky tied around the head look. Fortunately his treatment was short (8 weeks) and his hair had grown back fully within 3 months after that.
It's curly now whereas it was straight before!
2007-03-04 10:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't think about the hair loss immediately upon diagnosis. And most people start treatment almost immediately upon diagnosis. And even if they did have a chance to save their hair , Locks of Love will not take a persons hair and make it into a wig free of charge to the person who's hair they are using.
2007-03-04 10:00:49 · answer #2 · answered by Rob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well with most people they reather face it head on with all of the symptons by the time they get the wig made the chemo would be over and in about 4 weeks the hair is comming back
2007-03-05 00:43:38 · answer #3 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i found out about mine i was rushed into treatment so fast i didn't have time to think about anything like my hair, in the second week i went to brush my hair and it all came out on my brush. i went down with my foster mum and invested in a couple lady k wigs that did me well enough until well after my treatments and my hair came back.
long story short most of us don't have time to muck about finding a place to take our old hair, the important thing is getting treatment started asap so you can get better hopefully
2007-03-04 11:27:28 · answer #4 · answered by nanabooboo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I had cancer, I wasn't all to worried about my hair because I knew one day my hair was going to grow back, even if it was a different color.
2007-03-07 01:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if someone get cancer, does not think about hair
because there are too many problems that have to be solved
2007-03-04 09:35:36 · answer #6 · answered by saman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋