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I'm not sure whether to shave my head or not

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I'm on chemotherapy for hodgkins lymphoma and the treatment is causing my hair to fall out as I was expecting, but because I originally had a really thick head of hair it's taking a while to really show any balding it's just looking extremely thin. I'm really debating shaving it cause of all my clothes being covered in my hair, and because it's bright pink it's really obvious on anything i wear haha. It's been hard for me to see it all come out and probably the stress on top of the chemo is causing more to fall out, there's bald patches under the thicker parts but I just don't want to lose my pink hair as it took two years to get it to this colour :// 

I want to shave it to stop being covered in hair but i'm not prepared to lose it and have to wait for a while for it to be back to the length it is currently (i'd cut 10 inches off before i started treatment, it's just above my shoulders right now) and then restarting the process of going blonde to pink :// 

 

if i shave my head i just think i'll have really bad trouble with confidence even though I have a wig already it's just not me (it's a natural colour). 

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    About 30 years ago (wow, is it really that long?) the teenage daughter of family friends was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.  She needed to go through two lots of chemo before she was cured.  To  the best of my recollection, she didn't try to fight the hair loss, but simply accepted it for what it is. She didn't bother with a wig but bought some nice scarves, and she would choose one to match her mood of the day. 

    Perhaps you could buy some outrageously coloured wigs and wear a different one each day? 

    Our friends' daughter got through the treatment, and is now happily married with a family and career.

     

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    I was the sane as you had really long deep red hair but watching it fall out in clumps daily broke my heart 

    my daughter shaved mine as is a hair dresser and the relief from the itching was u real 

    I dint think I'll ever love my bald head but I've accepted it 

  • in reply to Bellathedogue

    Hello

     As soon as I was diagnosed the consultant told me that I would loose my hair, & asked me did I still want to go ahead with treatment becouse of this ??  I replied of course my hair will grow back when treatment has finished.  The day before my first treatment I had the hospital cancer hair lady shave my hair off & I donated it to Little Stars, childrens wig makers.  By doing this 1) I felt in control as I did not want the heart ache of waking in the morning with my hair on my pillow.  2) I felt that out of the bad & upset of my diagnosis something good was coming out of it & my hair was not being wasted as a child was going to get my hair to help their confidence.  I hate my bald head as with the chemo it is now bald scalp.  But it will grow back & my hair at the end of the day is the least of my worries.  I am the same as you I am learning to accept it

     

    Good luck & Best wishes to you

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