Losing my hair thro chemo....I need to get what's left tidied up..any suggestions please?

I had very thick hair, and have lost about 50 % of it thro chemo. I was told that I shouldn't lose my hair, so it's a bit of a shock, but so be it. I'm not sure if it'll all go though..it's still coming out at the mo.


I had it cut into a style that suited my thick hair a few weeks ago, before the fallout, but obviously that style is no longer working for me because there just isn't enough hair to make it go right. My hair is around 3 or 4 inches long all over.


I badly need to get it tidied up, but am scared to go to a hairdresser...they'll have a fit seeing all my hair on their hands when washing it, and having to clean it all out the plughole.


If I pluck up the courage to go to the hairdresser though, I have no idea how to have my hair cut. Should I go short, say, around a couple of inches all over and just have it the one length layers, or should I try for any kind of style?


I just feel a right mess at the moment :-(





If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.





By the way, my hair is still just thick enough, so that anyone who didn't know me wouldn't really notice anything amiss, so I can just get away without the hats or wig so farLosing my hair thro chemo....I need to get what's left tidied up..any suggestions please?
Don't be scared of the hairdresser.





Phone your usual one and explain what's happening. They may be able to give you an appointment last thing when fewer people are around to oggle at you.





Our hairdresser was great when my daughter lost her hair (not through chemo). She came to the house and removed what was left and has been great with any regrowth offering to come to the house again if my daughter doesn't feel up to an appointment.Losing my hair thro chemo....I need to get what's left tidied up..any suggestions please?
Be brave and go to the hairdressers. Tell them whats happened and they will be able to advise you on a style and perhaps thickening shampoos etc to take care of it.
just do what i did. shave it.


after a few days of watching my hair fall out,


i just shaved it.


that was back in july %26amp; my hair is already starting to grow back.
If you were told you shouldn't lose your hair, then that's a lie. I have had cancer and chemo and one of chemo's side effects is losing hair. I would say just shave your head that's what I did, it makes everything much easier. If you don't want to be bald then just wear a hat, if you don't want to wear a hat there are lots of places that make wigs for people doing chemo. But once you shave your head there's no more waking up in the morning with hair all over your pillow, trust you start losing your hair slowly, but as you get more into chemo it comes out more and more.
Talk to the hairdresser and explain the situation and ask for suggestions.





They will have the best idea of what to do with your remaining hair.





Good luck with the rest of your treatments and count yourself lucky, I lost all hair except for a few tufts, my hairdresser was in tears as they shaved that off for me, although i think that was because they were a personal friend as well as a hairdresser. They had a lot more fun making suggestions when it started regrowing!
Aw hun, i feel for you, but alot can be done at hairdressers and hair clinics these days. No salon would worry about cleaning out the plug hole =-) Chin up sweet! Ages ago i had a client in my salon who has lost a patch of hair through chemo, and she had this piece made for her, and i would have never known! A picture would help? do you have one? I am a hairdresser and would love to help you more...
It's your choice. Some people decide to shave all their hair straight off the bat. Other people will decide to cut it super-short to 'get used to' the idea of being bald. You might, on the other hand, decide to cut it in a way that most-minimizes your current hair loss as you my not lose all of your hair.





There's stuff you might want to consider, like how much longer you'll be getting chemo, which can impact how much more hair you lose, as well as how willing / able you will be to maintain longer hair, so on.





There's no right choice. Talk to your hairdresser about it. If the one you know isn't sensitive to your hair loss, local cancer support groups might be a good resource to finding one who is.