dreadlocks and chemo

indahood

Hello all, thinking about putting my crazy hair in dreads for the beginning of my chemo treatment. My thinking is that the dread is going to catch falling hair and maybe make the hair loss a bit more tolerable until I have to chop them all off. My hair is perfect for dreads and always wanted to try but didn't because of work etc. I'm wondering if anyone can comment on this. Is this a bad or a good idea? Have you ever seen anyone else do this? Open to all kinds of comments and advice. Otherwise, it's the pixie cut for me.

bew66

I say go for it!  Life is short!  

indahood

Thanks for the responses. Pretty sure I don't want high maintenance. I'll keep thinking

indahood

sorry bout that, didn't want to have such a huge picture of me but oh well. lol

NotBrokenJustBent

Indahood, I too always wanted dreads but know they are time consuming and are expensive to get, difficult to maintain and when I had my chemo I was completely bald 5 or 6 weeks later. Sorry but dreads are not the answer. In my experience it was not a bit of shedding and a slow process, it falls out in chunks and very quick.

avmom

Hi Indahood,

My vote would be to go for whatever hair look you feel like trying - but depending on your chemo regimen, it could be for a very short time. I did dose dense AC - T and about 90% of my hair came out in a single morning just over 2 week's after my first infusion. I had my hair buzzed to about 1/2 inch the week before, because I didn't want to be up to my ankles in hair in the shower when it fell out. I ended up running a lint roller over my scalp to get the strays lol.

I didn't mind losing my hair much - it was expected and for me, that was ok. YMMV. I have a friend who was diagnosed about a year after I was, and the hair loss was very hard for her. She wore wigs all the time, even to bed at night. Her hair came back very quickly after chemo, and that's a blessing for her. Mine took a long time, but it has returned, mostly, and I have a cute, if short hairstyle now.

Best wishes and gentle hugs to you as you start treatment.

indahood

well decided against the dreads. My hairdresser said it would take 3 days. Oh well purple mohawk it is.

had my first treatment today. All good.

NotBrokenJustBent

LOVE IT! I might just put some green strands in mine! Fun!!!

ksusan

Enjoy!

pingpong1953

My hair started to fall out 2 weeks after my first chemo. I got my head shaved the following day because my scalp was so sore! I read about how some women are using this shampoo and that conditioner and colouring their hair and I know my scalp hurt way too much for anything like that!

indahood

Hi Ping Pong, mine will too, but I couldn't bare losing my mid back length hair all alone in the shower so I chopped it off with my friends all around. we had a party. This look will be very short lived but fun while it lasts.

Cheers and good luck with it all,

Laurie indahood