Cut hair short and wigs ugh

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volleymom77
volleymom77 Member Posts: 92
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Did what they recommended cut hair shorter, picked out two free wigs from Stewart's caring place, they are wonderful. Its real now saying good bye to my old look, plus apologizing for every time I complained about my super thick hair, this is so small when it comes to life, why do I want to cry, Its like a death of a old friend. This seems so selfish just wanted to vent. Go to Dawnsview22 on instragram and see my old hair.

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  • sewingnut
    sewingnut Member Posts: 1,129
    edited November 2012

    Go ahead and cry. We all have.  Make sure you get to a Look Good Feel Better class.  They usually have them at the hospital. You can also look them up thru your local American Cancer Society. My husband tells me "hair does not define you". He's right. 

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  • Jennie93
    Jennie93 Member Posts: 1,018
    edited December 2012

    My hair was waist length all my life as far back as I can remember.  Losing it was BY FAR the hardest part of this whole thing.  I never shed a tear over losing a breast (just a nonessential body part that had done its job, as far as I was concerned) but I cried plenty when I cut all my hair off the day before first chemo.  I would just as soon have cut off an arm.  Don't let anyone minimize how much it hurts, it is a big part of us.  I wish I could slap everyone who said "oh it's only hair, it will grow back".  Maybe it will, maybe it won't (some small percentage never does!), and maybe it will be the same (color/texture), maybe it won't, but in any case it would take 10 years or more to get as long as it was.  So don't anyone make light of how bad it makes me feel.  And no, a wig does not make me feel better.  OK, vent over.  LOL.  I know you all understand!!

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  • celebrityhair
    celebrityhair Member Posts: 3
    edited December 2012

    I am very sad to hear your description.  You need a wig.It will help you. I suggest you buy lace hair wigs .I hope my suggestions can help you, I wish you happiness!

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  • shinning_like_me
    shinning_like_me Member Posts: 25
    edited June 2013

    NO!!! Why Ugh for short hair and wigs.

    After The chemo therapy i was all said that my mum in law will be a ll bald and will never look hat pretty. More than me she was upset about it Cry

    But the Indian REMY Hair Wig which we got for her from an online store is just awesome  which finally gave her all the confidence of looking good and trust me made her more happy and i think she got a little more positive about living life and towards everything else you see. As breast cancer already is enough to drive a woman crazy, And more on it the hair loss adds to the grief. So we thought of buying her a human hair wig whichg will give her new look and feel good about her appearance. Smile

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  • msphil
    msphil Member Posts: 1,536
    edited September 2013

    sweetie, have your cry it is what we all did, I got a wig that looked just like my own hair color and all, and I am so thankful that as I passed the window of a shop it was there waiting for me, thank GOD, and then I donated it to help someone else, after washing of course, and my hair did grow back and now that I,m older(Thank GOD) I keep it fairly short cause it loo.....................ks better now, BLESS YOU AND ALL OF US. msphil(idc,stage2, 3 nodes,L mast, chemo and rads and 5 yrs on tamoxifen(Praise GOD) I am a 19 yr SURVIVOR) 

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