Help! I have started shedding hair big time. A few days ago it was pubic hair but now… The bed was full of hair this morning and when I showered clumps were coming out. It was sticking to my face and body and the shower cubicle. If I touch it clumps come out. Is this it will it all just come out now or will it settle down a bit first? I have my second treatment on Tuesday next.
Off to hoover the bed and by nighty!!
Hi Jewjew
It will just keep falling out, I bit the bullet and shaved my wisps to a number 2 about a week after it started coming out. I got really sick of all the hairs all over the house!
Hope it’s not too traumatic for you, I found it the most upsetting thing so far but I have great wigs and don’t really care any more!
Cecelia. x
Hi Cecelia,
Just a quick question, Ive shaved mine number 3 and its starting to be bald in places and everytime I run my hands over it more comes and more comes out when I wash it but if you were to look at me, I look like a number 3 going steadily bald - do you think if i were to go in the shower now it would all just come out as in some places its just real thick like my hair is normal…
Its stopped shedding as fast as it was though so do you think it will settle or just keep going until it all comes out?
Hi Lynne
I do still have wispy patches, my fringe is still there and pretty thick, like Tintin’s! But the rest is so patchy and wispy it’s not worth having. The only actual really shiny bald patches are on the top and the sides above the ears. I tried to hang onto what I had when it first went, got away with a combover for a couple of days but as I say it was all over the house and driving me insane!
It’s still shedding by the way and I’ve just had my 5th chemo. Thankfully I have retained my eyelashes and eyebrows so far, but believe they can still come out.
I think yours will continue to shed if it goest the same way as mine
It’s awful, hope you’re OK!
Cecelia. x
thanks Cecilia
I have spent ages hoovering the bed and cleaning shower, though at the moment it’s not obvious I think at this rate it soon will be. Like you I hate hair eveywhere and I think it will drive me mead. Guess I need to know the quickest place to get a sleep hat and turban from. I already have a cold so don’t want it to get worse. Need to be fit for next treatment on Tuesday
Jew
Yes, get a soft cap to wear in bed and around the house.
It’s surprising how cold you head gets and losing a lot of heat out of there is not what you need when you’re trying to stay healthy
Good luck.
Cecelia. x
Where did you get yours.I have been on headcovers.com but all prices in dollars. There must be somewhere near home?
Hello jew jew
Even though the headcovers people are American they deliver very quickly - some of their stuff arrives in 5 or 6 days. I wore their terry cotton sleep caps during the day all the time I was bald - they are really soft and warm.
I also bought some really pretty cotton squares from: theindiashop.co.uk. They are also very soft and comforting to wear and I received lots of compliments when I was wearing them. I used to wear them over a quilted cotton skull cap which I got from headlinehats.co.uk/
both of the above sites also deliver very quickly.
Good luck
Anthi x
JJ,
headcovers is awesome and they are really cheap when you convert to pounds. Their terry towelling sleep cap is a must and delivery is v.quick!
Kelly
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Thanks off to the web sites now!
I would go for Headcovers, Jew, but if urgent, I got a soft woolen skull cap from Accessorise to tide me over. Looks cute over a wig too!
Cecelia. x