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Chemo Hair Loss

When Cancer Takes Your Hair

Dan Duffy | Posted 05.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer, Chemo Side Effecs, Hair Loss, Chemotherapy, Side Effects, Cancer Survival, Cancer Treatment, Cancer Awareness, Chemo Hair Loss, Generation Why, St. Baldrick's, Healthy Living News
Dan Duffy

I still remember it vividly. It was the morning of the day where I had my hair shaved off for the first time, after which I told myself, "Never again." And yet here I am... again... doing this by choice.

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Lose Your Hair From Chemo, Get Scarf Stares

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 09.26.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Sympathy, Chemotherapy Hair Loss, Chemo Hair Loss, Chemotherapy Baldness, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Head Scarves Chemo, Healthy Living News
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

What have unexpectedly descended are "The Scarf Stares." Whoa. They came out of nowhere and, I've found, are a significant part of the oncology culture.

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When Breast Cancer Becomes A Very (Un)Hairy Situation

Hollye Harrington Jacobs | Posted 08.10.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Healthy Living Body, Women's Health, Chemo Hair Loss, Head Shaving, Chemo Head Shave, Chemotherapy Hair Loss, Healthy Living News
Hollye Harrington Jacobs

Because I seem to be the poster child for chemotherapy side effects (i.e. I've experienced ALL of them), it didn't come as a complete shock to me that hair loss was next on the list.

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