Pictures of my hairloss 18 weeks after surgery

[SassySenior 111]

Yes, a lot of people get upset by the hair loss. It always surprises me because I've read post after post about it -- around what month it usually begins ... and when it stops. Isn't this common knowledge?

I'm a cancer survivor, and when I did chemo, I went completely bald. I knew it would happen, and I didn't get upset about it. I was too busy saving my live. Same for this Hair loss ... I am still pre-op, but I know losing my hair will not bother me. It's just one more step on the way to my new thin life.

Since it's common knowledge to expect hair loss: when it will start and when it will stop, why get bent out of shape about it? It's part of the scenario, and it will reverse itself.

I had to buy a wig during chemo (where you go bald during treatment) because I was not ready to be bald to the rest of the world. But I am now cancer free ... just like I'll be fat free by this procedure. Hair loss is just a speed bump to our svelte self!

[SDH 87]

Yes, a lot of people get upset by the hair loss. It always surprises me because I've read post after post about it -- around what month it usually begins ... and when it stops. Isn't this common knowledge?

I'm a cancer survivor, and when I did chemo, I went completely bald. I knew it would happen, and I didn't get upset about it. I was too busy saving my live. Same for this Hair loss ... I am still pre-op, but I know losing my hair will not bother me. It's just one more step on the way to my new thin life.

Since it's common knowledge to expect hair loss: when it will start and when it will stop, why get bent out of shape about it? It's part of the scenario, and it will reverse itself.

I had to buy a wig during chemo (where you go bald during treatment) because I was not ready to be bald to the rest of the world. But I am now cancer free ... just like I'll be fat free by this procedure. Hair loss is just a speed bump to our svelte self!

So glad to hear you are cancer free and your hair grew back. I on the other hand have never (Thank God) had to fight cancer or loose all of my hair. I am on this site to learn and ask questions in order to learn about what I can expect over the next days, months, & years. I make no apologies to anyone for asking questions about hair loss or anything else.

[SassySenior 111]

I am on this site to learn and ask questions in order to learn about what I can expect over the next days, months, & years. I make no apologies to anyone for asking questions about hair loss or anything else.

I'm sorry if my comments were misunderstood. Asking questions about Hair loss is perfectly natural and expected. My comments were directed toward those who get bent out of shape and complain about something that is totally expected ... or should be ... and in the greater scheme of things ... no big deal.

I, too, make no apologies for my position of one who faced a near death tragedy, which included hair loss, versus those who wig out over the side effects of an elective surgical procedure. In the greater scheme of things this is nothing more than a speed bump on the highway to permanent weight loss.