Evolution

I hope this blog's audience finds it interesting and informative to see what it looks like to lose hair due to chemotherapy. I've gone through two full treatments so far, and it's begun to happen - rapidly! I'm sure that not everyone loses hair in the same place-order that I have, but it's still something to share. These shots were taken over the span of about a week.

This was taken the first day that actual bald spots began to appear.
Hmm...

The lower back of my head looks like it had been shaved - not so!

My smiling "F*ck cancer!" pose.

Next up: MAJOR hair loss while showering. Surprise, surprise!

This was the result. I wasn't so sure I was liking this...

A few days later...four, yes-FOUR, full hair traps like this.
This was shocking. What on earth would I look like once THIS happened?

This is what I'd look like.

Side view: the very top and upper back are holding on...

...or should I say "hanging in?"

Decided to have a little fun and use a 3M sticky roller to get some of the loose hairs out.

See all the hair?
And we thought the sticky rollers were only good for cat hair!

Enough of this mostly gone, weird patchy buzz cut stuff. Time to take matters into my own hands...again. *Sigh!* Joshua's poor beard trimmer really got a workout:

Oops...look what I did! :)

I'm way more satisfied with everything being the same all the way around my sphere.

Surely Chemo Trio (thanks, Grey!) next Tuesday will take care of my remaining head hair. I am wondering how long my eyebrows and eyelashes will stay; I hope they make it as long as possible, of course! I'll hate to see those go. They help me look a bit less like a conehead. Regardless, my hair follicles will respond however and whenever they want to the chemo. Cheers!