I continue to get good comments about my shaved head. A few look at me like I have a second head growing on my shoulder (queue scene from "How To Get Ahead in Advertising"). I have had a few people, mostly from church, who asked if I was sick/going through chemo. They were so relieved when I told them no. I have found that even those who aren't too keen on the shaved head idea, soften when I tell them that I donated the hair to Children With Hair loss.
Some people really like that hats that I sometimes wear. :) I have a couple cloche hats that I got from Amazon, this one, and this one. In fact, I think I need/want to buy one in blue. Next month, I am going with our church's youth group to a Baptist summer camp for 5 days. I plan on taking a nice assortment of head scarves and various types of coverings. Partly to protect my head from the sun, and partly for modesty. Something I have noticed about wearing scarves and bandannas is the bristly scalp acts like velcro to them.
I watched a video on youtube yesterday that really struck me. In it, the young woman talked about why she shaved her head a second time. She said that she had received comments from girls with alopecia or going through chemo, who said it really gave them the encouragement to face the day without feeling like their hair, or lack there of, defined them or was the only thing that made them beautiful. So to every girl, every woman facing hair loss, here's to you. You are beautiful with or without hair.
