should i?
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- shellie
should i shave my head when my dad loses his hair from kimo? or would that be totally creepy? if you were a girl would you do it?
*ponders
- BonSeff0
oh so there is hope after all!
hell yes you should! thats a fighting chance shellie!
so good to hear
- toe_knee0
wtf?
- tara|gee0
so he did decide to do the chemo? if he's going to be very selfconcious about loosing his hair to show my support i'd do it...
- Stylus0
do it for charity or something
- abstrakt0
maybe just buy him a wig?
- Beech0
do it.
nothing but respect
- forcetwelve0
yeah - good on you shellie - do it for sure. my mate went bald once - and no-one shaved for him, and he was pissed...
but seriously - nice gesture.
- _salisae_0
sweetest thing i've ever heard you say shellie.
unless you want to talk about it with everyone you know - i wouldn't do it.
or, maybe you could donate your hair to a child going through chemo treatment.
your call.
- tara|gee0
oh yeah thats a good idea i forgot they do that for kids
- gerbert0
One of two sisters I work with did that for the other when the other had to go through chemo.
I always thought that was cool.
- shellie0
i dont know yet if i can go through with choppin my hair. the thought came into my head for a second. possibly a temporary moment of insanity. my sister brought it up today and she was jokin with meh dad about it... and i was like hmmm. im scurrd tho.
- mayo0
granted, I didn't shave my head, but the last time i cut 12 inches off my hair was to donate it to Locks for Love. It'll make your heart feel good. I hate my hair short, but each time I started to feel poopie because of a "bad hair day", I remembered where that hair was and my problems didn't seem at all bad anymore.
I believe donation lengths start at 6-8 inches (they need that much for a decent length wig plus the binding).
- tara|gee0
hi mayo :) whats the rule for that it cant be liek highligted/permed/colored right?
- _salisae_0
if i were a mom - and my kids did that for me it would break my heart for two reasons
1. i would see how my illness was affecting them
2. would feel like my family were badasses - tough and joined together for the fight
- mayo0
allo sweet thang! :)
I believe "virgin" hair is preferred, yes. It's less damaged and holds better in the bindings (if i remember correctly). Plus if they need to dye a whole wig so that it looks like the same hair, non-chemically-treated hair doesn't give unexpected results.
- xau0
My dad shaved his head when he was undergoing brain tumor treatment. I stayed up all night with him as he shaved with a disposable bic. But I just stayed up all night... I didn't shave. It would be an excellent way to show support. I wish him the best.
- Donvitoviti0
I think he would rather you just love him then shave your beautful hair. I think he would rather you be healthy and strong and help him out rather than doing something that really doesnt accomplish much besides making people wierded out.
- lenusiya0
I would do it... our hair will grow back atheirs will either grow back or take a long time to grow back, I agree if there was a conscience problem with person you are doing it for. I think if my mom was going throught it I would do it but men get bald some day anyways so I don;t knwo about it. If it would make the person feel better then I would and if I had long hair I would for sure donate it to the kids... no doubt about it.
Good luck with your decision. Maybe the whole family should do it even your sister since she was the one who mentioned it.
- mayo0
Try asking him. I can't help but think about the episode of South Park where they were all wearing the conjoined twin things the help the nurse not feel like an outcast and it back-fired on them.
Of course, your hair will grow back and the kids who get hair donations aren't always as lucky. The biggest motivation for me doing it when I did was that my favourite aunti went through chemo because of breast cancer. Probably the least vain woman you could have ever met, but on the days when chemo made her feel really bad, little things, like losing her hair just made the days worse.