Hair

Have I already written about hair?
Open any magazine, or switch on your tv and gorgeous women with cascading sheets of shiny hair encourage you to have the same. We all know that it's a lot of garbage - your hair is your hair and work as you may at it, spend as you wish on it, it's not going to change a great deal.
So what's the real issue?
For me, right now, not having any hair to speak of (and yes, bits and pieces do remain - to date at least).
When I'm confronted with one of these in-your-face advertisements, I wonder if the sponsors realise who is actually watching or looking or reading.
I thought Elle / Vogue / another of the great women's magazines could do a lot for a lot of ladies out there by having a large article, updated periodically, on alternatives for woman without hair at all.
I know that the topic of  'black hair' has been discussed quite a lot of late. This is taking reality one step further.
I know that the big magazines pay a huge lip-service to the topic of breast cancer. Which of them hasn't got at least one pink ribbon somewhere on it's pages? So, put your money where your mouth is, stop pandering to the anorexic young and think about real ladies.

I was always entranced with the idea of shaving off all of my hair. I was enamoured with the idea of wearing a scarf over my head. I never had the guts for the former and the latter had certain connotations, which I thought better to avoid. Now, I have no choice.

Here is option #1: walk around sans locks with scalp showing in it's entirety. Strangely, considering my previous convictions, I am reluctant to make anyone else uncomfortable with looking at me. Yes, at home, I do walk around bald. Breathe skin, breathe.... But as soon as anyone comes over, I cover the evidence.
#2 the easiest cover-up is a lovely soft cap, gifted to me by Aunty L, who had cancer a while back (and is very well now). There is lots of space for head to breathe, they are loose, soft and yet cover it all. Somehow, they are a little like a housecoat: no matter how well they do the job, you wouldn't go to the mall in one. Well, you could, but you are not likely to do that.
#3 lots of other caps. I noticed ladies wearing baseball type caps at the chemotherapy recently. The gaps at the back clearly show the bald head. The visor is a plus in the Florida sunshine. I think it looks uncomfortable and not my style. Personal choice. I'm sure there are people wearing lots of other caps, but I have not seen any in my little forays into the outside world.
#4 scarves. This category can be divided into regular and bandana.
It's actually very difficult to find regular sized scarves. I think I mentioned in an earlier blog that most of what you find today is the shawl type and too long and narrow to be useful for us baldies.
Bandanas are great, if a teeny bit too small. One more inch on either side and they would be perfect. They don't have the long tail of a regular scarf, when tied around the head. That tail tags and pulls when you put on a cardigan, gets caught in everything and I'm paranoid it will fall into the toilette.
A magazine could do an entire article on various styles of tieing scarves, but most of us find one style and stick to it.
#5 wigs. Where does one begin? I think that will need a whole article and I don't feel up to writing it right now. No - not feeling sick, just bored and restless and want to go off and 'face the day'.
So, wigs will have to wait.