October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and that means a lot of pink ribbons and hearing people talk about their struggles with this challenging disease. You really can’t talk about breast cancer, a condition that mostly affects women, without talking about the heartbreak of hair loss due to chemotherapy. Many women who lose their hair find that getting a wig for temporary hair replacement goes a long way to boosting confidence.
Getting Ready to Shop for a Chemotherapy Wig
Before patients even need a wig, most people recommend cutting hair short or even buzzing it. This is so that women looking for a beautiful wig won’t have to deal with the shock that comes with clumps of hair falling out. Plus, when the hair does grow back, chemo pros will be used to having short hair, meaning a quick-growing crew cut will have them back to themselves. Wigs look best on top of short hairstyles anyways, so it’s really just prep for a new ‘do.
Wigs Can Be Fun to Pick It Out
Wigs allow anyone to have any hairstyle they want. Maybe a person’s natural hair is too thin or thick for the hairstyle of their dreams, but with a wig, it’s all available. Get that pixie cut you’ve always wanted or go for those flowing locks you’ve never been able to grow. Just looking through style books and magazines with a friend can be an uplifting activity. When patients realize just how much is possible, it becomes more about which shade of hair to go with than worrying about hair loss!
Express Your Style with Wigs
With natural hair, similar hairstyles must be worn day in and day out, unless a haircut is in order, which can only be done so often. With wigs, it’s easy to have a few different hairstyles that change at a moment’s notice. This is especially true with synthetic wigs.
Feeling Confident and Healthy
Attitude is everything and facing the day with a smile on your face can make things much more bearable for cancer patients. While cancer definitely sucks, having a fun hairstyle, or a few, can make the difference between not wanting to do everyday tasks as simple as going to the grocery store and getting out there, living life as one normally would. Having at least one great wig is a way to put cancer in its place and not let it get you down.
Having breast cancer and experiencing hair loss as a result of cancer treatments can be both scary and confusing. If you are an individual that is going through this, at Transitions member hair loss centers you will find caring professionals who understand what you are going through – not only a serious medical condition, but also with the social stigma that accompanies hair loss.
Talk to a Hair Loss Specialist Near You
Transitions member hair loss centers are located worldwide, from Sydney, Australia to Paris, France, to Long Island, New York and virtually everywhere in between. If you are anticipating undergoing chemotherapy treatments soon and are concerned about hair loss as a result of treatments, we invite you to consider contacting a Transitions member hair restoration center near you today.
Additional Reading:
http://www.breastcancer.org/tips/hair_skin_nails/wigs