so everyone told me my hair will probably fall out, but nobody gave me any info on getting rid of all the dead pieces. Mechanically speaking that is....

just before week 3 of my 1st chemo round I was in the shower washing my hair and noticed that a lot was falling out when I touched or pulled on it. Not all but a lot. They said it may thin or may fully fall out, so I didn't know which was going on. I did know that I didn't want to be shedding like a dog all around the house, and cloging the drains, etc. So I broke out the buzzers and buzzed it down to 1/4" in length. Seemed like a reasonable thing to do....

the end result however, was that after a few days the dead hairs didn't fall out on their own. They sayed in and hurt like needles when you touched them or rested your head on anything. I had also gone without shaving fr a few days to avoid nicks, and my facial hair was doing the same. Staying stuck in place but painful to touch.

So I am here asking how you guys got rid of your hair. The females around me all suggested waxing, but not all my hair is dead and falling out. I have a lot of fine small healthy hairs that I don't want to rip out of my head or face. I tried some tape, the way you would to get lint off a sweater... it worked pretty well on my head, but not on my face. I tried different tapes of varying stickyness, but no good, and the adhesive isn't the best for your skin anyhow.... I don't want to shave because then I will have just tiny ends stuck in my face that will never come out and get overgrown with skin (this is already happening to some of them)...a facial is an option but they will just use wax I think....

any ideas...I know I'm not the only one living this farse.

BTW - I'm in week two of round 2 of chemo, and this is my biggest problem. Things have been going really well and I am responding really well without hardly any adverse side effects. I'm sooooooo thankful for this.

thanks
dave