Michelle,

That was the way my RO explained it to me. The Rad going in exits thru the back of the neck and burns the hair off but like I said it's a temp thing and it will slowly grow back many months post Tx. Since he can't see back there just don't tell him it's gone. LOL I really didn't know about until my wife told me. Then my barber kept me apprised each hair cut. I guess I was worried too at first but looking back now that was a silly minute thing to focus on.

I remember when my whiskers began falling out, I was not expecting it, didn't even know it would happen and I'm rubbing my face and I would find little black specs like grains of sand in my hands. I'm thinking what the hell is this. I eventually figured it out but it was a weird way to find out. Like I said they never returned under my chin where the Rad was directed but the did come back above my chin. At first they came back darker and heaver than my normal whiskers and I had to shave twice a day but then they returned to my normal. Under the chin I still get a rouge whisker or 2 that I have to watch out for or else I look kinda old and senile. Watch it Jim !!