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Hi - My oncologist said about 2-3 weeks, well I went and got my hair cut really short, but one night after a shower (around 2-3 weeks) I noticed all this hair landing in the hand basin as I leaned over and was drying my 'short' hair - so I figured bugger this, I got my husband to shave off the lot and didn't look back from then on! I think people reckon I have a 'beanie' permanently glued to my noggin! Anyway I spotted these jazzy little scarves in a camping shop of all places, they were really glittery and only $2 each! So I grabbed one of each colour (three of them) and every time I wrap one on my head 'turbin' style (when I go out) I cannot tell you the amount of strangers that have come up to me and complimented me on the 'blingy' scarf - how pretty it looks, Wow I think to myself - $2! Who'd have thought it! Anyway back to the baldy thing - its been a month since chemo finished and I have a baby fuzz - I find when I am sitting down I am constantly running my hand through it because if feels all warm and fuzzy (awesome) they told me it would come back curly and another colour - oh gosh, why grey? But can't complain, at least it's growing back! So don't freak out too much - it's really the least of your worries, hair grows back! I look like such a dork with no eyebrows though (lol!) Mind you I have had to start using eyebrow pencil before this happened because my eyebrows were going grey - THE upside to all this losing one's hair is that I have saved a fortune on shampoo, hair products, and other crap we tend to smother on our scones! I felt some hair on my legs the other night and someone said "Bet you hated that!".......I thought about it for abour five seconds and said - ".....................Nar! It is soooooooooooooooo good to finally feel hair on my body again".