Won the wrong lottery

@HillTop_Dreamer I love mine short and am keeping it that way!

My dark post menopause lower leg hair did not all fall out...most annoying.

Many people have decided that a pixie cut suits them. I didn’t miss leg hair, underarm hair or wretched chin hairs at all! My leg hair however took ages to grow back and is finer and lighter. There are some positives!

Thanks everyone.   I had Mt thought about nasal hair.  I did think of the positives of some other bodily hair going for a while 😎 - searching for the good in all the drama.   My dear daughter has volunteered to give me eyebrows and eyelashes, we’ve had some giggles over various eyebrow trends through the decades.  Who knows, when it grows back I might decide I like short hair 😇

My eyebrows are now rather motheaten. Not the end of the world but a tad disheartening. Insult to injury!

Long term the loss of nasal hair had the biggest impact. Who’da thought? 

I found the eyebrows the hardest to deal with, I must admit.

I never thought losing my hair was an issue, then when it came time to shaving it I cried like a child. Took a couple of days to get comfortable in it. Losing little buzz cut hairs seems much easier emotionally than my long, thick hair would have been to watch fall. I hate being cold so knew I wouldn't handle cold capping, plus my hospital didn't offer it. Having a wig is awesome for wanting to go out and blend in; I personally felt I attracted way more looks wearing scarfs etc so stopped that. I don't bother with the wig anymore its getting a bit too itchy with hair growing back, so I alternate between a beanie and baseball cap. 
The biggest thing for me has been watching my eyebrows and eyelashes fall out even 6 weeks after chemo has finished! I have never been good at makeup anyway so trying to disguise that is much harder than wearing a cap.

Im just finishing radiation now but have had a mastectomy with no recon, so there's nothing there breast wise to rub, but its chaffing just from exercising with a crop top. They have lots of different creams they can give you and if you suffer burns/skin breakdown the nurses can re-dress your breast everyday if need be. 

Keep asking questions, good luck :) 

Bald is beautiful. 
God only made so many perfect heads, the others are covered in hair. 😁

I guess for me that the hair thing became easier because I started with the cold caps but they didn't work so well.  The bald strip upset me more than making the decision to clip it all off.  I had a wig for flying under the radar, a soft cap that wouldn't blow off for the beach, and the rest of the time was scarves and beanies or nothing at all.  I've never looked good in things like that but I think I rocked them during chemo (what I tell myself, anyway).  I think if it's going to happen, emotionally it works best if you're in control of it.  It may be that you wait until it starts to fall to take it off, you may want to make a bit of a ceremony about it, or once you've got your starting date you may want to find somewhere that cuts hair for cancer wigs.  Whatever works for you.