It’s one thing to know your hair is going to fall out. It’s another to see it actually happen. Hair loss from chemotherapy is one of the side effects people dread most. Though temporary, it can bring ...
GRAND RAPIDS -- When men go bald, they can simply don a hat -- or not -- and nobody asks questions. When women go bald, Judy Joppie says, "People automatically think cancer, even if it's not." Joppie, ...
In her dreams, sometimes, she still has long hair, and she’s bent at the waist brushing it over her head. It was a classic pose of TV news anchors, which Jane Gardner was in the 1980s and 1990s, to ...
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has teamed up with a local designer to design head scarves for chemotherapy patients, according to Vogue. The New York City-based hospital has partnered with ...
Losing your hair is a common side effect of chemotherapy, yet it can be incredibly traumatic. There are beautiful ways to cope. Hair should grow back after treatments are done, said Linda Whitehurst, ...
When Matt Ferguson’s mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008, he visited her as she underwent treatment at Compass Oncology in Portland, Oregon. Matt’s aunt gave his mother, Julie, a bag full ...