world help: If a young woman has no hair, how should she present herself to the public? - Help.com

Im sorry to say I dont know the answer…
Its normally best to be onself, but your case is a bit different…
If you want to be yourself and want people to take you for who you are, its best to br confident…
Dont hide it by wearign awig, but maybe a headscarf bandana or something like that…

Anyway she wants. If she feels insecure she can always wear a wrap around, but she should just go out the way she is. The only true opinion that matters is her’s and all the bad things that people say won’t have any meaning at the end of the day.

me personally id wear a wig,but tell people Im bald, so they know the real me.

and wearing a wig could make you feel better about yourself if your confidenceis low. not sayingit is.

if you dont mindit….then where a bandana or w/e like RAM said.

This is an issue I’ve encountered lately, when a dear friend of mine developed breast cancer.
She had a mastectomy and is taking chemo. She has lost all her hair.
I chatted with her and told her to get a wig. She wears a wrap at home, but a wig in public.

The reason is, so many people will assume she has cancer by the wearing of the wrap.
She doesn’t want the pitying looks or people talking to her out of sympathy.

What they don’t know, won’t hurt them!

I guess, its what you think you should do…
Whatever makes you comfortable is the best solution!
But, from my understanding of whats comfortable, is to be myself…
Thing is your situation seems quite unique…
Just be yourself!

my aunt has breast cancer, therefore lost all her hair. im pretty sure she just goes bald at home but when she goes out she wears a hat or bandana

I would totally make “I am not my Hair” my anthem and wear fun wigs when I want to and wax my head when I dont.

being that i may have to deal with this situation…

im not exactly sure what i would do.. in the beginning, i would be embarrassed.. and want a wig.. but im sure i would get over it and laugh it off and just wear some sort of scarf like thing on my head.

easy to say for someone with Hair . Deep down i be shy at the first couple of Weeks after that go and jump if you don’t like me….

Since all the supposrting stuff has been said, I’m going to throw out a little practicality. You lose something like 50% (I’m not positive) of your body heat from your head, so since it’s getting cooler, it might be a better idea to wear a hat or a wrap of some kind so you don’t end up sick.

Laina1312 wrote:
Since all the supposrting stuff has been said, I’m going to throw out a little practicality. You lose something like 50% (I’m not positive) of your body heat from your head, so since it’s getting cooler, it might be a better idea to wear a hat or a wrap of some kind so you don’t end up sick.

Way to keep it real Laina. :D

Thanks.

my aunt had cancer 2 and she wore a wig in public. what i think is that u shudn’t care what everyone thinks. its ur head and u deserve 2 do whatever u want with it without feeling bad or being treated any different. besides its not ur hair that makes a person its the person inside that gets 2 decide who the person is. so i wud say do whatever u want because it what U decide 2 do that matters in the end. hope that helped =]