Looking Great Throughout Cancer Treatment

For many women who receive a cancer diagnosis, dealing with chemo treatment hair loss can feel more traumatic than dealing with the initial diagnosis. Losing your hair can feel like losing your identity and your femininity, even though logically we tell ourselves we are far more than our hair. There are now many great headwear alternatives available and wigs have become so realistic with contemporary cuts and colours at affordable prices. It really is possible to look great to feel better throughout your cancer treatment, and come out the other side with your self confidence intact. Here are some great options:

Cancer Turbans

Many women don’t feel comfortable wearing a wig: cancer treatment can leave you with a sensitive scalp that makes wearing a wig feel irritating and even painful. Many others simply don’t feel that their wig closely replicates their natural hair. If this is the case, then why not choose from a wide range of chic cancer turbans and head scarves for cancer patients instead? These soft jersey turbans give additional shape to your head, and come in a wide range of different colours and patterns, making it easy to choose one to suit your style and match your favourite outfits. They’re a elegant ‘fashion look’ which means many women are wearing them and they are bang on trend at the moment. (Just take a look at Dolce and Gabbana’s S/S 2017 array of headbands, turbans, large head scarf bows, even crowns and fresh flower adornments.) They can be more affordable than wigs, meaning that you can have several different turbans and change them to suit your mood.

Choose a Natural Wig

Wig technologies have advanced considerably in recent years and it is now possible to buy a wig that looks so natural that no one will ever know that you’re wearing it: these can be made from either human hair or synthetic hair, depending on your budget. If you want to replicate your natural hair then consider buying your wig before your hair loss begins: this will enable your wig shop or wig maker to find a shade that matches your natural colour as closely as possible, and will also help you to feel in control of your hair loss when it happens.

Embrace Your New Hair

If you don’t want to wear a wig or a turban then why not explore the possibility of embracing your ‘new look’? Some women can look fabulous with shaved heads, it shows off your face shape, cheek bones and eyes can appear twice as large. Perhaps the most famous female cropped head, Sinead O’Connor, was lauded for her natural beauty when she shaved her head in the early ‘90s. Alopecia meant that Gail Porter learnt to rock a short hair style and look fabulous. Whilst Charlize Theron and Anne Hathaway both shaved their heads for film roles and proved they could look just as good without hair as they do with it.

It takes courage, (and possibly youth to be on your side), to step out bald but many women change the hair style they’ve had for years post treatment, as they’ve discovered a whole new youthful appearance with short hair re-growth. Treatment hair loss is temporary, so start planning your own Jamie Lee Curtis moment for when your hair starts to re-appear.