I got to Ramona's house shortly after 8 yesterday morning. We had the shaver, had charged it overnight, and thought that it would be a quick few runs through my hair, and voila! - GI Jane. Not quite.
User inexperience plus not quite fully charged trimmer resulted in over an hour of shaving and just the back shorn. Needless to say, we didn't make it to ski practice.
Next I headed over to my brother's, where I learned a bit about trimmers and shaving. First, I learned that these trimmers generally need about 18 hours to charge. And they don't work too well if you adjust the "guard" to five or higher (two rules we broke at Ramona's). Even with that knowledge, it still took about another hour for my brother to shave my head.
So now my hair is about a half inch long. It's coming out slowly (am I supposed to help it along? Rub it with a washcloth? Or just watch as hair fills the inside of my hat and the shower's drain guard?). Cold baby that I am, I've mostly kept it covered with hats, but family and friends who have seen this latest look seem to think it looks good. Something about a nice-shaped head. Or maybe just Minnesota nice... A few photos were taken last evening, so if the mood strikes me I may post them for you to see. When I lost my hair for leukemia chemotherapy, I looked back and wished I had more photos to document it. I really don't have any photos of me without wig or hat until I'd had about an inch of new growth. Keep reminding me of that.
Someone commented last night about how brave I'd been while getting my hair chopped off. I guess I'm mostly over that one, although it's sometimes tough to realize this is going to be my life for the next few months. I'd been feeling so good, the start of the hair loss was kind of a reality check.
Yesterday afternoon I started re-arranging my medicine cabinet. Hair detangler, styling gel, texturizer, comb, all out. But as I put them into the closet, I thought, why would I even keep them in here? It could be six months or more before I might use them again. I took a closer look: curling irons, blow dryer, big round styling brush, paddle brush, curl reviver, volumizer....as strange as it may sound, to this girly-girl, saying goodbye - albeit temporarily - to all these products was what almost made the tears come. Even while I look forward to my new low-maintenance look.
Pictures. We must see pictures. hehe! Just kidding. But I am glad you got through the new hairdo okay. I had my regular stylist shave my head. I just couldn't bear to watch it coming out in clumps. It was short and stubbly for quite awhile. At some point in time (not sure when), it has started to grow back very soft and fuzzy. It's much better now than it was when it was prickly.
ReplyDeleteI am not big into wigs. I find them to be very hot and uncomfortable. What kind of hats do you wear?