About the Hair

So I want to talk about the other side of hair loss... Hair growth!  When that icky chemo finally stopped and my hair was free to grow again, alls I could think about was having my old hair back.  (I had hair down to my elbows before I was diagnosed with leukemia)  But here I am. 10 weeks out and increasingly frustrated with how slow my hair is growing.  I even had dreams of running my fingers thought my own long hair and would wake up crying because I knew it was just a dream!  

So how does one beat the slow grow blues?  I have come up with a few practical ways:

1. Once you hair starts growing take a picture of your head (or just the top of your head) every week.  Then make a slideshow in a few months.  Try not to look at pictures from only a week or so before because there isn't much growth.  But once you have about six weeks of pictures go ahead and look at your first one and compare it to now.  You will be floored how much it has grown in just over a month!

2. Treat you hair nice.  If you used to dye it or straiten your old hair a lot make a pack to be much kinder to it this time around.  Make an effort to heat treat it less or maybe not at all.  Plans will keep you excited about the future instead of depressed about the past.

3.  Look into hair extensions.  I am not talking about the glue in kind, i am speaking of the way cool clip in sort.  Much easier to take care of and better for your hair.  You can even buy them made from real human hair!  I cut off about eight inches of mine when i learned I was gonna loose it all and I found a youtube video on how to make my own clip-ins!  I see a tutorial in my blog's future!

4. Enjoy it while it lasts.  This one is the hardest to swallow, especially for those of us who loved our long hair.  But having short hair has a lot a perks: little to no bed head, don't have to brush or style it most mornings, and it doesn't get in my way.  Also, everyone I have talked to says I rock the short cut and I am sure you do to.  So remember this time fondly when you look back, your hair will probably never be so short again.

Do you have any ideas?