Chemotherapy

[hairqueen]

I have a lady having potentially her last colour and cut for a while as she is having to undergo intense chemo. I want to offer that when the time comes I will happily go to her house (rather than the salon) and shave it off for her.
This is something i haven't had to do before.
Can anyone recommend what grade I should shave it off to? Should I even use a grade?
Thanks

 

[siobrennan]

When I done my own mums we cut it into a short pixie so that the transition from her long hair to bald wasn't such a shock. She had 7x intensive chemo treatment over the years and her hair only twice came completely out . Not sure if that helps you at all but it's another avenue to explore xxx

 

[vividamnesia]

A#1 or 0 if it comes out a lot my friend lost it all from it so we shaved her 0 and bleached it platinum when it came back to 1/2" long

 

[AcidPerm]

That's very kind offering to go to her house to save her the hassle of visiting the salon.

I have to agree with @siobrennan, that not all chemo patients lose all their hair. It might just go thinner.

Also, if she does lose her hair, she might want to buy a wig and you could help her with that. A lot of wigs need trimming a bit initially as they can be a bit helmet-like.

 

[Grace_Hair]

With my mum, we cut it short to begin, and then it went thin. So I cut it scissor over comb because I thought that the clippers might miss some hairs as it was so fine.

The guaranteed my mum would lose all her hair, she didn't. It just went thinner.

 

[Summer rain]

Maybe offer the chance before (if she's up to it) to go for something completely mad colour or cut wise, that she wouldn't otherwise do?

 

[hairqueen]

Thanks for the advice everyone really appreciated. Such a delicate subject I just wanted to double check x

 

[Makenna]

My mum (not a hairdresser) shaved her own head when it started falling out. For her it was quite a liberating process, and gave her some control during chemo!