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Stop and see @blossomfightingcancer open until tomorrow in Paris 🥐featuring my project @canyoumakehair. Thank you to everyone who made this exhibition possible and for all supported me in the crazy endeavor #🙏#cancerpositive #chemohead #makejoy #cancerfree #artofcancer #capecodartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtpzB8Hief/?igshid=44th9hfv1l5d
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So great to see @canyoumakehair heads hanging in the Yawkey Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospitality. You can see them on floor 9, there are 12 on views. Thank you to my sister @chocloasaurus for taking these photos today while I have having chemo number 10. 📸 Day -2, #stemcelltransplant on Friday whoo-hoo. 👩🏽🦱👩🏻🦰👩🏻🦲💡and that you to @bkimaging for making such fabulous prints of my work! 🏥 and many thanks to the team at #mgh who’ve treated me so well with kindness and science 🧪 Thank you #makejoy 🌈 #chemo #chemohead #cancerawareness #lymphomaawareness #bloodcancer #makeartnotcancer (at Massachusetts General Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3a9DB9A1Zy/?igshid=62ig7fyvb0ho
Nice to see the @canyoumakehair heads on view at the Yawkey Cancer Center at #massachusettsgeneralhospital! Thank you to my sister @chocloasaurus for taking the pictures for me as I’m in the last leg of chemo and on the #stemcelltransplant on Friday! Thank you to @bkimaging for making such glorious prints! #chemohead #chemo #cancerawareness #lymphomaawareness (at Boston, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3a7anfH5fb/?igshid=1xtrs4s476fsc
Here’s a short preview of my interview with @jbrunonbcboston which airs tonight! I’m very grateful to Jackie for helping me get the word out about @canyoumakehair and mission to sone bring joy and levity to those going through #chemotherapy 🌈🌻❤️ #chemo #chemohead #livingwithlymphoma #cancer #lymphoma #cancerawareness #lymphomaawareness #cancersurvivor #nohairdontcare #bald https://www.instagram.com/p/B27VeCPntYQ/?igshid=1axhedx4j29ye
I was wondering how the subject of an Irving Penn #portrait felt so I stuck myself in a #corner #chemohead #lucad #makejoy #lesleymfa #chemo #cancer #rainbow 🌈#prism https://www.instagram.com/p/ByDF_0Dghe5/?igshid=hnfi3afmoh3
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Today there are #bird #tattoos #chemo #chemohead #chemohair #cancersurvivor #cancer #makejoy #makelemonade #makehairforme #canyoumakehairforme #selfportrait #colortoblackandwhite #lesleymfa #lucad #capecod https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxe8qSUA1zK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aq2jh4d1481f
Baldilocks
I think now after going around with a bare head it is time to reflect on what to do and what not to do. I’m almost over the gaping stare reactions. Sometimes I even get a secret “right on sister” smile from passers by, mainly women older than me. Maybe reflecting on bra burning rødstrømper days. Anyway, I keep my interpretations the way I want them to be. I sure hope people aren't smiling because they think I deserve this.
There’s still more head stubble falling out, as my pillow tells me, so I guess eventually I will have a smooth pate (not to be confused with pâté). Given the state of our weather these days, which is to say, sunny fabulous, I have been conscious about whether one should put sunscreen on a bald head. It is an extension of one’s face and having not fully seen the sun, it should be protected. I tried to use my daily moisturizer with factor 20 as normal sunscreen seemed a bit thick to me. Unfortunately, I developed a bit of folliculitis on my head. Plugged pores perhaps? Tea tree oil helped with that.
There’s also this bit about washing. Shampoo or facial cleanser? Googling didn’t help much there, only to say I should keep my scalp clean indeed with a mild shampoo and be gentle to it. Funny I should still consider shampoo. My son seems to be convinced we should not shampoo too much because it strips the natural hair oils. Hard to do if one is engaged in hot yoga. I don’t see that coming.
What surprised me the most were many discussions among BC gals about using Johnson and Johnson’s baby shampoo! Hullo…have we forgotten the reformulation/formaldehyde/cancer issue?
Maybe I am a bit paranoid, but I don’t need to add yet another chemical to my already toxic profile. Trying to go as simple as I can. Simple is good.
Mine, not mine.
I went to try on wigs in the company of a friend a bit ago. It is recommended to try them out when you still have hair so the stylist gets an idea of the original hair color and structure. Needless to say, I’ve had this post in my pocket for a bit. Regardless, it was fun and weird and not so bad. Of course, it will be so obvious that when/if I decide to go the wig route because there will be days when I won’t have hair and days when I will, but only if you know my story. Otherwise, any average stranger won’t know a thing. So maybe there will be occasions when I just want to look a bit more formal. After all, New Year’s and graduation is coming up, and I may wish to look a bit more festive.
I didn’t come home with a wig, but I know it will be there for me with my name on it. These places save them for you. I think I’ll live with my bare head for a little while longer until it gets colder. Guess which one I picked?
Photos courtesy of Ann
