I don’t have cancer, nor do I have a personal connection to anyone who does, but I do have hair loss due to trichotillomania. The head scarf knots that I have learned on this website have been so helpful, and I don’t have to feel so ashamed anymore! I can walk around with a variety of beautiful scarf styles without people seeing my bald spots. Thank you so much! I hope you have a nice day!

Hi my daughter found this site and sent me a link and it very useful.
I had breast cancer 13 years ago that was successfully treated with a mastectomy, Radio and Chemo therapy. Chemo was mild and although my hair went very thin it did not fall out and gradually recovered to its precancerous state. Never recovered its previous thickness or curliness though. Then in August this year a routine mammogram showed I had breast cancer again in the other breast. Plus signs are that it is an unrelated cancer and caught early, down side is I have to have cancer treatment again! So far lumpectomy ok but tests showed cancer in a couple of nodes in my armpit. I was given a choice of having chemo or not but when the oncologist says you may benefit you don’t really have a choice. Have to have a different chemo this time and told I would loose my hair, oddly it dis not seem to matter as much this time. I had my first chemo in November and started to watch for signs of my hair falling out, it is different for everyone apparently so no one could give me much info on what to expect. A few days before I was due for my second dose, it was a Saturday and I noticed hair in the wash basin as I cleaned my teeth I showed my husband and ran my fingers through my hair, more fell into the sink, it had started. By Sunday more was falling out and I could pull handfuls out easily (not that I did this much). I had bought a hat in preparation and needed to wear it by Monday as the hair loss was becoming noticeable. By Wednesday I only had a few very ugly tufts so I cut these off and looked like I had a crew cut. Today, Friday I only have a bit of stubble left. This is my story so far and I hope someone finds it useful, I have always believed that fear of the unknown is the worst so if this helps to make it less scary for someone who has been told they are going to loose their hair with treatment then great. I’m sure it does very from person to person though, so it may not happen exactly like this for you. Anyway i’m off to practice tying the loverly scarf my daughter has sent me, now all I have to do is choose which style to try first!

Hi, I was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia 2 months ago. My hair started to fall out fast because of aggressive chemo. I knew I didn’t want to wear wigs but I did love scarves and wraps. This website is amazing in all it’s glory! I am going out with my mom tonight before I go back into the hospital. I needed some cute styles for scarves. This site popped up! I’m so happy it did, I just did the criss cross style and my best friend said it was über cute! So thank you for raising my confidence by allowing me to tie scarves in cute styles!