chemo hair loss headwear

[eggyfartpants]

Best friend started chemo this week and has been told her hair will be gone in a couple of weeks. She's done an exploratory wig/turban shopping expedition. I'm not particularly local so support from afar is tricky. She's maintained a fairly dark sense of humour about it so far...but having googled turban wear, I fear that for a young, former indie kid 40 something, a twisty turbanny concoction may be too much. In the great scheme of things, beating the cancer is a total priority, but I was thinking of trying to find her something slighty stylish. Has anyone seen anything decent (other than wigs) that might suit. She's not a hat kind of person under normal circumstances, which makes it even more difficult.

[foofooyeah]

Wish I had found those under scarves earlier .... They look fab.

[Sunnymeg]

When I had chemo, I bought a lot of stuff from an american site
www.headcovers.com They do what they call hats with hair which look how they sound. They do fixable hair pieces like fringes or hair that pokes out from under a hat. I found them a really good alternative to a full wig and they took just over a week to come from the US.

[eggyfartpants]

Thank you everyone....I feel quite overwhelmed with the ideas, advice and good wishes. I will share the advice on slippy heads and flex my plastic to get her some lovely head wear.
Thank you and good health to you all.

[TSSDNCOP]

DSIS recommends this site and says the beanies are lovely and soft.

She had her wig styled at Tony & Guy. She has a stylist there anyway, but they do cancer patient wig work fir free.

[SplatPancake]

Also, when it grows back (and it will, even though it might infuriatingly be last on a list behind "legs" and "chin" grrrrrrr), Tony and Guy are v v good with chemo hair (I looked like ii'd had a lovely shampoo and set for AGES...) T&G are working with Macmillan to learn about post-chemo hair.

(I'm fine at minute, thanks for lovely wishes x)

[eggyfartpants]

Thanks for the T and G info. X

[meltedmonterayjack]

I find scarves give me a pin-head appearance and as others have said, they slip off. I have one of these:

www.etsy.com/market/tichel_volumizer

to prevent slippage and give some volume. I imagine it would also be nice and warm for winter as it's like wearing a beanie. There are loads of youtube vids on different ways of wearing headscarves. I have thin, shedding hair (now a bit better) but when it was at its most obvious, I wrapped layered scarves over the volumiser and it looked pretty good.

TK Maxx is a great place for cheap, nice scarves.

[meltedmonterayjack]

I forgot to say I wore mine mostly in spring and summer and the volumiser plus scarves was a bit hot but in winter I bet it would be perfect.

[DianaT1969]

My best wishes to your friend.
I have heard that using squares of soft microfibre fabric is preferable for turbans, as it's breathable and wiks sweat.

You didn't say if it was breast cancer so this may not be applicable on this thread, but I noticed this company on instagram who sell underarm post-surgery pillows and thought it might give some relief and deserves a share.
www.themammycompany.com

My mum had 2 rounds of chemo and had really short hair that thinned, but didn't all fall out, it may depend on the person or drugs. A short cut might make the transition easier xx

[Duchessofealing]

I am terrible at tying scarves, but my chemo nurse sent me to Harrods fifth floor and their wig department (you can claim the vat back as medical and they aren’t expensive) - the lady there had the sort of already folded over long scarf that was sewn up apart from where you put your head, there were then the two OMG bits that you could take to the back or side and tie - it was fantastic. My amazing best friend made me a few of them (apparently really quick to knock one up on a sewing machine). If you want to look at one (after my awful description) then PM me and I’ll try and dig one out for a photo - they changed my life at home as I was always cold.