The State of My Pate

A round or two of Chemotherapy usually results in some hair loss.

This can be the cause of angst and low self esteem in cancer patients, as covered in this monograph by Dr. Tanveer Baig of the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

The Psychological Impact of Chemotherapy‐induced Hair Loss

It is also enough of a problem in children, that Mattel is going to make a Bald Barbie, with wigs, hats and

scarves.

      I had prepared for hair loss, as I posted back here.  I have now lost all my body hair, save my eyebrows and lashes. I am getting used to it. Regardless of the ambient temperature, it always seems a little chilly, and I usually wear a  Buff Do-Rag, with UV protection  On the plus side, no worries about  having a "Bad Hair" day. 

I have been loggin' my noggin, got a clean bean.

Shaving your head takes the guesswork out of going  bald

So head on over the jump for a look at some famous baldies, 

and a snapshot or two of the current state of my pate. 

A  choice of Soundtracks!

Crazy Baldheads
Not entirely appropriate, 'cause Bob be talkin' bout de skinheads.


Bald headed Lena , Lovin' Spoonfull
1967 on the KamaSutra Label

A few notable baldies from the 'toons.

Elmer Fudd

Rich Uncle Pennybags

Porky Pig

 

Charlie Brown

 Having had a beard and  longish hair since 1969, it is a bit of a shock to be bald.
Several times, I almost cut my hair, but I didn't , and I wonder why   (bonus soundtrack )

I feel like Sampson must have felt, shorn of my strength.

Samson-and-Delilah-movie-poster-1959

OK, Lets Get Phrenetic !

Another upside of being bald is it makes it easier to engage in the pseudoscience of  Phrenology..

Well, I consider it a pseudoscience. These folks  maintain that it is a valid science in that  "the form of the head or cranium represents the form of the brain, and thus reflects the relative development of the brain organs. "   

Graphic by Donna Nyzio

View and Spew Warning: Do not proceed with a mouth full of Coffee!

Depending on the way my meds are affecting me, the phase of the moon, and the outside temperature I fluctuate between feeling I look like....Jackie Coogan as

Uncle Fester

or

Mr. Clean

Or maybe Shel Silverstein

More to come...Picard, Poirot, maybe Gollum?