Things I’m learning about being bald.

Photo (c) Angelia Tay

I’ve been hairless for nearly 10 hours now, since this afternoon’s Hair for Hope event. In that time, I’ve learned that:

1. Working up a shampoo lather on a shaven head is nearly impossible.
2. Taking a warm shower does not help minimise heat loss from the head. The moment the warm water runs off, it is COLD.
3. Head stubble is exactly like Velcro. My sweater, ID tag, beanie and bath towel all got stuck on my head at various points during the day.
4. Oncologists appear hard-wired to think that anyone with a shaven head must be a cancer patient.
5. There is a strange indentation at the top of my skull. I asked my mom if she’d dropped me on my head when I was a baby!