Remember (if you are female) when you were a girl and you wanted to start shaving, and someone, probably your mom, cautioned you that if you did the hair would grow more quickly? and be darker and coarser?
It might be true after all.
At least, I can vouch for the part that shaving seems to prompt hair growth. The day after I shaved my head I ran my hand over my scalp and thought, "Weird. We must not have shaved as close as I thought." By the following day it was clear: my hair is growing back! Both David and I swear there was not a hint of it the evening we shaved me.
No one would mistake me at this point for Cousin Itt. There's just a layer of fuzz on an otherwise bald head. But it's a start!
Conventional wisdom holds that, at least at first, my hair may grow back differently from before. It might be curlier or straighter, or have a different texture or color. David is hoping for a blond afro. Me, I'm contemplating how I'd look as a redhead. Alas, the only color change that's really likely is more gray. Sigh.
Oh -- thanks to all of you who complimented my new look. It really helped me feel good! In retrospect, I wish I'd shaved sooner.
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