Should I get my hair cut short?

Should I get my hair cut short?

Trevor Sorbie (Director) gives expert video advice on: How quickly will my hair fall out?; Will my hair grow back?; Will I lose my eyebrows and eyelashes during chemotherapy? and more...

I advise people who are going to have chemotherapy, and are told by the surgeon that they're definitely going to lose their hair, if they have long hair, to have it cut a lot shorter. The reason quite simply is, if you see a length of hair that's very long going down the plug, it's far more noticeable than a hair that's shorter. I don't advise people to skin their heads, because I think that's a little bit too aggressive and too much to handle all in one go. I even suggest sometimes to do it gradually, in stages, so that they gradually get used to it. Even having your hair cut from long to short is traumatic, for anyone, let alone with the situation that they are in. But I strongly advise people to have it cut, it takes some of the trauma out of what's coming when they actually lose their hair.