If a family member had cancer and asked you to shave your head, would you?

They wouldn't have to ask. I would have already done so. With all the medical treatments in the world, nothing can be as powerful as the support and love of your family.

There is no reason why I couldn't just save my head. It's not like it couldn't grow back. I have had a very close family member die from cancer.

And there isn't anything I wouldn't do, or shave for that matter, to have one more happy memory with them. If by shaving my head, I made one of their last days more special, it would have been so very worth it. I would only ask, that they had to get me a really cool hat.

I'm sure my head would get cold.

I don't see why not. If I loved the person and knew that a small sacrifice of hair, which grows back, would make him or her feel better than I would. As a woman, we have the whole "pride and glory" thing with our hair but really, being vain in the face of potential death would seem ludicrous.

If the person did not survive the chemo and did die, and I thought - gosh the only thing this person asked of me was to lose some hair for a while, I think I would feel horrible for a very long time that I didn't support him or her. And besides, there are so many pretty bandanas out there these days.

Of course I would, but then again, I've shaved my head many times for no reason at all, and shaving my head at this point really doesn't take much time of effort since there isn't much left. However, the important thing, to me, would be to let the patient get whatever satisfaction that they could out of such a small request. There may be little enough time they have left to enjoy things of this life, I'm not going to deny them a little chuckle or feeling of camaraderie.

We've lost two family members in the last two years to cancer, and whatever they wanted, they got. You start looking at things differently when the people who mean the most to you on earth are dying and in pain. Here's to you, Pops.

Sure it is an odd request, but if it improves his/her mood while going through treatments, I am all for it. I can always wear a wig or hat if I am cold. If someone has cancer to that extent this could very well be a last request.

I think that there would be a difference between me deciding for myself to support my loved one by shaving my hair off and my loved one requesting me to shave my head because he/she could not otherwise handle the situation. I have a friend whose mother was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and had to undergo aggressive chemotherapy to fight the cancer. In support of her mother’s fight against this grave disease, my friend decided to cut her long brown hair into a short bob as soon as her mother started losing her hair.

This would be something I would be more likely to consider: to cut my hair short and start wearing hats in support of my loved one. However, shaving your head, especially for a woman, is a grand decision that cannot be made lightly and especially not at the request of the sick loved one. It would not be fair to ask this of your family member, because he or she may already be severely affected by your illness and irrationally consent to your request without truly wanting to follow through.

This may lead to resentment of the sick person and discomfort in everyday living situation (just imagine how you would feel having to attend an important business meeting with no hair when you are not the one ill with cancer. Although it is a sweet and considerate gesture, there are people who might not share your views and lack understanding for your actions). If, however, one of my children were affected by cancer and receiving chemo, I would certainly consider shaving my head to make it easier on him to accept the loss of his own hair.

Maybe not. I can't imagine my mom, sister, or father would ask that from me. Not because they don't think I love them, but because the request is unnecessary.

Beyond my immediate family, no one would be as presumptiuos as that to ask anyone of that. There are a lot of things we can do to help people with cancer. I don't know why we should shave our heads.

Maybe if the patient was extremely young and insecure the request makes sense, but not when they are older. I know that if I got cancer, that thought wouldn't cross through my head. I would focus on getting better and gain normalcy in my life.

I have a friend, a girl, who was bald because of cancer. The solution: wear a wig. As simple as that.

She made friend just fine and no one stared at her or anything. Wigmaking is now very advanced. You can get gorgeous wigs at very reasonable price.

Probably not. I would find the request presumptuous, and would assume that the actual need they were trying to satisfy was companionship, a sense or normalcy, or a way to get over some of the fear. I would try to satisfy that need for them in another way.

I understand that people often volunteer to do it as a sign of support, but I think there are many ways to support someone, and I think that would be an odd request to make.

No, if this was meant to be a sign of solidarity I would buy them a wig.

Whoa, that would be hard! I would do anything for my family and I would shave my head but I would so miss my long hair.

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