Sincerely Vanna

So today’s post is s tough one. I’m gonna get real, real with y’all. So for those of you who do not know, I have been diagnosed with osteosarcoma which is cancer of the bone. They warned me right away what was coming. Seeing that I am a hair stylist, I would get pitiful pitiful looks because people I guess just knew the impact that hair has on my life. Its my livelihood. Its what I get excited about when I wake up and go to work! I’m around it every single day.

I know, I know. I’ve heard it several times from comforting friends. Its just hair. It’ll grow back.

But it isn’t just hair.

I See the impact hair has on a woman. It can be a game changer in the confidence a woman has about herself. Women use their hair to express how they are feeling and to keep up with the trends. We use hair to make a point. When we feel like completely changing our look? We turn to a total hair transformation.

I know you’ve heard ” You can always tell when a woman is going through something when she drastically changes her hair!” Or something along those lines.. But why is that? Ill tell you why. Because we use our hair to express who we are!

Sometimes, when nothing in life is going right the only thing we women know to do is change our look. And that’s not a bad thing. I love that I work in a profession that allows me to connect with people about their hair and what makes them happy. Because it does that. People get so excited about their hair. And I under that now more than ever before.

I used to get SO frustrated when I would have a bad hair day. My total mood for the morning would be offset. And I know I’m not the only one who has been there! Hair is a mood. Its a conversation starter. Its a security blanket when you choose between hair or makeup that day. It has the ability to make you feel safer and secure to be hidden behind it.

So I say that to say that it’s not just hair. It is not having to wear a sticky, heavy wig because all of your hair has dissentegrated. Your brows, your eyelashes, everything. They are all coming out. And it’s extremely hard to wear makeup without eyelashes to put mascara on. lol

Having my hair was something I definitely took for granted. Now I find myself wearing du-rag type covers and baseball caps. Which I have gotten so many lovely compliments on that it is heartwarming!

I hope this post wasn’t too much of a downer, I am very much looking forward to my hair coming back. I go next month for scans to make sure that my tumor has shrunk enough to remove. Hopefully, it has and we can go ahead with the surgery and last rounds of chemo!

Sincerely,

Vanna