It’s not brave because the person shaving their hair off isn’t going through cancer, and they’re just doing it for attention. It is nothing like the trauma of your hair coming out in clumps." ...

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You've probably seen the event — person after person shaving their head, also known as "making a bald statement," said Jessica Alonso, the executive director of Keaton's Chil Cancer Alliance.

Some patients don't want their loved ones to shave their heads because they would see it as a sign of what they have also lost. Personally, when I was in treatment, I lived for the moments that ...