Shannen Doherty Shaves Head For Chemotherapy (breast Cancer) - Looks Devastated

[hellouser]

Breast cancer aside (keep that in mind for perspective!), look at her facial expression of complete devastation because she's about to shave her head. Not bicked down to the scalp, just shaved... and it'll grow back once the chemo is done anyway.

Hard to feel sorry for her when so many of us have to feel like that every f*****g day for life.

I don't get it though. Why do they make it such a big deal if it's apparently 'just hair' and it'll grow back for chemo patients anyway? Shouldn't they be devastated over the fact that it's life threatening and the chemo is going to suck? It reminds me of how @FredTheBelgian responds with a razor to shave it all off when his friends say 'its just hair'.... they all backpedal with fear if THEY are the ones having to have no hair. So what is it? Is it just hair or do people take pleasure in others being socially gimped for the benefit of being a fullhead... you know, being privileged?

Source:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIEb1oqhn8p/

More pics:
https://www.instagram.com/theshando/

 

[CopeForLife]

That face on first picture is.. PRICELESS.

Even I do not make SUCH SEVERE FACIAL EXPRESSION (exclamation MARKS) when SHAVING IT ALL with 0.00001 fking inch (every week) and she didn't even make a BUZZCUT she has like 2 cm long.............

But I remember this expression from my mother when I showed buzzed "haircut" for the first time (and second).

And of COURSE 6 pics PER ONE FKING DAY of her head and 1000000 likes @ just lol

(but still wish she will be ok after treatment)

 

[I.D WALKER]

That face on first picture is.. PRICELESS.

And of COURSE 6 pics PER ONE FKING DAY of her head and 1000000 likes @ just lol

(but still wish she will be ok after treatment)

Ok I get it, you'ld rather see pics of her boob.

 

[Roberto_72]

I wish her best of luck. Cancer should not exist. It is a very unfair blow under the belt by nature, God, pick your favorite.

Indeed it is interesting to note that, of all the terrible effects of the cure, hair loss is the one that is always underlined and that betters represents the tremendous illness. It is a bit sad, because it reminds you, if necessary, of what you - as a balding person - have had to endure, are enduring, will endure. And I don't even think the timing of the process changes anything: as many have said in these pages, the idea that the process takes ages rather than happening soon does not help; if anything, it prolongs the pain.

However, the period after the advent of chemo is not certainly the first historical occasion in which baldness has been associated to defeat and loss.
When France was liberated from the Nazis, Nazi collaborators were forcibly shaved to mark them and shame them. Today, this is considered by some as too much and indiscriminate of a punishment (!?!)

I always wondered what bald men were thinking at that time when people mocked the shaved heads.

http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/french-female-collaborator-punished-head-shaved-publicly-mark-1944/

 

[Aldrich]

All sarcasm aside, she has to cut her hair short because of an external threat. Her body doesn't trigger the hairloss, the treatment does. So, technically, the change of appearance doesn't emanate from her. Male pattern baldness is not the same. It is not caused by an external threat, so it can never be classified as the same. That is not to say that the emotional, physical, and societal response is different, as we can see with the post-World War II shaming of unfaithful women.

However, women have a different relationship to hair than men. The woman's purpose in life has been to attract males with their appearance. Hair is a big factor in that. The purpose of males has been to provide shelter and nurture the family. The anchor of attraction for the opposite genders have been different. This is not to say that the situation is identical today, not by far. Because of feminism and various women's rights movements, women can also be a man. So, the purpose of the man that nature intended has diminished, which is why his focal point of attraction has shifted. That is, hair and appearance becomes much more important.

We were just born in bad, unfortunate times, boys.

 

[Roberto_72]

All sarcasm aside, she has to cut her hair short because of an external threat. Her body doesn't trigger the hairloss, the treatment does. So, technically, the change of appearance doesn't emanate from her. Male pattern baldness is not the same. It is not caused by an external threat, so it can never be classified as the same. That is not to say that the emotional, physical, and societal response is different, as we can see with the post-World War II shaming of unfaithful women.

However, women have a different relationship to hair than men. The woman's purpose in life has been to attract males with their appearance. Hair is a big factor in that. The purpose of males has been to provide shelter and nurture the family. The anchor of attraction for the opposite genders have been different. This is not to say that the situation is identical today, not by far. Because of feminism and various women's rights movements, women can also be a man. So, the purpose of the man that nature intended has diminished, which is why his focal point of attraction has shifted. That is, hair and appearance becomes much more important.

We were just born in bad, unfortunate times, boys.

True that. There is a chance these image-driven times are the worse possible times to be bald, if medications don't work for you and hair transplant is not a viable option.
At the same time, in five or ten years...

 

[Dench57]

jesus you guys are hilarious sometimes. she's sad and making a big deal out of it because she has cancer

the rapid loss of hair due to chemo (you know, taking toxic drugs and having your body blasted with radiation) is the most obvious signifier of that. it's symbolic of the physically debilitating, life-threatening disease she has.

 

[Rudiger]

^Exactly my sentiments, if there weren't such psychopaths on here this would be obvious to everyone.

it's symbolic of the physically debilitating, life-threatening disease she has.

Indeed, I've said the same before when the cancer analogy comes up. It's representing what's going on, and the fact that their treatment is a dice-roll, and having no hair signifies that the next step is either towards the future or the end. What's so hard to understand about this?

Of course having no hair sucks as well, but that's more of a compounding aesthetic injury, baldness is just the salt in the life threatening wound.

 

[Rudiger]

Hard to feel sorry for her when so many of us have to feel like that every f*****g day for life.

Not only is this idiotic for not understanding the whole context but, I mean this is just rage inducing, hard to feel sorry for her?

Baldness is the least of your problems.

 

[Dench57]

Yeah it's not as if the overwhelming majority of baldites can pretty much cure themselves for life with a surgery that costs 5-15k.

 

[Dench57]

If it was so simple. Why are we waiting for better treatments again?

Because we have that luxury. We have choice. A lot of people don't want to through the hassle of a hair transplant. But for most people with Androgenetic Alopecia, it's always there, it's always an option if you want it enough. People with cancer don't have that option.

You for example often say you had the most aggressive case of our disease (Androgenetic Alopecia) ever seen for a young person. And you said that you've pretty much fixed it and can lead a normal life. What did it take? 1 day in surgery, 5,000 euros and a few months redness/waiting for the hair to grow in?

 

[CopeForLife]

If it was so simple. Why are we waiting for better treatments again?

because we aren't enough confident with pube hair density level on head... like 20 or so hair on cm^2... for a fcking thousands of $$

 

[Rudiger]

So when you remind Fred there's a cure for baldness, he'll tell you we're all screwed and there is no way of re-growing hair.

Tell Fred he's a bald man, he'll defensively remind you he "has hair" again and is not a bald loser.

It's just, why do we have to read this sh*t? Even by internet standards this is a waste of space.

 

[Rudiger]

You for example often say you had the most aggressive case of our disease (Androgenetic Alopecia) ever seen for a young person. And you said that you've pretty much fixed it and can lead a normal life. What did it take? 1 day in surgery, 5,000 euros and a few months redness/waiting for the hair to grow in?

Yeah. Hell yeah.

As I say, he'll be close to bragging about how he has hair again, how it completes him and his mind is at ease again, and how others are idiots if they don't get a hair transplant because it's that easy, but when it comes to compounding the misery of baldness, he'll say we're all screwed and there's no hope.

Serious issues there.

 

[resu]

At the end of the day it's just women seeking attention, even if they're using cancer for pity.

 

[Rudiger]

My knee-jerk reaction to that is that it's harsh, but actually you're not really wrong there.

It depends on the intent and why the person is doing something, personally and I think most civilians would feel this way, posting pictures of you "suffering" with your possibly terminal illness is a ridiculous thought, but if you're a public figure, and feel it gives hope to others, then that's a possibility. Philanthropy does exist, even if a lot of you would think that's naive.

With Doherty she's a complete nutbag, anyone who's ever been or known anyone in her vicinity would say so. So this is probably a narcissistic move.

 

[Rudiger]

Most people are bullshitters and not bullshitters at the same time, I wish you'd try the latter a bit more often.

 

[hellouser]

Not only is this idiotic for not understanding the whole context but, I mean this is just rage inducing, hard to feel sorry for her?

Baldness is the least of your problems.

Did you deliberately skip the first 9 words of my post? Here, let me remind you again:

Breast cancer aside (keep that in mind for perspective!)

 

[marco75]

This thread highlights the issue with a lot of posters, their perspectives are totally twisted. If she was shaving her hair for a part in a movie she wouldn't give a crap and would be happy to do it, it's because she has breast cancer.

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

This thread highlights the issue with a lot of posters, their perspectives are totally twisted. If she was shaving her hair for a part in a movie she wouldn't give a crap and would be happy to do it, it's because she has breast cancer.

Didn't Sigourney Weaver get a huge financial bonus for shaving her hair for Alien 3?

I'd buzz my hair for a huge financial bonus