The Merits of the Case

Unwrapped...uncovered... revealed....exposed AND BEAUTIFUL! I think you look marvelous!

You are positively georgeous.

You can TOTALLY pull it off. You look GREAT.

You have bone structure to be envied and look gorgeous.

I love you.

If anything, you're even more gorgeous now with all of your beautiful, glowing skin on display. I really think you look great!

Looks intentional. Like you're being mod or something. It does not shout cancer at me at all.

Me, I would look unbelievably oafish bald. Slavic people are kind of rounded above their necks. But then, our hair is so fine that its absence probably would only cause us all to hope for a better crop next time 'round.

Anyway, needless to say -- you look great.

Kim, I'm SO proud of you!! You are, and ALWAYS will be, gorgeous.

Hold that head high, now.

Love to you xo CGF

You look fantastic! You can totally pull this off! I also think it looks intentional! You can now give Demi Moore in GI Jane a run for her money! Hugs & kisses to all of you!

WOW! I went to your blog before bed and there you were, in all your glory. I broke into tears and turned the computer toward John. He exclaimed, "Wow!" Kim, you are so amazingly physically beautiful. Your spirit is exponentially so!

I showed your pic to my husband and his reaction was exactly the same as mine... "Wow. She has beautiful eyes."

You look glorious. Sinead's got nothin' on you, Honey! Knock 'em dead.

You look so pretty. Randy is right, you do have a nicely shaped head. Hugs, Sharon

Wow! You look great. Shouldn't there be some sort of equivalent to Playboy where women reveal their heads instead of their boobs? If there were, you'd be a center fold!

Glad to hear that you're feeling better.

Greetings from across the pond. I was going to say, you make bald beautiful. But other have beaten me to it.

Still I can say it again can't I? You make bald beautiful!!!!

You Go Girl!

My, what a smooth, round head you have! :)

Seriously, you look great... and without that distracting hair, we can concentrate on your lovely eyes!

Kiddo -

Your hot and Fabulous. And I'm not just saying it. You've just been stuck in the Middle of the Country, with the old fashioned ideas of what a woman's beauty is supposed to look like.. Now I was at a club, ( Out here in Fabulous La La land) and saw several women with shaved heads and I'm telling you - For the right woman - Its very sexy.

And Nellie - It works for you.

Let your freak flag fly and just be the fabulous you that you are! You always had a bit of progressive cutting edge in you - Since you were 15 ( at 14 you were still a little naive ) So, this is the worst possible way for you to have the best possible thing -True freedom to let go and be present in whatever moment you are in.

Peace and love - ( I've been reading everyday - But working round the clock Seven days a week - Sorry I haven't been good at posting...)

Yours always,

Emile
(Live from Club Bali Hai)

P.S. - So I guess you "Washed that man right out of your hair", huh??

Kim,
I'm not the first to say it, but you look fabulous. When it starts growing out, you will look fabulous too!

I know it can be disconcerting, though, to have people looking at you. In a packed elevator in law school, shortly after I shaved my head, an acquaintance said, "Deb, you really pull that off, but I don't know how you had the guts to do it."

She really thought I had done it on purpose to be edgy.

I also learned that there was a part of me that wanted to "protect" other people, mostly strangers, from the discomfort of seeing my bald head. I spent a long time thinking about that -- it wasn't that I was ashamed; it was just that I sensed it caused people to look, to wonder, to feel embarrassed or curious. But then I realized I couldn't help their reactions unless I wore a wig, and I hated wearing a wig.

I realized another very fine (for me) side effect of going around bald: in public places, I could be sitting and feeling sort of sorry for myself, or maybe not even thinking about cancer, and some completely healthy creature would come up and say, "are you in chemo?" And I'd say, yes, and they'd say, "you're going to be just fine! You look terrific! I finished treatments XX years ago, and I know you can do it."

That happened several times, and each time it gave me such a lift that I decided I would do the same when i was healthy. And I do. And it causes the nicest interactions.

sorry so long!

You're gorgeous!!!

Again...I HATE YOU cause you look sexier than I do :-P

Wow!!! You look gorgeous with or without hair... You're right you have a perfect head to be bald and with a touch of lipstick, eye make-up, large earrings and that perfect smile..you look beautiful!!!

You look gorgeous! Absolutely fabulous! Isn't it *freeing* being sans hair? I find it makes showers go quickly too!

You look awesome!!! It makes your gorgeous blue eyes pop even more. You can totally pull it off! Good for you!

You are gorgeous. 100%

If I looked like you, I'd just stay bald!