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From an anti-materialistic point of view, huh? Hair is a cosmetic feature and, given the other problems in the situation, I feel like making sure you keep your
by civilian 12y ago
From an anti-materialistic point of view, huh? Hair is a cosmetic feature and, given the other problems in the situation, I feel like making sure you keep your hair is kind of silly.
From an economic point of view though, there's easy evidence that hair has a high value based off of how much people (especially women) put into it's maintenance, via luxury shampoo/conditions, haircuts, hair styling, etc. So it's not surprising that saving one's hair would be worth the $2,000 average cost, plus the labor of switching them.
- qiqing 12y agoPrivacy > Cosmetics If you lose all your hair, everyone knows you have cancer, whereas if you have your hair, you can choose who to disclose that information to. The proximal difference may be the unsolicited comments (most of them well-meaning, but still jarring), but there are probably more that I haven't thought of because I haven't walked a mile in their shoes. Even so, I imagine it would easily be worth $2K to me to not have a glaring billboard that advertises my physical ailments publicly where ever I go. (I'm visualizing wearing a t-shirt that says "I have strep throat/whooping cough," but you know, more serious...)
- needacig 12y agoIt's sad to dismiss cancer patients' attempt to hang on to a shred of normalcy as "silly". If you just got handed a death sentence, far be it from me to tell you your small personal desires are silly. These people need all the medical and emotional support they can get.
- ars 12y ago> Hair is a cosmetic feature What about reconstructive surgery? That's cosmetic too. Do you think that's also silly?