There are lessons to be learned from chemo onset baldness. If you are the one whose hair has fallen out you tend to be embarrassed about the way you look.  If you are a friend of one whose hair has fallen out you tend to be embarrassed because you don't know exactly how to react when you fist meet after the falling out.  It really is a bit uneasy for both sides because you can't ignore your shining head and your friends can't pretend they didn't notice.  There is that awkward moment when neither of you knows exactly what to say.  Your friend does not want to acknnowledge that you are really, really ill (after all, nobody gets chemotherapy for a sprained ankle) and you know that what you say will upset your friend.  You learn in that instant your friends truly care about you and you care about them, something you don't think about often enough. Once that moment has passed you both try to lighten it up:  "Nice haircut, great for the summer."  "Hey, it looks good on you." "It's not that bad." “Maybe you ought to keep it like that” (yeah right!)  One of my favorites: "You know you have a nice shaped head."  One I haven't heard yet: "Boy, I bet you save a lot of money on shampoo."  Does anyone know if Bruce Willis could use a stand in?