hi I'm Kelley Tuthill, reporter at wcvb-tv channel five here in Boston
I'm also a breast cancer survivor who was treated here at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute
I know firsthand how difficult it can be to lose
your hair and have so many changes to your appearance as a result of chemotherapy
But I'm also here to tell you that if I can go on TV despite all that, you can figure
out how to go out and face the world as well
and still enjoy life. One option that i think is great is scarves. You can play
around with them but I also encourage you to try hats
and wigs and find the look that works for you and then go with it . If you feel
good about the way you look everyone around is going to be very comfortable
with it as well
so left today figure out how to tie a scarf. I'm no expert
if I can figure this out trust me so can you we're gonna start with the basic 30
inch cotton scarf that's a good size to give you great coverage
you wanna start by folding into a triangle any simply put it on your head
Then you're going to tie it in the back midway through
your head here just before kinda scoops in the back
the to create a natural look as if you had hair, kind of fluff it out a little bit
there's no right way or wrong way to do this you can play around with it and see
what look
works for you you can either leave these hanging down, maybe hide the tag
Or you can tuck everything in. It's easy enough to do
it's really a simple look just like a bandanna that you might have worn
anyway another look as to wear a turban like this one. This is cotton it's very
soft against a bald head
it can keep you warm at night because it can get awfully chilly
or you can wear it around the house or out for doing errands. If you want to
look a little fancier we have a suggestion:
take an oblong scarf and twist it just like this
very easy to do then you can put it on top of the turban,
tie it in the back like so
and that gives you different look it just makes it look a little fancier to
go out and
meet friends or do whatever. If you wanna keep going with this, you can also twisted
further
like this, go back around to the top your had
tie it in a knot and then just
tuck in the ends underneath the rest of the scarf
Hide that tag
and then yo've got another great look to wear out with your friends
I'll admit I was a little intimidated at the thought of attempting the rosette scarf tying
but after a little practice I can do it, and I'm sure you can too
You wanna start with an a big oblong scarf a long one ike this one. This one is
rayon which seems to be a little easier than trying it with a silk scarf
you want to put it over your head like this
so that the back is hanging down and the challenging part is that you wanna get
both ends and each hand and tie them
and that takes a little practice, because this is a longer scarf than what you might be used to tying
if you have an extra set of hands great if not like I said
good practice you'll figure it out. I got the first one tied and I'm gonna go back
and tie it in a second knot. Okay so then you can play with the
the top here the key is to have it secure you don't worry about the scarf
all day long
then take the two ends, shift the scarf over a little bit take the two ends
and start twisting. I'm finding that it works
well to twist about halfway down and then start to make the Rose
so you want to back up toward your ear and start going around
and when I find works is that you can hold the rosette
with one hand while twisting with your other hand
can see that they're keep twisting around I'm switching hands here
to get the look that works for me again see I'm twisting this
going around. It just takes a little playing up trying a different ways to
get the way that
works best for me in the look that I like I'm still twisting the end
and then what you have left at the end, you're going to tuck in
like so
not bad huh
A little practice and you can you too