The day I noticed my hair falling out was on fathers day 2007, a couple of weeks after my first treatment. We had my mother and my in-laws over for diner that day, after everyone left, I told my wife " get the clippers out, shave it all off" I wasn't going to deal with hair falling out all over the place. In some small way, it was my way of dealing with it and cut it on my own terms before it got too noticeable
I was ready for it, being a guy, it didn't bother me in the least. I kept telling people " In the gran scheme of things, hair is highly over rated " I kept telling two of my friends that are balding ( naturally ) and have comb overs' to give it up!
Of coarse I would imagine that with women it is harder to take.
tim