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* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'': A dark variation in ''ComicBook/DeathstrokeRebirth''. Joseph suckerpunched Rose in issue #18, and issue #20 reveals he hit her hard enough that her head had to be stitched closed. Since her hair needed to be shaved for that, Rose now wears a wig to cover her stitches. Later issues reveal that her hair is growing back.



* In the film ''Film/PacificRim'', we learn that Stacker's partner blacked out from radiation poisoning during the battle with Onibaba and later died of cancer. The tie-in comics expand on this, first introducing said partner Tamsin with shockingly red hair. When Mako visits her in the hospital later, however, she's very thin and bald save for a few strands of hair.
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* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': In ''ComicBook/Thor2014'', Mjolnir's mysterious new wielder is a buff, masked woman with flowing blonde hair. Her identity is later revealed to be Jane Foster, who's dying of cancer -- and to emphasize this, Jane is much gaunter and completely bald when she detransforms.
* ''Film/PacificRim'':
In the film ''Film/PacificRim'', film, we learn that Stacker's partner blacked out from radiation poisoning during the battle with Onibaba and later died of cancer. The tie-in comics expand on this, first introducing said partner Tamsin with shockingly red hair. When Mako visits her in the hospital later, however, she's very thin and bald save for a few strands of hair.
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* ''ComicBook/Thor2014'': Mjolnir's mysterious new wielder is a buff, masked woman with flowing blonde hair. Her identity is later revealed to be Jane Foster, who's dying of cancer -- and to emphasize this, Jane is much gaunter and completely bald when she detransforms.
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* ''Series/ReplacingChefChio'': Tessa, the first guest shown, takes off her hat to reveal a completely bald head, hinting that she's ill. It is later revealed that she has metastatic cancer and she has three or so months to live.

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* ''Series/ReplacingChefChio'': ''Series/ReplacingChefChico'': Tessa, the first guest shown, takes off her hat to reveal a completely bald head, hinting that she's ill. It is later revealed that she has metastatic cancer and she has three or so months to live.
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* ''Series/ReplacingChefChio'': Tessa, the first guest shown, takes off her hat to reveal a completely bald head, hinting that she's ill. It is later revealed that she has metastatic cancer and she has three or so months to live.
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* A misconception resulting from [[WrongGenreSavvy wrong genre-savviness]] about this trope forms the premise of this joke:
-> An elderly lady was riding a tram when she noticed a skinhead had just embarked. "Sit down, son," she says as rises from her seat. "I see you're on chemotherapy and you've got orthopedic shoes."
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* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': The Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor ([[FunWithAcronyms SIHTT]]) is a form of contagious cancer that afflicts the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Harmsters]]. One of it's symptoms is that it causes the victim to lose all their fur. This combined with the rot inducing bacteria now inhabiting their bodies, this makes them [[TechnicallyLivingZombie resemble walking corpses]].

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* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': ''Blog/HamstersParadise'': The Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor ([[FunWithAcronyms SIHTT]]) is a form of contagious cancer that afflicts the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Harmsters]]. One of it's symptoms is that it causes the victim to lose all their fur. This combined with the rot inducing bacteria now inhabiting their bodies, this makes them [[TechnicallyLivingZombie resemble walking corpses]].
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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': Quill's mother is introduced (and promptly killed off) on her deathbed. She's bald-headed and lacks eyebrows, and the sequel outright confirms she was dying of cancer.

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* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': Quill's mother is introduced (and promptly killed off) on her deathbed. She's bald-headed and lacks eyebrows, and the sequel outright confirms she was dying of cancer.a tumor [[spoiler:that Ego the Living Planet planted in her head to kill her]].
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* Almost every woman who goes bald, wheter by choice or due to a condition like Alopecia that causes hair loss, has to deal with awkward conversations and assumptions of illness when they are really perfectly healthy, often enough that many [[BerserkButton get annoyed when they are asked]] about it.

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* Almost every woman who goes bald, wheter whether by choice or due to a condition like Alopecia that causes hair loss, has to deal with awkward conversations and assumptions of illness when they are really perfectly healthy, often enough that many [[BerserkButton get annoyed when they are asked]] about it.
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* The main character of ''VideoGame/InBetween'' is a terminal cancer patient, and states that he has gone through chemotherapy, which has led to the loss of his hair.

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* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': The Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor ([[FunWithAcronyms SIHTT]]) is a form of contagious cancer that afflicts the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Harmsters]]. One of it's symptoms is that it causes the victim to lose all their fur. This combined with the rot inducing bacteria now inhabiting their bodies, this makes them [[TechnicallyLivingZombie resemble walking corpses]].
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* ''WebOriginal/HamstersParadise'': The Severe Infectious Harmster Transmissible Tumor ([[FunWithAcronyms SIHTT]]) is a form of contagious cancer that afflicts the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Harmsters]]. One of it's symptoms is that it causes the victim to lose all their fur. This combined with the rot inducing bacteria now inhabiting their bodies, this makes them [[TechnicallyLivingZombie resemble walking corpses]].
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* ''WebComic/MarryMyHusband'' has Jinwon dying of cancer in the first timeline and she was wearing a small cap to cover her bald head.
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