Hugo Chavez loses hair due to chemotheraphy.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  appeared on television yesterday with his head closely shaved  and bald patches from hair loss caused by chemotherapy for a  cancer that has slowed him ahead of a re-election bid.

Wearing a sombre suit and red tie, Chavez talked about the  reasons for his hair loss, saying it was a sign the  chemotherapy was working against fast-growing cells such as  those associated with cancer.

“This is my new look,” the president joked during his  second hour-long appearance of the day and then held up a  photograph of himself as a toddler with little hair. “I’m  returning to my youth,” he said.
A close friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Chavez had a  large tumor removed in Havana in June and has since been back  to the Communist-led island for treatment. His illness raised  doubts about his fitness to run in elections next year but he  has looked stronger in recent days.

“Last night I had to call the barber and I said ‘look, my  hair is falling out,’ because I went for a bath, I used the  shampoo I always use and I felt, zas!, a bit fell out,” he said  earlier in a phone call to a breakfast show on state TV.
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