What to do with my hair 5 months after chemo? Hair dyes?

Hi,
My hair is fairly thick now but still very short and a bit wavy, especially at the back, puffy on the top,flicks out at my ears.
l am hating the colour, it is such a weird salt and pepper colour with a tinge of red. I did not have this much grey before,
l am a natural redhead, l did get a few foils in my hair regularly before l lost my hair from chemo.
Will my hair go back to it's original colour or am l stuck with mostly grey hair now?
How safe is it to dye my hair and can l expect to get the colour that l want?
I will go to a professional.
I would love to hear from those that have coloured their hair after chemo, how long after and what results they got.
I hate looking in the mirror, l feel as if l have lost myself.
Cheers,
Karen
My hair is fairly thick now but still very short and a bit wavy, especially at the back, puffy on the top,flicks out at my ears.
l am hating the colour, it is such a weird salt and pepper colour with a tinge of red. I did not have this much grey before,
l am a natural redhead, l did get a few foils in my hair regularly before l lost my hair from chemo.
Will my hair go back to it's original colour or am l stuck with mostly grey hair now?
How safe is it to dye my hair and can l expect to get the colour that l want?
I will go to a professional.
I would love to hear from those that have coloured their hair after chemo, how long after and what results they got.
I hate looking in the mirror, l feel as if l have lost myself.
Cheers,
Karen
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I had dyed ash blonde long curly hair and I suspected my natural colour was almost all over grey too. My hair came back in thick and curly and platinum but very coarse and wiry. I used the 'natural' hair dye Herbatint Ash Blonde from a health food shop about 5 months post chemo but it hardly did a thing. I waited another 6 weeks and went to my hairdresser who dyed it with my old colour and again, hardly a difference.
Waited another 8 weeks and my hair seemed to be getting softer as it grew and finally 6 weeks ago I went back to my hairdresser and the colour took. So all up nearly a year since I had it shaved did it feel and 'act' (!) like my hair again. It also tied in with finishing a year on Herceptin so maybe there's a link there as well.
It's still curly and I don't think I'll go back to having it long again but I feel more like my old self when its coloured.
Glad you're over the worst of it and good luck with everything! x
After all of the treatment, loss of hair, you just don't stop to think about how long before your hair grows back, l had no idea that my hair would grow back a different colour, it was easier to wear scarves when l had no hair, l still felt somewhat like me, but this weird wavy gray hair that flicks out at my ears is crazy. I suppose that in a few months my hair will get to a more manageable length.
Cheers,
Karen
Cheers,
Karen
Cheers,
Karen
Cheers,
Karen
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Good luck with your last one!