Colouring regrowth of hair after chemo

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Thankyou to all the lovely people who provide such valuable information and personal insights/observations re breast cancer. Your words of wisdom published on this online network provided such comfort to me during 2020 when I was undergoing active treatment. I am now on Femara and hope it does its job. This is a very minor issue really in the scheme of things but I have about 1 inch (in the old money!) of head hair regrowth which looks incredibly unsightly (and there seems to be a lot more grey!... Oh well!) and I was thinking of using a vegetable dye to brighten to a blonde!! Has anyone had any experience with doing this?...I finished chemo in June and Google says to wait about 6-12 months to put colour in however I read vegetable dyes might be safe! Otherwise I will just wear my wig which has been my 'friend' during this year. It's very hot though in the Summer and I am heading North from South East Queensland to a more tropical climate so would love to have the wig off for a while. Any thoughts anyone? I hope you all are having a Super week-end xx warm wishes....
Thankyou to all the lovely people who provide such valuable information and personal insights/observations re breast cancer. Your words of wisdom published on this online network provided such comfort to me during 2020 when I was undergoing active treatment. I am now on Femara and hope it does its job. This is a very minor issue really in the scheme of things but I have about 1 inch (in the old money!) of head hair regrowth which looks incredibly unsightly (and there seems to be a lot more grey!... Oh well!) and I was thinking of using a vegetable dye to brighten to a blonde!! Has anyone had any experience with doing this?...I finished chemo in June and Google says to wait about 6-12 months to put colour in however I read vegetable dyes might be safe! Otherwise I will just wear my wig which has been my 'friend' during this year. It's very hot though in the Summer and I am heading North from South East Queensland to a more tropical climate so would love to have the wig off for a while. Any thoughts anyone? I hope you all are having a Super week-end xx warm wishes....
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I finished chemo in May and I am taking Femara too. My lovely sister-in-law bought me a coloured hair mousse which worked a treat to get me through that first inch of growth phase - it was a lightIsh colour and washes out. I am hoping to get into the serious colour soon!
There is a book written by John Boyages - Breast Cancer. Taking Control. He is a cancer specialist and he actually recommends that women start dying their hair as soon as it comes back with some gentle dye as it is such a psychological boost. I don’t think it is a minor issue at all - ‘feeling’ good is just so important. After having no hair at all, I am just riding the waves of my crazy regrowth. I have also used Nioxin and another product Bondi Boost to get it to grow - I call them my hair fertilisers! Good luck 😀
It is really 'funny' about hair isn't it?...Although academically we are told and prepare for the hair loss...when it actually happens you still need to go through the stages of managing the emotional impact before regrowth and renewal starts..
It becomes another feeling and issue altogether, separate from the physical toll of chemo and radiation etc...For some its big and for others it is just part of the process...we are all such individuals in this space...Have a lovely Sunday xxxx
I was white haired at 20 years of age and my hairdresser says he will give me $50 to go to another hairdresser if I want it coloured.
PS I am well past 20 now !!!!
Like you, when my hair grew out it was more grey than I thought it would be - so half dark hair and half grey, which was fine except when I started to grow it out a little. I then didn't like it as much as I thought - I had planned to leave it grey but as it got longer it wasn't a great colour and I wanted to look 'well' and not old. So about 6 or 7 months after it started growing back I spoke to my hairdresser and got an organic colour put in which was a disaster. The colour really took to this lovely soft new hair and was very very dark, so they tried to strip this out. The next colour that I tried went a funny red and now I am just getting some foils put in. I've decided if it all gets too hard with the growing out and colour then I will just cut it super short and leave it like that
When speaking to a hairdresser friend since then, she said that they should have used a non permanent dye initially on the new hair. I guess any chemicals that may have remained in my hair may have also affected the colour?
Also when I bought my wigs, the shop that I went to sold me a little skin coloured cap that is cotton and that you can either put in the fridge or freezer and put under your wig for summer? Perhaps you can try something like this? If you can't find one, I am happy to send you mine as I didn't ever use it while I was wearing the wigs so its brand new.
Anyway all the best with whatever you do
Glad June1952 you have such success with your grey hair.. so fortunate...it is quite glamorous I feel...warm regards xxx
I finished chemo last January. My hair has grown back quite a bit thicker than it was which is great as it was quite fine. It went from dark brown with a bit of grey to completely grey- a mix of silver and dark streaks. I don’t want to colour it cos I am worried about chemicals.
My feelings about my colour are a bit mixed. Sometimes I don’t recognise myself and see myself as much older than I am. Other times I really really like it!
It’s a slow journey of acceptance I guess. I’m clearly not quite there yet. Wish I was cos it feels a bit trivial to worry about ( in my opinion. )
But.... I also get heaps of compliment on the colour. Go figure. And I enjoy experimenting with different colour clothes that now suit me.
Cazxx