Eyelash growth
Locksley
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Hi everyone I'm happy to see that I am getting little black spikes that I hope will grow back as eyelashes after chemo. Did anyone have any success using eye lash serums or I just need to be patient for them to grow naturally. Cheers
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I really missed my eyelashes. For me they were the last hairs to fall out, late in the Paclitaxel Chemo.
But they did seem to grow back quite quickly once they started to grow. I think that by approx 2 months( after Chemo) I had a reasonable length. I would just be patient, they are on their way! It's a nice feeling, having bits of us returning to normal.2 -
Hi @Locksley, I can relate to what you are saying, there is nothing like seeing the first eyelash sprouts. I bought a product - at Chemist Warehouse - L’Oreal Lash Serum. I used it, but I honestly can’t tell you if it worked, but I felt like I was doing something 🥴 I was even putting it on my brows! Who knows if it made a difference or if it was just time. What I do know for sure is, once they start, they come back pretty quickly.
I didn’t know about coconut oil, but I would definitely give that a try - cheap and you can always use it for cooking too 😁2 -
Thankyou everyone. I will try coconut oil. The lash serum was on special at chemist warehouse.1
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Yeah, I'd just let nature take its course with this. I'm thinking the first time you get some coconut oil on your eyeball, you'll agree with me. Watch out for ingrown ones -- yes, it's a 'thing'. Of course it fucking is, the cosmic clowns must keep their end of the deal up..3
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Good old caster oil is said to work.2
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Good idea @Locksley. I’m pretty sure you’ll have fluttery lashes to smear with mascara in no time 😊.I didn’t do chemo but have always had sparse eyelashes. Even now, I have massive gaps on both eyes. So I might take one for the team, so to speak, and finally try that coconut oil 😆😊😘1
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@Michelle_R congratulations on your last chemo session. Yes I am happy to see the black spikes starting to poke out of my eyelids.3
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because i kept my hair through using the cold cap, it was weird to see me with no eyelashes or eyebrows, and the emergence of little black caterpillars is exciting, just a heads up, because eyelashes have a three stage cycle of growth dormant then fall out, it will take a couple of cycles for them to really get back to their proper length, as they get out of synch with each other. Mine have gone from nothing to long, then short and hopefully im onto a longer stage now.
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hi Locksley - how exciting is it when your eyelashes start growing back . I told everyone I had baby eyelashes when I noticed them 2 weeks ago. I have just left them to grow. My eyebrows seem to be growing back randomly. Congratulations on finishing chemo xx1
