Does the frizzy hair last?

I am concerned at how often opinion gets presented as fact when it comes to cancer. My standard response to a lot of these claims is 'How interesting. Where can I see the data for that?" I think it's reasonable to conclude that if a particular chemical has been classified as carcinogenic following legitimate research then putting it on your body is a bad idea. The fact that your mother uses hair dye and doesn't relapse makes her lucky, but it doesn't prove that the hair dye was free from carcinogens. Unfortunately the only way to be sure is to check all of the ingredients by searching with the ingredient name and 'cancer'. 

Or you can just take you chances.

But it's still important to differentiate between opinion and fact because statements like 'organic is hard to police because insecticides travel in the air' scare people. In fact, organic is very easy to police because they test the soil. If pesticides have been carried in the air they will show up in the soil.

Hi there,

I've been using organic rosehip oil (Trilogy brand) on my head since I started chemo and it's wonderful. My hair is growing back and I'm not using shampoo at all, just a body wash by 'Uniquely Natural' that smells divine and has no nasty chemicals. I use this all over my body. I put the oil on as soon as I get out of the shower while I'm still wet. The woman at the 'look good feel better' worksop was so impressed that she asked me what I'd been doing to have my scalp in such good condition. As an added bonus, I'm not rubbing nasty chemicals on my skin.

Well it's 4 months and my cover is sparse grey with some bits thicker than others. Still sticky up on top!

I use a light sorbolene moisturizer with a few drops of bio oil rubbed in after I wash with baby shampoo. Does this sound like the stuff we should do?

I don't wear hats etc except in the sun and finsd my scalp does get a little dryish.

By the way my Yr1 kids were great and now the whole school knows my sparseness now and I've got over most of the self consciousness -still a little in public as it looks a bit 'butch'! Must get back on my motorbike and really play it up!

Well it's 4 months and my cover is sparse grey with some bits thicker than others. Still sticky up on top!

I use a light sorbolene moisturizer with a few drops of bio oil rubbed in after I wash with baby shampoo. Does this sound like the stuff we should do?

I don't wear hats etc except in the sun and finsd my scalp does get a little dryish.

By the way my Yr1 kids were great and now the whole school knows my sparseness now and I've got over most of the self consciousness -still a little in public as it looks a bit 'butch'! Must get back on my motorbike and really play it up!

Well done to you Deanne for getting through the Chemo stage of your treament.  I am 6 months since my hair started to grow back.  We are all very different, so I have noticed with the hair subject.  I wish you well with your hair growth.  It is all to do with the chemo, and cells, so once the chemo is out of the system, our hair seems to grow better.  I wore the wig until I had enough hair and my husband said, "I prefer you without the wig"  Climate has a lot to do with that too.  Once again, personal decisions.  I recall waiting for the last minute before I shaved mine, still have photo of my hair in the sink piled up.  We are more sensitive to the sun during chemo, and I always covered after my 10 mins of Vitamin D.  The problem being that if you dont get any sun you need to take vit d caps!  (immune system).  I like my hair being coloured, but wont be thrilled to have to do the regrowth each time.  I tried to pick something close to what I had before it fell out.  It has gone a bit dry, but I expected that.  I just want to look like I did before, and the short, grey, curl is so opposite!

Have a good day!

X Bel

I looked up on the Australian Cancer Council Website and discussed this several times with my Doctors over 6 months to make a decision.  My mother had Breast Cancer at 55, she is 75 now, and has been colouring her hair since day one with a cheap Chemist Colour.  No cancer has returned.  On the Website I went to it was set up to answer or to debunk any myths about how to get Cancer, so I will go back and check again.  I had an interesting conversation with a man recently who had Cancer (lung) and he related it to the air we are breathing, so its still all open for discussion.  I think it depends on the individual as you have suggested, how strict we all go with it.  I found it was very difficult to avoid chemicals in this life.  The sprays on the fields for example.  I spoke to an S.A. fruit grower in June, who told me that organic is hard to police because Pesticides travel in the air quite some distance and land on the organic crops sometimes.  So it is a mine-field of discussion depending on who we speak to.  But all very interesting subjects, and I will go back and revue what I read, to see what they said here in Aus.  

I was just wondering the same thing. It's been about four years for me and my once straight hair now seems to have a permanent frizz - a bit like fleece. It's not as bad as it was but I suspect my hair won't be going back to the way it was.