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Hair Growing Back
Hi All,
I am on my last paclitaxel chemo next week and staring to look beyond the chemo bad ass.
I am just completing 8 courses of dose dense chemo - 4 xAC, 4x Paclitaxel and am wondering how long it took for others to grow their hair back. I know this is assuming it has grown back sufficiently, as some women are unlucky with hair regrowth.
Just hoping you can share you experiences of when your hair grew back enough to actually feel like you had enough to do something with and any changes in your hair regrowth from before chemo.
Many thanks,
Jo
I am on my last paclitaxel chemo next week and staring to look beyond the chemo bad ass.
I am just completing 8 courses of dose dense chemo - 4 xAC, 4x Paclitaxel and am wondering how long it took for others to grow their hair back. I know this is assuming it has grown back sufficiently, as some women are unlucky with hair regrowth.
Just hoping you can share you experiences of when your hair grew back enough to actually feel like you had enough to do something with and any changes in your hair regrowth from before chemo.
Many thanks,
Jo
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- @JJ70 Yes! Mine all gone too. My nose doesn't drip now, it runs. Annoying :#
- Yes, there are perks! I have put my shaver away.....not required for a while I think. Losing nose airs has been particularly funny. I can't feel the runny nose sensation until it is out of my nose and on the upper lip. Just another rather hilariously undignified part of the experience! :D
- Teary or not @JJ70, that is a beautiful photograph.
I'm on TC (last one this week too). My eyelashes and eyebrows are thinning but hanging in there so far. Like you, one of my eyebrows is doing better than the other... Bonus is I haven't tidied up strays in months and there's not a sign of the chin bristles! No leg or armput shaving for ages either. Mind you, never wanted a Brazilian, but one must take the rough with the smooth... #sorrynotsorry!
Depending on how my hair comes back, I'm going to try to rock a Sinead for a while. Or Taylor on Billions. Seriously considering a head tattoo as well. It's possible the crazy arrived when the cancer did :o - The blonde looks great on you @primek!
- My hair has always grown slowly. Unfortunately that didn't change. I had a different regime, FEC-D. I lost my last eyebrow hair around 6-8 weeks after my last chemo, around the same time I started growing a little bum fluff. Initially very much salt and pepper (the pepper was much darker than I'd ever been). Soft chemo curls at the back from around the three month mark, first trim and tidy up around 8 months, curl all gone at the second cut. I was very disappointed.
I've opted to keep mine short, it's so much easier to manage. It was back to my natural colour by a little over 12 months post chemo. I've chosen not to go back to colouring it. I have other things to spend time & money on :) - This was teary day. Looked at myself in the mirror and just didn't recognise myself. I am sure it is a common thing. Good to cry now and then......pressure release. Usually I am still pretty upbeat and optimistic , tackling one day at a time.
- My dad did a number 1 shave when I did. His has of course grown, mine has subsided to bum fluff!
- Oh and thanks for photos beautiful women!
- Thanks for all of the responses. It is good to see the varying results to get ideas about what to expect. Hope to hear from a few more ladies!
- Sunshine0206 I am losing my lashes now too. Bottom ones almost gone and top ones thinning out fast. I had a cry about this in the car the other day. I've always had really long lashes and putting on mascara every day was a small joy. I had my eyebrows tattooed before chemo started, but still seem to have fairly good eyebrows, although the left one is thinning more than the right.
