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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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- Hi @kmakm Thanks for replying
- @JenniA Yes. Twice with TC but it didn't work well enough for me to keep going. Where it was fitted really tightly, round the edges, the hair never fell out. So I concluded it was all about the fit. I sincerely hope I never need to use that particular piece of knowledge... Are you using it/have used it/abour to use it?!
Lots of info in this thread:
https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/18145/cold-cap-experience/p1
They're commonly referred to as cold caps, so if you do a search on that term here you'll find all sorts of info! K xox - @Josephine66 Any minute now you'll be sprouting!
- Has anyone used a cooling cap?
- Woohoo theres hope for me yet. Im 6 weeks since last chemo.
- @Josephine66 I am 4 months post chemo now.
- Looking gorgeous @JJ70 it suits you . I'm dreaming about mine getting to that length and I'm even considering keeping it very short. One of the positives of this whole experience is not having to worry about styling my very fine blow away hair.
- @JJ70 looking good. Cant wait for mine to get to that point, no cap needed! May i ask, how long since chemo or how long has it taken to get to that length
- Work it grrrlfriend!
- @JJ70 that’s getting quite long!!
