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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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- Smoking hot there sister
- I've given up the wig! That's me, ready for work. And @Blossom1961 - I am so pleased to have eyebrows back.
- Hellloooo @Sister....looking fabulous!
- Looking good @Sister. Love to see that smile! When do you think you'll forgo the wig? Selfie tip, look at the little hole ;) ie the lens, that way you won't be looking off to the side. Sometimes I find it handy to set the timer to five seconds. That gives me time to arrange my face!
- @Sister You have eyebrows! I am so jealous. I am still on Paclitaxel but my hair has started growing back. My eyebrows however are continuing to disappear.
- One day I will take selfie classes...
Finished chemo at the end of August and had a No 1 a few weeks later to get rid of the chemo fuzz. - @Eastmum...yes, no nose hairs was unusual. Who would've thought that those little hairs did such an amazing job at forewarning you that your nose is about to run.
I was so upset about not having lashes. Still, 7 months later lashes nearly all fall out at once (as they grew back altogether) and are in some sort of growth sync....joys of chemo! - @Eastmum wait until your leg hair starts growing back - I had the weirdest sensation of always thinking I had web stuck to my legs. Don’t miss the constant runny nose from no nose hair either but I never lost my arm hair. My head hair grew back very dark and with a ton of grey in it!!
- Nothing will really make it grow quicker except possibly warmer weather.
- If the hairdresser is wrong, and it will eventually go straight again - it has given me hope and made me feel better about the future. When the patience was given out- I was behind the door!! Ha ha!! Does anyone have any ideas about growing hair quicker (apart from regular trimming)?
