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White hair
Well.....after finally finishing nearly 6 months of chemo.... My hair has started to grow back....yay....but it's WHITE.... Does this change? I am 50 and was a bit grey.... But not this grey....anyone else experience this?
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My eyebrows have never fully recovered and my eyelashes took so long to grow back I was thinking it would never happen.
My hair started white and then turned a silver, but it came back curly, I am told I will loose this but I am 8 months post chemo with a full head of thick hair and the curls are still here! yay me I say I am loving them.
So I guess for us all its a waiting game on the hair and to be honest I am just grateful to have it back.
cheers
Donna
Hi, This worst thing for me was the exiting of my eyebrows. It makes your face look entirely different, then most of my eyelashes left as well. But they do grow back. My eyebrows came back pretty quickly but it has taken a while for my eyelashes to be full again.
- Thanks girls for all your comments.... At least now I know I can keep searching for DARK roots!! Can't wait for my hair to come back.... Definitely one of the hardest parts of this journey! It's weird.... White fluffy hair growing back and eyebrows I can now say have officially exited stage left... And right! Hope they don't come back white too!!!'
- Thanks girls for all your comments.... At least now I know I can keep searching for DARK roots!! Can't wait for my hair to come back.... Definitely one of the hardest parts of this journey! It's weird.... White fluffy hair growing back and eyebrows I can now say have officially exited stage left... And right! Hope they don't come back white too!!!'
- Thanks girls for all your comments.... At least now I know I can keep searching for DARK roots!! Can't wait for my hair to come back.... Definitely one of the hardest parts of this journey! It's weird.... White fluffy hair growing back and eyebrows I can now say have officially exited stage left... And right! Hope they don't come back white too!!!'
- Thanks girls for all your comments.... At least now I know I can keep searching for DARK roots!! Can't wait for my hair to come back.... Definitely one of the hardest parts of this journey! It's weird.... White fluffy hair growing back and eyebrows I can now say have officially exited stage left... And right! Hope they don't come back white too!!!'
Hi,
I was wanting my hair to grow back white then I could colour it anyway I wanted. (i want to be purple) I have dirty blonde hair before chemo and now have mousy brown hair that is harder and more resistant to colouring. Usualy your hair will return to a near normal colour for you but sometimes it dosnt. Just like our cancers our hair is very much different to others. Enjoy it while you can. I dont care too much for having no hair so Im thrilled to have hair.
Hi,
I was wanting my hair to grow back white then I could colour it anyway I wanted. (i want to be purple) I have dirty blonde hair before chemo and now have mousy brown hair that is harder and more resistant to colouring. Usualy your hair will return to a near normal colour for you but sometimes it dosnt. Just like our cancers our hair is very much different to others. Enjoy it while you can. I dont care too much for having no hair so Im thrilled to have hair.
- I think it takes a little while for the pigment part of the hair follicle to recover from the effects of the chemo. So that is why the first new growth is white. It happened to me too but most of my hair is the same colour as it was prior to chemo now (3 1/2 months after last chemo). :)Deanne
- I think it takes a little while for the pigment part of the hair follicle to recover from the effects of the chemo. So that is why the first new growth is white. It happened to me too but most of my hair is the same colour as it was prior to chemo now (3 1/2 months after last chemo). :)Deanne
