Colouring regrowth of hair after chemo

Thanks everyone for your encouraging and interesting accounts and comments..I shall experiment with a tint and see how it goes..warm wishes xxx

I too kept most of my hair with the cold cap.   Having been blonde all my life, and having  had a colour for the past 30 years I used my normal tint about 3 months after chemo finished,and all continues to be ok.  I dont use any heat on my hair, and also use good quality shampoo and conditioner. 

Wow these replies are so interesting! 

I finished chemo last January.  My hair has grown back quite a bit thicker than it was which is great as it was quite fine.  It went from dark brown with a bit of grey to completely grey- a mix of silver and dark streaks. I don’t want to colour it cos I am worried about chemicals.
My feelings about my colour are a bit mixed. Sometimes I don’t recognise myself and see myself as much older than I am. Other times I really really like it! 
 It’s a slow journey of acceptance I guess. I’m clearly not quite there yet. Wish I was cos it feels a bit trivial to worry about ( in my opinion. )
But.... I also get heaps of compliment on the colour. Go figure. And I enjoy experimenting with different colour clothes that now suit me.  :)  

Cazxx

My hair grew back a marbled grey/brown which I loved but everyone else made disparaging remarks. I didn't care, I loved it. It then grew back to its normal dark brown colour after about a year much to other peoples delight. :/

I finished Chemo Mid August this year. I had a large amount of regrowth on my hair roots ( I kept most of my hair, by using the Cold Cap successfully). I was both eager and nervous to have a colour. I had pampered my hair through Chemo. But I couldn't resist having my colour done, only 2 weeks after Chemo. The hairdresser said it was a tint and didn't contain peroxide. My hair did not fall out , which I was mildly worried could happen. 

Thank you so much gumnut for your kind offer. and best wishes ..I recall I have one of those skin-coloured caps and in the haze of this year forgot I threw it in the cupboard for retrieval at a later date to be used....You have just provided the incentive to dig it out as that is what I will need in the hot weather... Thank you so much for your help and advice. Sorry you had to go through the colouring drama.... I have read we should leave dyeing our hair for 12 months but I felt impatient....will have to tough it out now until it is ready....l tend to think every person on this network  has a real understanding of 'toughing it out' means and having to learn it (in my case!) while also maintaining patience in their journeys through the quagmire...
Glad June1952 you have such success with your grey hair.. so fortunate...it is quite glamorous I feel...warm regards xxx

Daer @patdug
Like you, when my hair grew out it was more grey than I thought it would be - so half dark hair and half grey, which was fine except when I started to grow it out a little. I then didn't like it as much as I thought - I had planned to leave it grey but as it got longer it wasn't a great colour and I wanted to look 'well' and not old. So about 6 or 7 months after it started growing back I spoke to my hairdresser and got an organic colour put in which was a disaster. The colour really took to this lovely soft new hair and was very very dark, so they tried to strip this out. The next colour that I tried went a funny red and now I am just getting some foils put in. I've decided if it all gets too hard with the growing out and colour then I will just cut it super short and leave it like that  :) 
When speaking to a hairdresser friend since then, she said that they should have used a non permanent dye initially on the new hair. I guess any chemicals that may have remained in my hair may have also affected the colour?
Also when I bought my wigs, the shop that I went to sold me a little skin coloured cap that is cotton and that you can either put in the fridge or freezer and put under your wig for summer? Perhaps you can try something like this? If you can't find one, I am happy to send you mine as I didn't ever use it while I was wearing the wigs so its brand new.
Anyway all the best with whatever you do  <3

Thank you ladies for your encouraging words re the grey hair!! Very brave of you all...but reading your comments I think you are probably all rocking the grey. (and magically AFraser yours changing colour! a few times OMG!).. in a very glamorous way! Good on you ...My hair has gone rogue really where bits of it stick straight out from my head in a perpendicular fashion ...LOL! very becoming.NOT...anyhoo! I will persist and see if I or a brave hairdresser can make a style from it! Never boring for sure !! warm regards  

The new grey is to be embraced but it doesn’t always stay - I went from brown with a bit of grey prior to chemo, to chalk white afterwards, then grey. Gradually a light brown developed and I ended up, for a few years anyway, with less grey and more colour than I had before the whole performance! Never boring. 

It is amazing how many women really suit the new grey.
I was white haired at 20 years of age and my hairdresser says he will give me $50 to go to another hairdresser if I want it coloured.
PS  I am well past 20 now !!!!