Hi Ladies, i hope everyone is having a lovely Wednesday.Just a quick questions, I have been told I need Chemo before surgery as I have TNBC. I just wanted to ask about Microblading eyebrows as I have been told I will lose my hair (which I knew anyway) but also my eyebrows will go.My oncologist appt is next Wednesday to organise my regime and then presume my first session will be shortly after - again not sure what to expect or timelines ect.the reason i knew about microblading is a good friend of mine has a sister that specialses in this and especially works with cancer patients that are going through chemo so she has recommended her to me.Has anyone had this done and if so is there side affects, should i do this before chemo starts and i lose the hair ect.appreciate your adivce.x

You're not being vain about the eyebrows. I found that harder to deal with than losing my hair - my face just looked naked without them.

I missed my eyelashes too. There wasn't an easy substitute for them. I used Kohl pencil on my bottom eye margins.I was lucky they fell out later during Paclitaxel and had grown back within 2 months of finishing Chemo. While they were gone, my eyelids were also puffy. Few people noticed but i could tell and they felt heavy. Eyes back to normal. Eye brows are still missing. Chemo finished Mid August 2020. I didn't have thick eyebrows before, so glad I had them tattooed.

I agree @Dory65. Funding needs to go into research and providing it.

I had my eyebrows tattooed in approx 2017, They have faded now and I want to do it again. I do need to wait until I have finished treatment. I am now on blood thinners for 6 months so I am guessing the wait will now be 6 months longer. I miss my eyebrows.

thanks everyone for there advice, spoke to my oncologist and she said ok to do my eyebrows as my 1st chemo treatment is the 31st Dec, so I did this last Friday and they look good, I know it sounds vain but one thing I don’t have to be confronted with when I lose my eyebrows. My oncologist also dissuaded me from the cold cap idea as treatment is every 2 weeks for 4 rounds and then every week for 16 rounds on another chemo drug. She said that she had mixed reviews on the cold cap, being that it add extra time to your sessions and hurts I have forgone doing this. X

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primek
Member
5 years ago
I had a very faint block eyebrow colour done before I lost mine completely. My regrowth grew exactly into the brow. 4.5 years on need I need a touch up now. I had no infection issues and it made my day so much easier. I wore bottom eye-liner only as I just couldn't do the top lid and used only a soft brown. No harsh black.
FLClover
Member
5 years ago
I agree @Dory65. Funding needs to go into research and providing it.
Dory65
Member
5 years ago
I am baffled. There is simply no excuse for cancer units to leave it up to the ingenuity and efforts of the patients and their carers to set up their own DIY anti-neuropathy systems! WTF. It should be standard procedure!!! Plus, a lot of people wouldn't have known about ice therapy until it was too late to try. Hair loss is one thing. Enduring nerve damage and pain is a whole other level...
Abbydog
Member
5 years ago
I missed my eyelashes too. There wasn't an easy substitute for them. I used Kohl pencil on my bottom eye margins.
I was lucky they fell out later during Paclitaxel and had grown back within 2 months of finishing Chemo. While they were gone, my eyelids were also puffy. Few people noticed but i could tell and they felt heavy. Eyes back to normal.
Eye brows are still missing. Chemo finished Mid August 2020. I didn't have thick eyebrows before, so glad I had them tattooed.
Sister
Member
5 years ago
You're not being vain about the eyebrows. I found that harder to deal with than losing my hair - my face just looked naked without them.
Locksley
Member
5 years ago
Hi I did quite well with the ice therapy for most of the taxol treatment. Towards the end of my 12 sessions of treatment my big toe nails lifted and I wasnt able to continue with it. I now have a little PN in my toes. Did my hands again for most of the treatment and only have a little PN in my fingernails. The staff were helpful in showing us where the ice machine was. I used hospital jugs first time then got my own from 2 dollar shop. Used hospital gloves.
CarrieP
Member
5 years ago
thanks so much PV123 x
PV123
Member
5 years ago
Hi @CarrieP
Good luck with your treatment. I had 12 weeks of paclitaxel, I started doing the ice therapy from the second treatment. I did not have any neuropathy ( hopefully that was due to the ice treatment ). There are a few posts with pictures that have been posted by other members. I definitely think the ice treatment is worth the effort.

I did not use the cold cap. I lost all my hair, however my hair has come back thicker than what it was ( who would have thought chemo could have any benefits). I had a few effects such as mouth sores but nothing that I couldn’t deal with.
Afraser
Member
5 years ago
@Mazbeth

I just take a Mega B once a day. I don’t get any joint pain or aches from Femara so I don’t know if it works for that - although I have taken Vitamin B all the time I have been on Femara so maybe it does! Seriously, I’ve never heard it suggested for AI side effects so I don’t think it does. Best wishes.
CarrieP
Member
5 years ago
thanks x