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Locksley
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5 years ago

Eyelash growth

Hi everyone I'm happy to see that I am getting little black spikes that  I hope will grow  back as eyelashes after  chemo.   Did anyone have any success using eye lash serums or I just need to be patient for them to grow naturally. Cheers 
  • Yeah, I'd just let nature take its course with this. I'm thinking the first time you get some coconut oil on your eyeball, you'll agree with me. Watch out for ingrown ones -- yes, it's a 'thing'. Of course it fucking is, the cosmic clowns must keep their end of the deal up..
  • Thankyou everyone.  I will try coconut oil.  The lash serum was on  special at chemist warehouse.
  • Hi @Locksley, I can relate to what you are saying, there is nothing like seeing the first eyelash sprouts. I bought a product - at Chemist Warehouse - L’Oreal Lash Serum. I used it, but I honestly can’t tell you if it worked, but I felt like I was doing something 🥴 I was even putting it on my brows! Who knows if it made a difference or if it was just time. What I do know for sure is, once they start, they come back pretty quickly. 
    I didn’t know about coconut oil, but I would definitely give that a try - cheap and you can always use it for cooking too 😁
  • Hi @Locksley, I’m glad your eyelashes are starting to return. As it’s been said, they’ll prob grow back pretty quickly, but I have read quite a bit that coconut oil helps them grow back more quickly and thicker. It’s natural and doesn’t hurt to try 
  • I really missed my eyelashes. For me they were the last hairs to fall out, late in the Paclitaxel Chemo.
    But they did seem to grow back quite quickly once they started to grow. I think that by approx 2 months( after Chemo) I had a reasonable length. I would just be patient, they are on their way! It's a nice feeling, having bits of us returning to normal.