Hair colouring
Hi, I was diagnosed with Estrogen Positive & Her2 Breast cancer in March 2024. I had 14 weeks of chemo with a cold cap and managed to keep my hair. I had my double mastectomy 3 months ago followed by...
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Hi @KRB I lost my hair but like @Locksley I was just excited to have my hair back. I appreciate your eagerness to have some tint in there. My hair has regrown as pure white which I understand is a great colour, but it’s a contrast to my previously carefully coloured darker brown with foils.
People have not recognised me.
People have not recognised me.
Those who I know are eager for me to keep it, but I really feel different- older, because it’s so white- especially after also having to deal with the slight changes from AI with my joints.
It’s just one of those things to consider.
I am not really keen to start the process of having to vigilantly colour it nor am I keen to put chemicals in my hair. But I occasionally struggle with being identified as someone past a working age which I feel white hair seems to do.
One thing I know is it seems very much up to each of our individual senses of self.