Hair loss
I would be interested to hear if other women have suffered from hair loss that has not corrected itself. It is over a year since I finished chemo and radiotherapy and I have male patterned baldness. T...
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Thanks for that. It is interesting to read other people’s comments and hear my feelings expressed by others. You feel like you should be grateful but I feel so sad. The breast screen bus is in town again and it makes me so sad to think that someone else is about to lose a chunk of their life with treatments and appointments. My oncologist did say that ‘ a very few’ women do not get their hair back. I had AC for 12 weeks, paclitaxel for 7 and then 2 rounds of docetaxel. But you don’t see women without hair! You don’t imagine that it will be you that doesn’t get their hair back. I read now that male patterned baldness can affect up to 6% of women on docetaxel. I therefore am cross that my oncologist looks surprised when he sees me. Put this with hot flushes and vaginal dryness and I feel cheated. I am going to look at wigs again in the new year to see if I can face wearing one again.