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@Barney74 - oh lord, the growing hair back part is horrendous!!!!! I absolutely hate my hair. I had long long blond from full head of foils and like that for many years. It's come back a non colour sort of steel grey with lots of whites. It's been growing back since October. Lets color it I thought. Chocolate brown - that sounds nice I thought. Try MAROON - like go Queensland maroon. Oh my god what the hell have I done. That was a month a go. :( needless to say I won't be DYI ever again!!!! 
So I feel your pain .... Xx

My hair is just starting to grow back and it is bright white! I know how you feel Barney74, I’m only 39 and I assumed it would just come back dark brown as it was before. I was thinking the colour would come back soon but after reading all these comments I may be waiting a lot longer than I thought. Guess I’ll keep wearing hats! As least until it’s long enough to dye it. 

Thank ladies here is 

I have brown hair. When it came back after chemo it was completely grey! I had been colouring my hair for a few years before I lost it, so I assumed that was just how it was now. It was also very curly as it grew. I am now just past 12 months since chemo and my hair is back to my normal colour. A little grey on the sides but hardly any, and the curl is almost gone too. I am also 43.
cheers, Kate

Mine came back white and frizzy, which I hated, so I shaved it off again just to make myself feel better. It was still grey when it grew back again, which I thought would be permanent, but now after 2 years it is pretty much back to its original colour.

My fine strawberry blonde slightly wavy hair grew back dead straight, white and even thinner than before during my final rounds of chemo. After about 6 months a bit of colour came back but 4 years later it's still straight, still really really fine, and a sort of dirty blonde colour. 
I'm just grateful to have hair and I colour it to the exact shade I want. I keep it short and also use Nioxin products to help thicken it up. 

Don't think it works like that Barney. I've kept mine super short (#6 clippers) for twelve months and it's a bit darker, but that probably because it's a bit thicker.

Just give it time. Chemo knocks your hair follicles about something awful. My hair grew back chalk white, graduated to grey. It now has more colour (brown) than I had before diagnosis. But that took a couple of years to get there. Re-shaving just means your growth is set back and doesn't guarantee colour will come back any better or faster. A good hairdresser is an ally at this time! Your hair can also change texture. Mine is less coarse than originally, and the crazy frizz that grew back has settled into a stylable slight curl. We're all anxious to get back to normal, but it does take longer than you hope for many. Best wishes. 

Hey @Barney74, I'm sure the lovelies will be here to advise but I do remember a few saying that their hair started coming back in grey and then started to get darker. Here's a link to a collage of hair growth that Ne posted showing her hair - 
http://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/14825/photos-my-hair-calendar-month-by-month-10-months-post-chemo Big hugs lovely. Xx Cath