Facial hair

Thanks for the feedback. I am glad to see that the facial hair growth is common after chemo. I am due to start tamoxifen this week and hope it doesn't make it worse. Cheers Linda

I have just been reading some stuff online,and a lot of the cancer websites list " downy facial hair" as a tamoxifen side effect.Isnt that just great!! ;). I also have been reading,that when your hair starts to grow back after chemo,it can go into a sort of overproduction,for want of a better way of explaining it,and this also,can cause facial hair growth.Either way,it SHOULD settle down.I say it BETTER settle down! Lol .Cheers Robynxox

Golly....thought I was the only one!

I assumed this was due to Tamoxifen which I started in Feb after my last chemo mid Jan. I am quite self conscious of it (my kids comment on it!) however like Deanne said, I think it is probably more noticeable because of less head hair!

Leaving mine though for same reason.....prob not that noticeable to others (apart from kids!) plus don't want to be shaving my face EVER! (Don't want to use chemical hair removers either!)

Take care, Jen x

Golly....thought I was the only one!

I assumed this was due to Tamoxifen which I started in Feb after my last chemo mid Jan. I am quite self conscious of it (my kids comment on it!) however like Deanne said, I think it is probably more noticeable because of less head hair!

Leaving mine though for same reason.....prob not that noticeable to others (apart from kids!) plus don't want to be shaving my face EVER! (Don't want to use chemical hair removers either!)

Take care, Jen x

I have fuzz & I didn't do chemo, I don't worry about mine because it's blond & I feel if I wax it off, it will get thicker..lol take care:) Christine xox

I have fuzz & I didn't do chemo, I don't worry about mine because it's blond & I feel if I wax it off, it will get thicker..lol take care:) Christine xox

I remember thinking the same. It seemed way more noticeable than any hair I had there previously. Maybe it stands out because of the lack of hair on the rest of our head, at first. It seems to have settled and I don't even notice it now. I feel as if it may have thinned out by itself. I am on tamoxifen now and I feel as though I have thinner hair in general and it grows more slowly. I rarely need to shave under my arms for instance. Like Robyn says I don't think it is very noticeable to others. Take care. Deanne xxx

I remember thinking the same. It seemed way more noticeable than any hair I had there previously. Maybe it stands out because of the lack of hair on the rest of our head, at first. It seems to have settled and I don't even notice it now. I feel as if it may have thinned out by itself. I am on tamoxifen now and I feel as though I have thinner hair in general and it grows more slowly. I rarely need to shave under my arms for instance. Like Robyn says I don't think it is very noticeable to others. Take care. Deanne xxx