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Sunshine0206
8 years agoMember
Hair growth
Afternoon all,
I guess this has been asked before and I have attempted to search so please indulge me.
I am up to week 6/12 of paclitaxol. My hair has been growing feverishly since I completed AC 9 weeks ago. I only realised it was growing about 5 weeks ago. Underarm and pubic hair has also made an unfortunate comeback.
The growth is strong ( I yank on it several times per day) and is not patchy ( regular inspections).
Have any of you noted this during your experience?
Here’s to 2018. A much better year.
x
I guess this has been asked before and I have attempted to search so please indulge me.
I am up to week 6/12 of paclitaxol. My hair has been growing feverishly since I completed AC 9 weeks ago. I only realised it was growing about 5 weeks ago. Underarm and pubic hair has also made an unfortunate comeback.
The growth is strong ( I yank on it several times per day) and is not patchy ( regular inspections).
Have any of you noted this during your experience?
Here’s to 2018. A much better year.
x
22 Replies
- AllyJayMember@Sunshine0206, I never did, you naughty girl....bugger me my computer obviously is of the opinion that the second one of me is just too plain baaaad, but I'll try again.
- Sunshine0206MemberLol @AllyJay - it’s more concerning you took pics of said pubes!
- primekMemberI had an almost full head of white hair grow back on taxol. Colour didn't return until after taxol finished then very gradual return of some colour.
- AllyJayMemberFor some reason the second photo hasn't come up above, so here it is.
- Sunshine0206MemberThanks @Afraser for the info. I haven’t minded the bald head. The growing out I’m not looking forward to. This is my son and me on Christmas Day. X
- AllyJayMemberThis was my hair prior to starting chemo and the other photo was me in hospital after a fall in October, so nine months after finishing the AC. And nooooo, I'm not posting any photos of my pubes, either before or after!!
- AfraserMemberHi Sunshine, happy new year! My hair started growing while I was still on Taxol - yes, it's a pity about the leg and chin hair but it's a package! Don't be alarmed if it comes back a different colour and texture, it can take ages to settle down. Mine was chalk white and frizzy at first. Finally settled to have a bit more curl than I had originally but also a lot less grey. I also discovered, well over a year after it had grown back, that my "shed pattern" had changed, got alarmed by more hairs on my brush than I had before. It too settled (I took extra biotin to help). Main message is that your hair has had a hammering, it's still highly likely to all grow back, but settling to a colour, texture etc can take a while. Best wishes.
- Sunshine0206Member@AllyJay - I’m a nurse! I love details! You gave me a good giggle! Thank you!
@LucyE - thank you for that. I’m grateful for the info. I’m just excited it’s geowing. But I’m saying that ... I never minded the bald look. Xx - AllyJayMemberMy billiard ball started growing a bit of fuzz after finishing AC chemo after about four weeks. My head started to feel a bit like rubbing velvet the wrong way....you know, that sort of brrrrttt brrrrrttt when I rubbed it. Prior to that it was completely hair free. Prior to this whole shitfest, my head hair was 80% dark brown with silver "wings" at the temples. I sat on it and had never coloured, tinted, dyed or rinsed it. My pubes were the other way around 80% grey with the rest brown, (Blush blush). My head hair (a year later) is now about 5cm long and is about 90% silver with just a few dark ones here and there. I look like an exploding dandelion. My pubes have returned about 90% brown with the occasional white one here and there. Go figure.....
- AnonymousNot applicableMy oncologist said it’s very common for hair to start growing back on Taxol.
All the best with it. My hair grew back in curls and then at the 3 year mark it has straightened out. I’m sure your hair will keep growing and get back to the way it was. I grew to love my curls and now miss them!