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Brenda5
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9 years ago

New hair post chemo

Its been 5 months since chemo and I have hair back. I won't really say my hair since mine was very straight with not a wave in sight and this new stuff is as curly as! :)
My mastectomy has all healed now and the underarm scar and although it gets a bit stiff and swollen sometimes it doesn't hurt as much any more.

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  • wow it is curly, mine was really curly and grey when it grew back. It is now straight and I colour my hair so I don't have grey hair. The scar is looking good
  • Brenda i finished chemo in February and my hair is exactly the same as yours but black and quite thick but then again I had thick hair before chemo.... can't stand the curls!
  • Really thick hair...wow. Your scar looks good too. My hair is a combination of chalk white and light silver. Even my pubic hair came back white! But I noticed today dark ones now coming through so my head hair might start to change. I had light brown with some grey...now I'm  white with some brown. I only finished chemo 9 weeks ago..but hair started growing back halfway through weekly taxol...much to my surprise.
  • Wow Brenda it sure is curly!!! Excellent!!! 
    Nadine I used to buy two perming kits for each if my sisters hair and we would have a spiral perming day!!! Was great fun :D
  • You have so much hair. I finished chemo April this year, my hair has not grown as good as yours. It is curly at the back.  Well done.
  • Wow that is curly!!! Back in the 1980's I used to pay $400 to get my limp straight red hair that was down to my waist spiral permed.
  • Yep that is how mine came thru .... I was straight as prior to chemo.... I now have 3yrs on slight curl to my hair but it is still grey. Mine reminded me of one of those curly stainless steel scourers. .... Your hair will continue to change over time looks lovely @Brenda5