I lost all my hair during the chemo. At one stage I had one eyebrow (oh so glamorous!) which I promptly shaved off and the odd bit of "fluff" that had grown on my head in sporadic places. Then the eyebrows grew back - oh my god, I looked like John Howard with mad regrowth! Managed to get that tamed into some sort of decent arch in place. Then they fell out again - along with my eyelashes!
12 weeks post chemo - my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes have returned. In fact my hair is growing so well, I have buzz cut it twice to tame it into submission. It is softer, slightly thicker than before and i have little beginnings of curls - my hair was once very thin and dead straight. It is extraordinary how our bodies fight back!
I must admit, I did love being bald after years of growing my hair very long. it was refreshing to not have to deal with it. I do miss the ease and care of having no hair but also glad its back because NOONE looks at me with the "pity cancer look"...which is nice because I was concerned there for a while, my kids might actually kill people or smack them for staring!
Keep smiling ladies - because you are all beautiful.
big hugs Lois
