My hair is growing back rather quickly which was a surprise as I am still on weekly taxol...week 11 tomorrow. It has come back silver and white. Pre chemo it was brown with some grey at the front and underneath at the back. Even my netherlands are white.
My question is ladies is this a temporary colour loss and will colour start to return in a few months or will this be my new look?
Thanks
Kath
Be ready for a thrill a week - I am almost three and a half years post chemo, and my hair is still changing a bit!!
Pre chemo my hair was dead straight, brown with a lot of grey - I had carefully grown out the dyed colour and was ready for an "embrace the grey" run, when cancer hit and my hair went. It grew back, in order and with no artificial assistance, as follows (started when I was still having Taxol):
About 18 months ago, I started finding hairs on my brush (which I almost never did before) - bit of a panic, but various consultations revealed nothing serious, no mineral or vitamin deficiencies. I reckon it really takes a LONG time to get the chemo out of your system, and that I just now shed a bit more than I used to as a norm (but well within normal patterns). Hair is just as thick, although the texture has changed a bit - less wiry.
So it's a bit of an adventure - I have changed my hairstyle, and added a (very bright) colour streak on one side. If it's going to change, I may as well have some fun!
Good luck, enjoy the trip!
Here is a pic of my hair...as you can see wiite a lot has grown back. Have one old dark patch bottom regrown of pic.
Hi Kath
My hair initially came through as white and fluffy but now I have about 1 cm of mainly brown/dark blond which is my natural colour with grey highlights scattered around. Not sure if it will turn curly but it is no way straight either rather sitting at funny angles in places. I have a feeling that my curly hair will return soon!!
My eyebrows and lashes started to fall out just as I was growing back my hair which I thought was strange but after about 3-4 weeks they are back now nice and thick!!
Take care
Anne
xo
Never sleep well dsy begore vhemo. Like a captain before battle. Then don't sleep for 2 days after steroids...oh the joy of it.
Mine has grown back like yours with a lot of white/grey/silver, whatever you want to call it and its a completely different base colour of brown. I used to be a red head! It is also curly which I have never had in my entire life except for once when I paid $20 for a perm and it lasted a week before it went straight again. I spoke to someone who had been what we've been through and they said in 2 years my curly will turn straight again as suddenly as it has appeared. Lets hope some of the greys disappear while they are at it.
Hey Kath!
looks like you're not sleeping either!
Can't answer your question as I still have no hair! But just wanted to say Hi!
Tracy :D
