When did you notice your hair starting to grow back?

blazytracy
blazytracy Member Posts: 157
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Finished last chemo yesterday (only 4 A/C) and was just wondering when to expect hair to grow back..Actually I have not lost mine completely, still have some soft stubbles about 1/16" long, is that normal? Also stubbly legs. Oh and also still have eyebrows and eyelashes.

Just wondering if the "experts" can answer a quick question... thanks!!!

Tracy

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  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
    #2
    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience
    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience has been this: I finished chemo in Sept. I now have have what I think of as Julius Ceasar hair ...maybe an inch and a half all over...but straight and flat to the scalp..
    It will be a while before I lose the wig...as to eyebrows and lashes...I didn't lose them until about 2 weeks after chemo...but they grew back really fast..in about 3 weeks...leg hair, face hair...all that is back , although I don't seem to have underarm hair anymore...
    So if you use a wig, dont dump it yet....but you'll have hair by Spring...
  • teresa41
    teresa41 Member Posts: 471
    #3
    dyaneb123 said:

    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience
    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience has been this: I finished chemo in Sept. I now have have what I think of as Julius Ceasar hair ...maybe an inch and a half all over...but straight and flat to the scalp..
    It will be a while before I lose the wig...as to eyebrows and lashes...I didn't lose them until about 2 weeks after chemo...but they grew back really fast..in about 3 weeks...leg hair, face hair...all that is back , although I don't seem to have underarm hair anymore...
    So if you use a wig, dont dump it yet....but you'll have hair by Spring...

    mine is the same
    i also finished chemo in sep mine is over a inch straight kinda brown color,i never did lose my eyelashes or eyebrows hang in there it will grow..
  • blazytracy
    blazytracy Member Posts: 157
    #4
    dyaneb123 said:

    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience
    Hey Tracy
    Well my experience has been this: I finished chemo in Sept. I now have have what I think of as Julius Ceasar hair ...maybe an inch and a half all over...but straight and flat to the scalp..
    It will be a while before I lose the wig...as to eyebrows and lashes...I didn't lose them until about 2 weeks after chemo...but they grew back really fast..in about 3 weeks...leg hair, face hair...all that is back , although I don't seem to have underarm hair anymore...
    So if you use a wig, dont dump it yet....but you'll have hair by Spring...

    Thanks Dyaneb
    That helps alot! And No, am not even thinking about losing the wig! Won't do that for a
    l-o-n-g time, haha.
    Thanks again!!!
    I knew there were some experts out there!
  • blazytracy
    blazytracy Member Posts: 157
    #5
    teresa41 said:

    mine is the same
    i also finished chemo in sep mine is over a inch straight kinda brown color,i never did lose my eyelashes or eyebrows hang in there it will grow..

    thanks teresa!
    I just was wondering...my hair normally grows pretty sloooow so we'll see I guess. I wonder if what is left will start growing or if it will go away and new will come in yet? Weird! Cuz I keep hearing all the stories of how it may come in different. I am hoping for curls!!!!! hahahaha
    Thanks again!
  • Cat64
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192
    #6
    Tracy
    Congrats on finishing your chemo!! Wow, it seems like just yesterday you were getting your port put in. I didn't lose all of my hair either. I kept my brows-but they thinned. Lost most of my eyelashes on one eye, and my head has been bald & stubble patches. I finished Chemo the end of October and I am just now starting to see new sprouts. My legs and armpits are stubbly also but it's so strange-it seems like it just won't poke through all the way. But, I'll take that! Shaving is sooo much easier! :-) Be patient, before long it will ALL grow back!
    Hugz,
    Cathy
  • Mama G
    Mama G Member Posts: 762
    #7
    Cat64 said:

    Tracy
    Congrats on finishing your chemo!! Wow, it seems like just yesterday you were getting your port put in. I didn't lose all of my hair either. I kept my brows-but they thinned. Lost most of my eyelashes on one eye, and my head has been bald & stubble patches. I finished Chemo the end of October and I am just now starting to see new sprouts. My legs and armpits are stubbly also but it's so strange-it seems like it just won't poke through all the way. But, I'll take that! Shaving is sooo much easier! :-) Be patient, before long it will ALL grow back!
    Hugz,
    Cathy

    I"m still onTaxol but have peach fuzz!
    Finished the A/C 9 weeks ago and the stubble started about 4 weeks later. I laughed out loud when I read that Julius Caeser remark - SO PERFECT! It might be an inch long if I could get it AWAY FROM MY STINKIN HEAD!!! It lays so flat! Even after I wash and try to fluff it with a towel. I was thinking a blow dryer might help. hahaha
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #8
    Mama G said:

    I"m still onTaxol but have peach fuzz!
    Finished the A/C 9 weeks ago and the stubble started about 4 weeks later. I laughed out loud when I read that Julius Caeser remark - SO PERFECT! It might be an inch long if I could get it AWAY FROM MY STINKIN HEAD!!! It lays so flat! Even after I wash and try to fluff it with a towel. I was thinking a blow dryer might help. hahaha

    Hair growth
    I was on A/C every two weeks for 4 treatments and then Taxol w/Herceptin every week for 12 weeks. During the Taxol treatment my hair started to grow back and that was in June and am on Herceptin alone now. My hair grew fast and had my first haircut in October.
    My hair was straight as a pin, brown with a little white.
    My hair now has curls and you can see from my picture is salt and pepper and I love it. Natural frost job--compliments of chemo. I will be keeping it this way.

    Your hair comes back soft like a baby's. No one tells you that the hair on the top grow back like a baby's as well--the Mohawk look.

    Margo
  • BunnyJane
    BunnyJane Member Posts: 213
    #9
    tommaseena said:

    Hair growth
    I was on A/C every two weeks for 4 treatments and then Taxol w/Herceptin every week for 12 weeks. During the Taxol treatment my hair started to grow back and that was in June and am on Herceptin alone now. My hair grew fast and had my first haircut in October.
    My hair was straight as a pin, brown with a little white.
    My hair now has curls and you can see from my picture is salt and pepper and I love it. Natural frost job--compliments of chemo. I will be keeping it this way.

    Your hair comes back soft like a baby's. No one tells you that the hair on the top grow back like a baby's as well--the Mohawk look.

    Margo

    Hair
    I finished chemo. at the end of Sept. and new hair started coming in the begininng of Nov. I now have a thick head of hair about 1" long. I lost the wig and scarves about 3 weeks ago. My hair is darker and thicker than the hair that I used to know. Good things take time, so be patient, it will come back! Jane
  • Marlene_K
    Marlene_K Member Posts: 508
    #10
    WOW!
    Wow, Tracy, that went so fast! You know I can't help you with this as I still have 2 more to go, but I wanted to congratulate you! How exciting! On the road to hair.. woo hoo! You'll have to keep me posted as now I'm behind you :) I go next week and my 6th and final one is on Feb. 4th!

    Hugs ~ Mar
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #11
    Marlene_K said:

    WOW!
    Wow, Tracy, that went so fast! You know I can't help you with this as I still have 2 more to go, but I wanted to congratulate you! How exciting! On the road to hair.. woo hoo! You'll have to keep me posted as now I'm behind you :) I go next week and my 6th and final one is on Feb. 4th!

    Hugs ~ Mar

    Mama G I am so jealous i am
    Mama G I am so jealous i am on taxol 10 tomorrow and my hair has only the stubbles left from buzzing. eyelashes are coming out and eyebrows are thin. and my hair grows so slowly anyway. Do you think I'll have anything in the summer?
  • blazytracy
    blazytracy Member Posts: 157
    #12
    Marlene_K said:

    WOW!
    Wow, Tracy, that went so fast! You know I can't help you with this as I still have 2 more to go, but I wanted to congratulate you! How exciting! On the road to hair.. woo hoo! You'll have to keep me posted as now I'm behind you :) I go next week and my 6th and final one is on Feb. 4th!

    Hugs ~ Mar

    Thanks everyone for your advice!!!!!!
    Thanks so much - I am looking forward in anticipation with the way my hair will grow back and if and when I lose my eyelashes and brows. I now know kind of what to expect...thanks so much again..I know everyone is different pretty much, haha..

    Marlene, I am ahead of you because they cut my Taxol out. So I only had a total of 4 A/C. That was good news.

    My radiation starts in about a month, no date set yet..but will be a total of 5 weeks and then on to Tamoxifen.

    How are you feeling Marlene? Are you getting nauseaus? I never really did at all except for yesterday and today, day # 2&3 after fourth chemo. I just have a few anti-nausea pills left and then done with those buggers.

    Let me know how you are doing, OK???

    Tracy
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #13
    blazytracy said:

    Thanks everyone for your advice!!!!!!
    Thanks so much - I am looking forward in anticipation with the way my hair will grow back and if and when I lose my eyelashes and brows. I now know kind of what to expect...thanks so much again..I know everyone is different pretty much, haha..

    Marlene, I am ahead of you because they cut my Taxol out. So I only had a total of 4 A/C. That was good news.

    My radiation starts in about a month, no date set yet..but will be a total of 5 weeks and then on to Tamoxifen.

    How are you feeling Marlene? Are you getting nauseaus? I never really did at all except for yesterday and today, day # 2&3 after fourth chemo. I just have a few anti-nausea pills left and then done with those buggers.

    Let me know how you are doing, OK???

    Tracy

    I finished Taxol in
    I finished Taxol in November. Lost eye brow and lashes about the time I finished. Hair started coming back about 3 weeks now. No lashes or brows yet. It's just fuzzy right now. Not clear on color. Looks white, gray or blond.
  • mberg
    mberg Member Posts: 62
    #14
    hair
    I finished chemo on oct 28 and just now have what I call 5 o'clock shadow on my head, it just looks black instead of scalp! My hair has always grown slowly though! monica
  • Marlene_K
    Marlene_K Member Posts: 508
    #15
    blazytracy said:

    Thanks everyone for your advice!!!!!!
    Thanks so much - I am looking forward in anticipation with the way my hair will grow back and if and when I lose my eyelashes and brows. I now know kind of what to expect...thanks so much again..I know everyone is different pretty much, haha..

    Marlene, I am ahead of you because they cut my Taxol out. So I only had a total of 4 A/C. That was good news.

    My radiation starts in about a month, no date set yet..but will be a total of 5 weeks and then on to Tamoxifen.

    How are you feeling Marlene? Are you getting nauseaus? I never really did at all except for yesterday and today, day # 2&3 after fourth chemo. I just have a few anti-nausea pills left and then done with those buggers.

    Let me know how you are doing, OK???

    Tracy

    My treatment
    I'm doing ok, Tracy.., no nausea really so I guess that's good. Still haven't lost my taste buds yet, which is good and bad, The weight is piling on like crazy! I've been experiencing swelling in my ankles and feet the past couple nights. I've noticed they've been swelling a bit, but the past two nights have been rediculous. I heard it is a side effect but I'll be calling the doctor today. Just two more to go and then onto rads like you. It's going fast but it is all so tiring. Why did they cut our your taxol? I'm so happy you did so well, Tracy, and your spirits seem so high!

    Love, Mar
  • blazytracy
    blazytracy Member Posts: 157
    #16
    Marlene_K said:

    My treatment
    I'm doing ok, Tracy.., no nausea really so I guess that's good. Still haven't lost my taste buds yet, which is good and bad, The weight is piling on like crazy! I've been experiencing swelling in my ankles and feet the past couple nights. I've noticed they've been swelling a bit, but the past two nights have been rediculous. I heard it is a side effect but I'll be calling the doctor today. Just two more to go and then onto rads like you. It's going fast but it is all so tiring. Why did they cut our your taxol? I'm so happy you did so well, Tracy, and your spirits seem so high!

    Love, Mar

    Hey Marlene
    I am glad you are doing ok, you can do it! Just 2 left! YAY! My Dr. went to a big cancer meeting in Texas a few weeks ago and asked about me especially (being a transplant patient) and the general concensus is that since I am over 75% estrogen positive, I can continue right on to the Tamoxifen..they do not want me to have any of the side effects that Taxol can have like the neuropathy that I already have from having diabetes for so long....etc. things like that.
    Anyway, I am not complaining about that part for sure! haha..I am glad you are hanging in there. I will PM you soon....Tracy
  • anonymouse
    anonymouse Member Posts: 1
    #17
    My thick head of hair is now thin
    My hair never completely regrew after ceasing chemotherapy (Taxol), not even years later. I was 28 when I underwent chemo; I am now 32. No one told me this was even a possibility and I had no idea that it would regrow so thin. My mother, in her 70s, has more hair than me.
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
    #18
    finished
    i finished end of August... hair about an 1 to 1 1/2 inches long... and so thin... still dont have my eye lashes back fully yet at least top lashes.. bottom grew back pretty quickly...


    its a very slow frustrating process
  • e_hope
    e_hope Member Posts: 370
    #19
    anonymouse said:

    My thick head of hair is now thin
    My hair never completely regrew after ceasing chemotherapy (Taxol), not even years later. I was 28 when I underwent chemo; I am now 32. No one told me this was even a possibility and I had no idea that it would regrow so thin. My mother, in her 70s, has more hair than me.

    omg.... anonymouse
    thank you so much for sharing that!!!!! weirldly but meant the world to me to read that. I had just posted today about the same thing and how upset i am with it... everyone tells you it will grow back, but no one tells you how... I totally hate my new hair.. I am 37 now and have very thin baby like hair (I am 8 months from finishing chemo)

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