Sarcastic Question :)
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Why, when a guy shaves his head for the summer time so he won't get as hot/sweaty, whatever, that by fall it is almost back to where you can't tell he buzzed it, when it seems to take a lifetime for our beautiful hair to come back?
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Probably because he shaved
Probably because he shaved it and didn't disturb hair follicles and chemo must react on the hair follicles to cause hair loss. It makes sense that it would take longer for those to recover and hair to regrow. A little like the difference between shaving and waxing. One removes the root, the other doesn't. Just my thoughts.
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SOUNDS RIGHTfauxma said:Probably because he shaved
Probably because he shaved it and didn't disturb hair follicles and chemo must react on the hair follicles to cause hair loss. It makes sense that it would take longer for those to recover and hair to regrow. A little like the difference between shaving and waxing. One removes the root, the other doesn't. Just my thoughts.
Stef
Stef, that sounds right to me. Our hair is falling out by the roots!! Diane0 -
Stef is exactly right...chickad52 said:SOUNDS RIGHT
Stef, that sounds right to me. Our hair is falling out by the roots!! Diane
The base of the hair follicles are approx. 1/4" below the surface of the skin/scalp. Also, the effects of final chemo last for weeks afterward. So, the hair doesn't even begin to grow for quite some time; then, grows below the skin's surface before we can see/feel it.0 -
I could give you the same
I could give you the same answer as everyone else, the chemo effect, the hair follicles coming out, but when it comes down to it, it takes an awful long time for our hair to grow back. I finished with chemo back in March of 2007, and my hair is just to my shoulders now. But any of my sons can shave their head and with-in 6 months their hair is down almost to their shoulders. It just doesn't seem fair.0 -
I could give you the same
I could give you the same answer as everyone else, the chemo effect, the hair follicles coming out, but when it comes down to it, it takes an awful long time for our hair to grow back. I finished with chemo back in March of 2007, and my hair is just to my shoulders now. But any of my sons can shave their head and with-in 6 months their hair is down almost to their shoulders. It just doesn't seem fair.0
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