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Ladies....when hair comes back...oh boy!

Snowkitty
Snowkitty CSN Member Posts: 295
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
So, I have a pretty decent rug on top. Probably 1/2" all around, but it doesn't stick up in little pokes anymore. There's enough to lay flat. Good. Now, my nose hair just sprung up, and it's longer than my head hair. Arm pit hair is there too. Those 3 chin hairs have had babies. My face is fuzzy. Help....I'm turning into a short-haired gorilla!

But, all is good.

Cindy
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  • gagee
    gagee CSN Member Posts: 332
    #2
    That is funny as I feel the
    That is funny as I feel the radiation burned me so bad under my arms that it looks like hair but it is just burned. I am white and my friend is black and my under arm looks like hers. She can at least make me laugh. As for the hair I get facial hair and looks like I might have to start shaving.

    Hugs to You,
    Diana
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  • ccincin
    ccincin CSN Member Posts: 82
    #3
    As if
    treatments aren't bad enough!!! Wow, now we can look forward to being hairy??? :) Oh well, bring it on!!!
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  • chriskaput
    chriskaput CSN Member Posts: 109
    #4
    hair
    my hair is growing back too..not sure if it's an inch yet...but it's starting to curl up! I've always had straight hair. So glad my eyebrows came back! eyelashes are coming in slow.

    Isn't this exciting.....haha
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  • waffle8
    waffle8 CSN Member Posts: 234
    #5
    hair there every where
    The facial fuzz is the worst......It freaks me out...Wondering will it go away or is this the new "normal"....
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  • VickiSam
    VickiSam CSN Member Posts: 9,079 Member
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    waffle8 said:

    hair there every where
    The facial fuzz is the worst......It freaks me out...Wondering will it go away or is this the new "normal"....

    Facial hair .. for me is here to STAY... did I mention
    that I continue to wait for my brows and lashes to come back at full capacity -- before they disappeared during chemo? Not as thick .. I did notice 1 new thick hair sprouting from the left side of my neck.. wonderful --- joy,joy. No chin hair .. Yipee, I guess.

    I just measured the hair on my scalp .. a little over 4 inches, it's curly so I looks like 3 inches. Last TCH chemo cocktail 12/20/09 -- last Herceptin 8/20/10.

    Vicki Sam
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