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I'm gonna wash that gray right out of my hair!!

mrs gadget
mrs gadget CSN Member Posts: 118
in Breast Cancer #1
Well, now that I am just about 4 months out of chemo and finished with radiation, I decided it was time to break out the hair dye!! My hair is about an inch long now, but it has been coming in gray and black. I had auburn hair before. With the blessing of my oncologist I went ahead and dyed it to something close to the original color. It sure felt good to look a little more like my old self....
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  • Gabe N Abby Mom
    Gabe N Abby Mom CSN Member Posts: 2,413
    #2
    Congratulations! That's one
    Congratulations! That's one more step on your road!

    Hugs,

    Linda
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  • Lynn Smith
    Lynn Smith CSN Member Posts: 1,264 Member
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    I bet you do feel better
    I love auburn hair.My hair was med/light brown when I was younger.I didn't need chemo or radiation so can't compare to that. But I know of a young girl (21) whose hair came back darker(black). Everyone seems to be different

    I am 64 and still have light brown hair with a touch of gray here and there. It all blends in.BUT sometimes I wish it would all get gray. Not salt and pepper. I have trouble breathing the hair dyes so I will never be able to color my hair.

    I bet you feel so much better about yourself.After all you went through you are getting back to normal.

    Lynn Smith
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
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    You're lucky to get grey!
    I was so hopeing that when my hair came back there it would be grey - no such luck. I'm 64 and my hair is Very dark brown naturally - almost black but not quite. I hate it when people tell me that I shouldn't dye it so dark at my age - and then they don't believe me when I tell them that it's natural. Just genetics - Mom's side of the family got grey quite young but Daddy's side never got grey even in their 90's, so I'm just a 'Daddy's Girl' with my hair (always was anyway).

    Susan
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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 CSN Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #5
    way to go...
    good for you....!
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  • Rague
    Rague CSN Member Posts: 3,653 Member
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    Lynn Smith said:

    I bet you do feel better
    I love auburn hair.My hair was med/light brown when I was younger.I didn't need chemo or radiation so can't compare to that. But I know of a young girl (21) whose hair came back darker(black). Everyone seems to be different

    I am 64 and still have light brown hair with a touch of gray here and there. It all blends in.BUT sometimes I wish it would all get gray. Not salt and pepper. I have trouble breathing the hair dyes so I will never be able to color my hair.

    I bet you feel so much better about yourself.After all you went through you are getting back to normal.

    Lynn Smith

    Check with a salon that uses
    Check with a salon that uses the newer friendlier products. My wig was ordered through a salon that does not use the old style color products because of the owner's allergies - I did not smell any of the 'aromas' usually associated with color and perms in her salon.
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  • VickiSam
    VickiSam CSN Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #7
    disneyfan2008 said:

    way to go...
    good for you....!

    Having subjected our bodies to soooooooooooooooooooo
    much, what a blessing to do something just for you! Kudos to you!!!

    Strength and Courage,

    Vicki Sam
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