Chemo hair loss
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Hi Lisa, your profile photoLisaPizza said:I don't know when your chemo
I don't know when your chemo will be done, but my profile pic was 3 months post chemo. Still very short, but no hat needed. I actually ditched the caps 2 weeks before that picture, because of the hot weather.
Hi Lisa, your profile photo is gone. We miss your smiling face!
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Unsuccessful Attempt at Improving Hair Regrowth
As I mentioned earlier in this discussion, my hair grew back in exactly the same (same color and texture), just a lot less than I had before. Since it's been 1 ½ years since I ended chemo, I don't think there will be any change.
However, my cat Griffin was very diligent in grooming my head when I was bald and also as my hair started to grow back in. I was hoping his efforts would help stimulate the follicles, but no such luck. But he gave it his very best!
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That's so funny, my cat,cmb said:Unsuccessful Attempt at Improving Hair Regrowth
As I mentioned earlier in this discussion, my hair grew back in exactly the same (same color and texture), just a lot less than I had before. Since it's been 1 ½ years since I ended chemo, I don't think there will be any change.
However, my cat Griffin was very diligent in grooming my head when I was bald and also as my hair started to grow back in. I was hoping his efforts would help stimulate the follicles, but no such luck. But he gave it his very best!
That's so funny, my cat, derMaus, did the same thing when my hair was out of commission. She would lick and lick, get a few random strands, ptooey them out, and go back to licking. I didn't know other cats did that. Maus is no longer with me so thanks for the sweet memory.
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Hair, or the lack there of...
My hair loss was the worst for me because the lack of it is so publicly facing. I wear hats of all kinds, no wigs, bu
t I hate the stares, the looks of recognition and then people looking away. When at home I feel myself, not hiding under a hat. At home when feeling bad during chemo I didn't have to pretend I felt good, unlike when I needed to go out I had to hide my bald head. Now three plus months after my last chemo, my hair is growing back, silver with grey. I have never seen my real hair color since I started dying it 20 years ago, so it is very interesting to me to see what color it is now. Going back to the docs next week for my first 3 month checkup and I might take a risk and go commando, no hat!
Denise
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Thank you all so much for
Thank you all so much for sharing your experiences with hair growing back. I had my last chemo on November 29. My first chemo was in August and my hair started falling out on Labor Day. until the end of October it seemed so hot to wear the wig that I wore just hats, but once cold weather set in the wig has been more comfortable. Hair started coming in noticeably the first part of January and it was all white. My hair now seems to be mostly a salt and pepper except for the part around my face which was the last part to start coming in and that recent growth is white. I did have to have a trim of my sideburns and around the bottom of my hair in back because it has come in long enough that it sticks out the wig and my wig is not white like my hair is right now. I am hoping that by the end of March I am going without a hat or a wig. I have read that if I decide to start coloring my hair again I need to wait until it is been six months past chemo for the texture of the hair to take the color properly. I, too, am just glad that my hair is growing back in and I will be happy to wear it proudly regardless of the color or the curl or the straightness.
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I had thick brown with grey
I had thick brown with grey hair before chemo. After chemo in came in grey and curly. I am in my forties so i wasnt ready to have grey hair so i colored it brown. After the color change i liked the curly short hair. It was so easy to do every day. I guess i needed that since witn no hair i did nothing. I liked it as it was growing back too because it helped me to remember myself without cancer again. It was refreshing. 2 plus years out from the end of treatments my hair is longer than it was before i lost it.
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I am very pleased that my
I am very pleased that my hair has started coming in at a regular pace. The hair on the top of my head was standing up straight and looked much like a flat top. I read somewhere to use a baby hairbrush to train the hair in the way it should go. I tried this and it immediately started lying perfectly flat and i can even make a semblance of a part on the side. So, if any of you have hair that needs some taming as it comes in, you might want to try the baby brush.
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I took care of it.Canary said:How to delete
my post appeared twice and i can’t figure out how to delete the second one. Please advise if you can.
Hi Canary!
I went ahead and deleted your second post. No worries!
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I know what you mean about
I know what you mean about the looks. I used to give them, myself, I am sure. The recognition, and then the compassionate pity. Now that's me, on the receiving end.
I was out a lot last weekend in crowded places, on a windy day, so I chose a hat rather than a wig. Also wore gloves and a surgical mask, to reduce chance of infectious disease exposure. I felt SO bad when a little kid looked at me with horror, as if I were a monster. I used to make my living working all day long with kids. Now I'm scary to them. Oh well, chemo's almost over, and after that maybe I'll never need it again. I got a cheap wig that looks pretty good, and I'm supposed to be getting a human hair one soon - hopefully that will look even better. Some Orthodox Jewish ladies who wear wigs look just fantastic in them - better than one's own hair! Maybe that will be me.
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I am not sure if my family is humoring me.zsazsa1 said:I know what you mean about
I know what you mean about the looks. I used to give them, myself, I am sure. The recognition, and then the compassionate pity. Now that's me, on the receiving end.
I was out a lot last weekend in crowded places, on a windy day, so I chose a hat rather than a wig. Also wore gloves and a surgical mask, to reduce chance of infectious disease exposure. I felt SO bad when a little kid looked at me with horror, as if I were a monster. I used to make my living working all day long with kids. Now I'm scary to them. Oh well, chemo's almost over, and after that maybe I'll never need it again. I got a cheap wig that looks pretty good, and I'm supposed to be getting a human hair one soon - hopefully that will look even better. Some Orthodox Jewish ladies who wear wigs look just fantastic in them - better than one's own hair! Maybe that will be me.
My hair started to grow back around Christmas so it is still pretty short with a Mohawk thing going on top, but it is silver grey. All of them say they like the new look, but I am not sure if they are trying to make me feel better. They even like the color! I do get interesting looks when I am out in public but very few looks of recognition of my probable condition which makes me feel more normal.
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Buying a wigjanaes said:I remember trying to decide
I remember trying to decide what to do with my hair falling out. I too was about to go on a few day trip to Idaho. My hair had started comming out but wasnt thin enough to where my wig. I worried i would loose alot while i was gone and would be stuck. I was going to see family that i hadnt seen for years and worried about that. My desision was to start wearing the wig before i left. It worked out great for me. I just had to brush my hair at night before i went to bed.
Any thoughts on real hair or synthetic wig. My natural hair is alittle thin so don't know how long i will be wearing one as to how fasr it will grow back.
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oops this thread is old!light42day said:Chemo hair loss
Hair loss is a big deal for us! It has been so good for me to read your stories. They make me laugh (and cry a little, too). I may start losing my hair this weekend or maybe by Monday, which will be 14 days since my 1st treatment. I bought some new bandanas online that I really love so that made me feel a little better.
This whole cancer/chemo process has really caused me to think about my life. I think it changes you forever in some ways. I've been pretty weird about my hair, for one thing. I used to have NIGHTMARES about my hair being cut really short and then I'd wake up and be so happy that it was still long. Now I have it cut REALLY short and I love it! But now it's going to fall out. I know it will grow back in time. But it sounds like it will take awhile for it to be the way it used to be. I'm sorry to go on about this subject. It really isn't as important as being well again and living a long life.
I told my husband that I was afraid that he wouldn't find me attractive anymore when I was bald and he said he wouldn't know the difference when the lights are out! He was kidding, though! He told me that he would love me no matter what. He's stuck by me through a lot these past months. He goes with me to my Chemo up in Seattle and sits there with me all day when he's really busy with our business stuff. I feel very blessed.oops this thread is old!
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