Hair loss

Barb5454

I finished radiation Jan 14. I finished chemo Dec 14 (went through 2 cycles) My hair is very very thin and continues to fall out. It is really dry. When my hair stop falling out. My pubic hair was completely gone but i's going back, but the hair on my head is still thinning. Does anyone else have this problem?  Thanks for your help

mp327

Hair

My hair continued to thin for some time after my treatment ended--I would estimate for a couple of months.

LaCh

mp327 said:

Hair

My hair continued to thin for some time after my treatment ended--I would estimate for a couple of months.

hair thinning

sorry, I posted a similar question a short while ago without seeing this thread.  I'm 9 weeks post chemo and the head hair is still falling at a pretty rapid rate.  Hair south of the naval is gone.  I'm not bald on top but at this rate, if the hair loss doesn't abate, I soon will be.

danchi

LaCh said:

hair thinning

sorry, I posted a similar question a short while ago without seeing this thread.  I'm 9 weeks post chemo and the head hair is still falling at a pretty rapid rate.  Hair south of the naval is gone.  I'm not bald on top but at this rate, if the hair loss doesn't abate, I soon will be.

It was 3 months after my last

It was 3 months after my last chemo before my hair stopped falling out and started to grow again. It was so thin on top I wore a hair piece to cover a couple bare spots I had. My hair was very thick to start with.

Barb5454

LaCh said:

hair thinning

sorry, I posted a similar question a short while ago without seeing this thread.  I'm 9 weeks post chemo and the head hair is still falling at a pretty rapid rate.  Hair south of the naval is gone.  I'm not bald on top but at this rate, if the hair loss doesn't abate, I soon will be.

LaCh

My hair is still falling out after 3 months. My hair is really dry. Does anyone know of a good conditioner too

AZANNIE

Barb5454 said:

LaCh

My hair is still falling out after 3 months. My hair is really dry. Does anyone know of a good conditioner too

Barb5454

A hair stylist suggested Nioxin shampoo and conditioner. It comes in a kit or separate. I used it and it seemed to help my thinning hair. My hair also felt dry.

Ann

 

mp327

Barb5454 said:

LaCh

My hair is still falling out after 3 months. My hair is really dry. Does anyone know of a good conditioner too

LaCh

I used a shampoo and conditioner with a brand name of Jason, which I found at GNC stores.  It comes in a combo-pack.  I think it worked pretty well.

Lime Flamingo

danchi said:

It was 3 months after my last

It was 3 months after my last chemo before my hair stopped falling out and started to grow again. It was so thin on top I wore a hair piece to cover a couple bare spots I had. My hair was very thick to start with.

Hair falling out.

I am curious.  I had mytomicin and 5fu for 1 week.  Radiation so far for 3weeks.  I will go back to the mytomicin on April 8. Continuing radiation all the time for a total of 7 weeks.  What is it that makes your hair fall out the chemo or the radiation?

mp327

Lime Flamingo said:

Hair falling out.

I am curious.  I had mytomicin and 5fu for 1 week.  Radiation so far for 3weeks.  I will go back to the mytomicin on April 8. Continuing radiation all the time for a total of 7 weeks.  What is it that makes your hair fall out the chemo or the radiation?

Lime Flamingo

It's the chemo.  However, radiation can cause the hair "down under" to go too.

Lime Flamingo

mp327 said:

Lime Flamingo

It's the chemo.  However, radiation can cause the hair "down under" to go too.

Hair falling out.

I did not see anything with hair on the first round of chemo.  With all the radiation burns, losing my hair doesn't come with pain, so not to worry.  The burns, itching, and general feeling like a truck ran over me kind of takes hair out of the worrylist.

LisaMMiles

mp327 said:

Lime Flamingo

It's the chemo.  However, radiation can cause the hair "down under" to go too.

mp327

Yes the hair down under does go... Will it come back, or be gone for ever?

Marynb

LisaMMiles said:

mp327

Yes the hair down under does go... Will it come back, or be gone for ever?

Lisa
For me, I never lost hair on my head, but am now sporting the Telly Savalis look down below. You are probably too young to remember him......bald as a bean.

mp327

LisaMMiles said:

mp327

Yes the hair down under does go... Will it come back, or be gone for ever?

Lisa

My hair came back, both upper and lower!

LaCh

mp327 said:

LaCh

I used a shampoo and conditioner with a brand name of Jason, which I found at GNC stores.  It comes in a combo-pack.  I think it worked pretty well.

hair loss

 

Hair loss from chemo begins in the follicle so shampoos/conditioners don't help with that. Dryness might respond to topical treatments (shampoos/conditioners) but there are no guarantees. I'm 9 weeks out and still shedding hair at a pretty fast clip.  If this doesn't reverse course pretty soon, I'll be as bald up top as I am down below.

Barb5454

LaCh said:

hair loss

 

Hair loss from chemo begins in the follicle so shampoos/conditioners don't help with that. Dryness might respond to topical treatments (shampoos/conditioners) but there are no guarantees. I'm 9 weeks out and still shedding hair at a pretty fast clip.  If this doesn't reverse course pretty soon, I'll be as bald up top as I am down below.

LaCh

I know what you mean. My hair down below is growing back but I'm still losing my hair on my head. It's really freaking me out. I guess I should have shaved it.

 

LaCh

Barb5454 said:

LaCh

I know what you mean. My hair down below is growing back but I'm still losing my hair on my head. It's really freaking me out. I guess I should have shaved it.

 

hair

Well, I can't say that I'm freaked out (my freak-out bar is set pretty high) but it sure is getting annoying.   People keep telling me that it'll grow back, and my response to that is, it has to stop falling out first. 

How long are you post chemo? 

Red Sox Fan

LaCh said:

hair

Well, I can't say that I'm freaked out (my freak-out bar is set pretty high) but it sure is getting annoying.   People keep telling me that it'll grow back, and my response to that is, it has to stop falling out first. 

How long are you post chemo? 

hair

I'm two and a half years post treatment.  I lost about half the hair on my head and it is now back to normal.  As for down below, I lost it all and only about 20% of it has come back.

LaCh

Red Sox Fan said:

hair

I'm two and a half years post treatment.  I lost about half the hair on my head and it is now back to normal.  As for down below, I lost it all and only about 20% of it has come back.

wow

20 % you say?  wow.  well, it doesn't bother me really that it's gone and I'm just 9 weeks post chemo.  I've lost a lot of head hair but I had a lot to start out with.  But ... well, I'm ready for it to reverse itself. 

islandgirlculebra

Barb5454 said:

LaCh

I know what you mean. My hair down below is growing back but I'm still losing my hair on my head. It's really freaking me out. I guess I should have shaved it.

 

Shaving Your Head

Barb: This chemo doesn't typically cuz people to lose ALL their hair....... I ended up with very thin hair with a couple of bald spots. It was ugly and I got my hair cut short and wore a wig when I went out in public for a while...... When the new hair filled in the bald spots in about three months or so, it just looked like I had a very short hair cut. I was really glad I didn't shave my head; it would have added more trauma to an already stressful experience!

Barb5454

islandgirlculebra said:

Shaving Your Head

Barb: This chemo doesn't typically cuz people to lose ALL their hair....... I ended up with very thin hair with a couple of bald spots. It was ugly and I got my hair cut short and wore a wig when I went out in public for a while...... When the new hair filled in the bald spots in about three months or so, it just looked like I had a very short hair cut. I was really glad I didn't shave my head; it would have added more trauma to an already stressful experience!

islandgirlbulebra

Thank you. I use to have extremely thick hair and now it is so thin. I will try and be patient. I did get my hair cut but not real short just enough where I can cover some of the bald spots. I think I might invest in a wig. Thanks again

jbug2

Barb5454 said:

islandgirlbulebra

Thank you. I use to have extremely thick hair and now it is so thin. I will try and be patient. I did get my hair cut but not real short just enough where I can cover some of the bald spots. I think I might invest in a wig. Thanks again

Thinned hair coming back

I had chemo the first week of Dec., 2012 and the first week of Jan., 2013, concurrent with radiation.  Radiation ended in January 18, my hair still didn't look to bad when radiation ended.  However, by end of March my shoulder length hair was getting pretty thin and stringy looking, however, I had about an inch of fuzzy WHITE growth near the scalp ... I ended up getting the shoulder length blonde hair cut back to nearly equal length of my new WHITE growth.  It doesn't look bad if I use a 3/4" barrel curling iron to curl the ends under occasionally. 

Oh, the WHITE pixie haircut is still a shock to see when I am washing my hands and glance up at the mirror, sort of like a stranger staring at me.  I am beginning to get a lot of black hair woven into the white.

I did purchase a wig, also wore lots of hats and scarves.  My balder areas near my old side part and the back of my head are pretty much covered with new fuzzy growth, so I can blend (curl) my hair and it doesn't look to bad.  However some of the new growth also seems to be falling out, now.    I grieved the loss of my hair PLENTY!!!