Hair loss

sierra28
sierra28 Member Posts: 70
in Anal Cancer #1

I finished my teatments 1 week ago and I still have not lost my hair.  It only thinned out a little.  Has any one lost their hair this late after treatment was finished?

Sierra28

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  • pem
    pem Member Posts: 81 Member
    #2
    hair loss

    hello sierra...glad your done treatment.   i didnt start loosing my hair until about a month and a half  after i finished treatment.  mine just thinned out a lot and people couldnt even tell but when i washed my hair , my fingers would be full of strands.  my hair has all grown back but its a different texture now.  when it gets wet its like a sponge and sucks up all the water cause my new growth is really fine compaired to my other hair.  it doesnt bother me cause i just tell myself that things could always be worse. bod bless you..  pem

  • judyv3
    judyv3 Member Posts: 143 Member
    #3
    Sierra28

    I did not lose my hair.  I was told I would, kept it cut very short and now have my natural hair color (salt and pepper), which I'm kind of enjoying and I am 5 months post treatment.

  • knolltop
    knolltop Member Posts: 56
    #4
    Sierra28

    I thinned out the first time I went through chemo and radiation with 5FU and mita. But when I needed to go through chemo again due to cancer going to liver....I did lose my hair.  I was on 5FU and cisplatin that time.    When it did grow back it was curly.  

    Many times it depends on what chemo you are taken....

    Glad your treatment is over....wishing you the best.

     

  • jcorum
    jcorum Member Posts: 54 Member
    #5
    My hair got thin during

    My hair got thin during treatment but I didn't lose it all. A friend of mine juse finished her  last treatment last week and she didnt lose any haart at all

  • sierra28
    sierra28 Member Posts: 70
    #6
    pem said:

    hair loss

    hello sierra...glad your done treatment.   i didnt start loosing my hair until about a month and a half  after i finished treatment.  mine just thinned out a lot and people couldnt even tell but when i washed my hair , my fingers would be full of strands.  my hair has all grown back but its a different texture now.  when it gets wet its like a sponge and sucks up all the water cause my new growth is really fine compaired to my other hair.  it doesnt bother me cause i just tell myself that things could always be worse. bod bless you..  pem

    Pem,
    Thanks for the info.  I

    Pem,

    Thanks for the info.  I am so tempted to color my hair but I think I will wait another month.  I hate to color it now and then have it all fall out.

    Sierra

  • sierra28
    sierra28 Member Posts: 70
    #7
    judyv3 said:

    Sierra28

    I did not lose my hair.  I was told I would, kept it cut very short and now have my natural hair color (salt and pepper), which I'm kind of enjoying and I am 5 months post treatment.

    judyv3,
    Thanks.  I have salt

    judyv3,

    Thanks.  I have salt and pepper roots and the rest is alburn.  Does not look good.  I would like to color it but I think I will wait another month.  I would hate to have it fall out now.

    Sierra28

  • sierra28
    sierra28 Member Posts: 70
    #8
    knolltop said:

    Sierra28

    I thinned out the first time I went through chemo and radiation with 5FU and mita. But when I needed to go through chemo again due to cancer going to liver....I did lose my hair.  I was on 5FU and cisplatin that time.    When it did grow back it was curly.  

    Many times it depends on what chemo you are taken....

    Glad your treatment is over....wishing you the best.

     

    knolltop,
    I had the treatment

    knolltop,

    I had the treatment for my chemo that you had.  I will wait another month before I color it.  I would hate to have it all fall out now.

    sierra28

  • sierra28
    sierra28 Member Posts: 70
    #9
    jcorum said:

    My hair got thin during

    My hair got thin during treatment but I didn't lose it all. A friend of mine juse finished her  last treatment last week and she didnt lose any haart at all

    jcorum,
    Maybe I won't lose my

    jcorum,

    Maybe I won't lose my hair now.  I want to color it because it looks like hell, but my luck it will all fall out because of the hair dye.  I am just thankful that I did not lose my hair.

    sierra28

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