Hair Today.....maybe Gone Tomorrow

I  was told it would come out with the first round of induction (5 days on high dose chemo - taxotere, cisplatin and then 3 days of 5 FU)  It took a long time to start coming back in and the texture and type was very much different than it had been.  I have usually straight hair that will develop waves when I let it get too long, but it grew back with tighter waves, curls and cowlicks.  They didn't last though, and it was back to normal after about a year. 

I still have no hair around my neck from the rads, makes shaving easier in the morning!  Silver linings abound in the black clouds that are this disease

My hair thinned after the cisplatin, and the straight hair became curly - for a few months only.

It did eventually come back straight and think.  I didn't start coloring mine until after the treatment.   The hair I lost completely due to rads came back strong as well.

Lorna 2007 & 2014

I did not have chemo but I lost a lot of hair in the back from rads.  My hair is long so it took me awhile to notice and when I finally did I was too miserable to care much.  Hair began to grow back after three months, so you may have to be patient awhile longer.  It's now ten months since regrowth began with and it's fine, probably about five or six inches of new hair.  I would advise daily Biotin...I take Natrol Biotin 10,000 mcg Maximum Strength Tablets (very inexpensive on Amazon).  I don't know your age but most women (myself included) lose about 30% of hair after menopause.  There are a lot of suggestions re alternative treatments.  If you google New York Post, More Stressed Out Women are Losing Their Hair, it will take you right to the article.  The idea of blood plasma injections in bald areas was pretty amazing, actually.  Regarding coloring, I got my first white hairs in my late twenties and began coloring my hair in my early thirties...so for me it's a very natural thing.  I visit my salon once every five or six weeks for a root touchup, takes only an hour.  So that's all I've got for you...patience, Biotin and do a little research on treatments which might work for you.  Good luck and God bless.

All of the hair at the back of my head grew back within a year. It used to grow very quickly, but a dermatologist told me it would probably grow slowly and never get very long. I used to have long, straight blonde hair, but what came in was frizzy and, well, let's just say I have no idea what color it is!  At 19 months since treatment ended, it is just beginning to grow a bit faster and look more like my old hair. I have been taking biotin also. You're body is just beginning to recover, so give it a little time.

Drivingdaisy said:

Maybe Misunderstood

I think I may have phrased my question wrong.  I have finished my treatments and no real hair loss (maybe a tad bit thinner in front) and entire back lower hairline gone.  My question should have been......why has it not grown at all since I cut it going on 3 months ago?  Before treatment I had to cut my hair every 4-5 wks.  It has not grown at all.  Has anyone run into this?

No havent had that problem.  I had cisplatin.  My back hairline is barely growing but the rest of it grows normally.  No change in it...just a little grayer.

My husband lost all of his hair during chemo and radiation.  The drs said he wouldn't but the nurses said he would, and he did.  I believe they said it was the Taxol that caused the hair loss.  His hair grew back after treatment except for a small area in back and spots on his face.   It came back the same way it was before treatment.