So, i'm asking again,

j916
j916 Member Posts: 141
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
and thank you for your patience....BUT WHEN DO THE EYELASHES COME BACK?????

I am dealing with the as slow as a snail crawls hair re-growth (except for the hair on my legs, which NEVER fell out, such an injustice LOL)...but what about these darn eyelashes? I had about 5 left on each eye (my eyelashes used to be one of my favorite features :( ), maybe....and they were so flimsy when i tried to put just a tad of mascara on them, pushing the mascara wand on them made them stick to my eyelid LOL

So...can you give me an idea of when yours came back? I even got Latise from my dr, been using it for over 2 weeks, even tho i know it's really too soon for results from that...but i've been done with chemo since May 29th....

:(

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  • Paula1001
    Paula1001 Member Posts: 35
    #2
    Eyelashes
    My feeble research and question asking kept coming up with about 2 months post final chemo for hair (any type) to begin growing back. Hopefully, I've been misinformed and it's faster than that. Otherwise, I won't have my hair back until December. Hoping to be "cranial prosthetic" free by my birthday in Dec. Good luck!
  • tommaseena
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #3
    Paula1001 said:

    Eyelashes
    My feeble research and question asking kept coming up with about 2 months post final chemo for hair (any type) to begin growing back. Hopefully, I've been misinformed and it's faster than that. Otherwise, I won't have my hair back until December. Hoping to be "cranial prosthetic" free by my birthday in Dec. Good luck!

    My eyelashes
    Mine never fell out all together. Mine thinned and wear they thinned they are comming back and I'm still on chemo. I think everyone is different. I never lost my eyeborws either just thinned a little bit.

    Margo
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #4
    EVERYTHING was back to normal within 4 months....
    Even my 'unmentionable' hair...lol...

    Just a bit longer...

    Hugs, Kathi
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #5
    Hair.........
    My eyebrows came back first and my eyelashes seemed to re-apper overnight, about 10 weeks-2 months after I finished chemo.

    Hair on my legs never re-grew...oh! I take that back! I found A hair on a leg!

    Hair on my head is just over 1/2 inch long, and I finished chemo med December. But my hair was always slow growing, so I'm not surprised that it's taking so long.

    CR
  • tjhay
    tjhay Member Posts: 655
    #6
    CR1954 said:

    Hair.........
    My eyebrows came back first and my eyelashes seemed to re-apper overnight, about 10 weeks-2 months after I finished chemo.

    Hair on my legs never re-grew...oh! I take that back! I found A hair on a leg!

    Hair on my head is just over 1/2 inch long, and I finished chemo med December. But my hair was always slow growing, so I'm not surprised that it's taking so long.

    CR

    Hair
    I finished chemo in May and have about 1/2 inch of hair on my head my eye lashes came back over night so it seems as did my eye brows. It depends on your hair growth on how fast it will grow back.
    Happy Smiles
    Tjhay
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #7
    tjhay said:

    Hair
    I finished chemo in May and have about 1/2 inch of hair on my head my eye lashes came back over night so it seems as did my eye brows. It depends on your hair growth on how fast it will grow back.
    Happy Smiles
    Tjhay

    Eyelashes....
    My hair started first, then about 2 weeks later the eyelashes....(YEY I can use mascara again!).. They caught up really fast and very soon back to normal. Eyebrows took a bit longer, they are still not as thick as they were, but HEY I don't have to pluck them and I no longer look like 'Mr Clean!'

    Underarm hair hasn't come back (1 year out) leg, arm and nether regions is sparse.... Hope this helps Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • 1surfermom
    1surfermom Member Posts: 396 Member
    #8
    tasha_111 said:

    Eyelashes....
    My hair started first, then about 2 weeks later the eyelashes....(YEY I can use mascara again!).. They caught up really fast and very soon back to normal. Eyebrows took a bit longer, they are still not as thick as they were, but HEY I don't have to pluck them and I no longer look like 'Mr Clean!'

    Underarm hair hasn't come back (1 year out) leg, arm and nether regions is sparse.... Hope this helps Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    Eyelashes
    I know what you mean, I honestly think the loss of my eyelashes was worst than the hair loss.
    I have been on chemo since 3-4-09 and will finish 09-02-09 (God willing) I have a bit of fuzz on my head but it is patchy, I have leg hair on the front of my calves but no where else. I also have lost my eyebrows. I really like not having nether region hair( Woo-Hoo free brazilian wax from chemo) I kind of like to think of it as a nice benefit compared to all the hell I've endured. Let me know if the Latisse works, I plan to see my dermotologist right after my last chemo and get an rx for it. I'm sure your lashes will return to their former glory in no time. Love Surf
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #9
    1surfermom said:

    Eyelashes
    I know what you mean, I honestly think the loss of my eyelashes was worst than the hair loss.
    I have been on chemo since 3-4-09 and will finish 09-02-09 (God willing) I have a bit of fuzz on my head but it is patchy, I have leg hair on the front of my calves but no where else. I also have lost my eyebrows. I really like not having nether region hair( Woo-Hoo free brazilian wax from chemo) I kind of like to think of it as a nice benefit compared to all the hell I've endured. Let me know if the Latisse works, I plan to see my dermotologist right after my last chemo and get an rx for it. I'm sure your lashes will return to their former glory in no time. Love Surf

    Oh Surf
    you looked so cute with your bald head and little cap, I thought you were adorable.
    (I also love your son!) sexy car, yep!

    =^..^=
  • piseminger
    piseminger Member Posts: 35
    #10
    My last chemo treatment was
    My last chemo treatment was at the end of April 2010, My lashes are back but not as long. I guess we all have our own time table.
  • Eil4186
    Eil4186 Member Posts: 949
    #11
    My eyelashes were slow to
    My eyelashes were slow to come back. Actually o was my leg hair. To this day it doesn't come in as fast as it used too.
  • Teresa1207
    Teresa1207 Member Posts: 2
    #12
    Newbie
    Hi, I'm a newbie to the site so please bare with me.
    MY QUESTION: MY EYEBROWS....My eyelashes took about 2 months after radiation to come back (thin at first but ok now) my bottom lashes have only grown back a scatering few.....but my EYEBROWS have not come back!!! I have MAYBE 6 hairs in each brow...NOT TOGETHER! So I use eyebrow powder. My oncologist and I have laughed about this...BUT...the fact still remains that I am the only patient of his that this has happened to. Anyone else out there with this problem? I find it very hard to believe that I am alone in this!

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