Beauty and/or Hair Tips....

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If you don't mine me asking
If you don't mine me asking how long did it take for your hair to come back? I finished in my chemo in December of 2009 and my hair is coming back but SLOW--just wondering how long it take for it to come back? The weather is getting warmer and the wig is becoming very hot. Thanks for your time.
Kathy

Going Fuzzy Headed to Dunkin Donuts
I drive to work without my wig everyday. I stop at Dunkin Donuts to get coffee and forgot to put on my wig...the looks I got made me laugh all the way to work. Funny, I wasn't embarrased I just thought it was funny how they were looking and when I made eye contact they would look away.

I purchased a cap from Hot Topic that has the face of a cartoon character and anntena as ears that stick out from the cap.

I am serious at work but like to have fun with the headgear when I can.

MK

Susan523 said:

insurance paid for mine!
Hi, Carlene!

I just want everybody to know that it is very possible that your insurance will pay for your wig! I couldn't believe it; I read it in the 'Women & Cancer' magazine.

So you have your doctor write a prescription for a "Head Prosthesis", and mail it in to the insurance company with your wig receipt. Mine was $189., and they sent me a check!! I
couldn't believe it!

My wig is synthetic, and now that my hair is starting to grow, it's pretty itchy, but I love it. My husband says "it looks better than your real hair ever did"!! LOL

All your insurance company can do is say "no", so go for it, and good luck!

~Susan

ACS
The American Cancer Society will also give you a free wig all you have to do is call and make and appt. I likes the scarvesthe lighter silky ones in the summer and I would just tie them at my right shouder they really looked good. Now I have my man hair and just go out like that. It is getting longer but went very grey, and not sure if I want to color it.

Cat

Not much of an issue for me
I finished chemo 2/23, and have a fuzzy crop of grayish hair coming back in-my eyebrows are starting to make an appearance, too, but slowly. I've been wearing the bob-styled (synthetic) wig I bought in 2002 for my first chemo treatments. It has sufficed, and now that the weather has warmed up, I've been wearing a kerchief a bit when I'm running errands. I've penciled in some eyebrows occasionally, and have used a little eyeliner to make my eyes look more normal.

Hair hasn't been a big factor in my life-I guess it goes back to the natural look so many of us were trying to maintain while I was in high school and beyond. I've had my tryouts with perms, but the only thing that I've done consistently for more that a few years is color my hair, which I plan to continue doing!

All that being said, I am reading these posts with interest. I think it's important to share ideas that may help someone.

groundeffect said:

Not much of an issue for me
I finished chemo 2/23, and have a fuzzy crop of grayish hair coming back in-my eyebrows are starting to make an appearance, too, but slowly. I've been wearing the bob-styled (synthetic) wig I bought in 2002 for my first chemo treatments. It has sufficed, and now that the weather has warmed up, I've been wearing a kerchief a bit when I'm running errands. I've penciled in some eyebrows occasionally, and have used a little eyeliner to make my eyes look more normal.

Hair hasn't been a big factor in my life-I guess it goes back to the natural look so many of us were trying to maintain while I was in high school and beyond. I've had my tryouts with perms, but the only thing that I've done consistently for more that a few years is color my hair, which I plan to continue doing!

All that being said, I am reading these posts with interest. I think it's important to share ideas that may help someone.

Hair growth
Hi, groundeffect,

You might want to try taking some Biotin, Flaxseed Oil, Vit A + B vitamins to promote hair growth. (Biotin makes your nails grow fast,too). They have them all at Wal-Mart.

I'm in that "less than man-hair" stage; and I'm sure I'll soon have the "Eddie Munster" werewolf hair on my face! (had it waxed off last time.... it's weird how I get that after chemo).

Good luck!
~Susan xoox

Susan523 said:

Hair growth
Hi, groundeffect,

You might want to try taking some Biotin, Flaxseed Oil, Vit A + B vitamins to promote hair growth. (Biotin makes your nails grow fast,too). They have them all at Wal-Mart.

I'm in that "less than man-hair" stage; and I'm sure I'll soon have the "Eddie Munster" werewolf hair on my face! (had it waxed off last time.... it's weird how I get that after chemo).

Good luck!
~Susan xoox

Susan: I too am in the 'fuzzies' stage of brandnew growth
My last chemo was mid-February, so I am also in the 'less-than-man-hair' stage, with just '5-o-clock shadow' on my head and the beginnings of some facial fuzzies and the start of the crazy-wide eyebrows I remember came back after my initial treatments were over. As thrilling as it is to again be getting eyebrows, last time I had to have my returning-eyebrows waxed because they came in twice as wide as my orihinal brows. On a happy note: I remember that my LASHES came in twice as thick too! Looks like I will be very grey this time, and will be coloring my hair as soon as it is an inch long, maybe sooner!

(Oh PLEASE let my hair get at least an inch long!! I have a CA-125 draw on Thursday that may end my brief remission and throw me back into chemo. My oncologists have been calling this 'remission' a 'chemo break' since my CA-125 was in the mid-40's when I got my clear scan and we decided to cease chemo for a couple of months and see what my CA125 does.)