Losing eyelashes twice???

pattimc
pattimc Member Posts: 431
edited February 2023 in Breast Cancer #1
Is this possible? I finished chemo on Oct 9 and started to lose my eyelashes in November. They came back very nicely, but I seem to be losing them again...there are a few on my cheeks everyday and I have kind of a gap on my right eye where a clump of them fell out!

Enough already!!!

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  • rrogers34
    rrogers34 Member Posts: 135
    #2
    Eye lashes
    Beleive it or not I still have a few and tomorrow is hopefully my "last chemo". I have read threads on here where people lost thier eyelashes again after chemo, but then they grew back again. Sorry I cant help much, but I am looking toward the same thing. When will I have hair again, what color, what texture, curly or straight. When will my eyelashes come back, when can I wear mascara again. (Afraid to now, dont want what little I have left I come out on the wand) HAHA. I'm sure thier are sisters that will address your concern. Hang in there!

    God Bless
  • Sher43009
    Sher43009 Member Posts: 602 Member
    #3
    rrogers34 said:

    Eye lashes
    Beleive it or not I still have a few and tomorrow is hopefully my "last chemo". I have read threads on here where people lost thier eyelashes again after chemo, but then they grew back again. Sorry I cant help much, but I am looking toward the same thing. When will I have hair again, what color, what texture, curly or straight. When will my eyelashes come back, when can I wear mascara again. (Afraid to now, dont want what little I have left I come out on the wand) HAHA. I'm sure thier are sisters that will address your concern. Hang in there!

    God Bless

    Yep! I lost mine twice as
    Yep! I lost mine twice as well. I finished chemo on Oct. 7 and like you lost them in Nov. and again 2 weeks ago. I look pretty funny with some long ones and some short ones but aleast I still have some!
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #4
    Sher43009 said:

    Yep! I lost mine twice as
    Yep! I lost mine twice as well. I finished chemo on Oct. 7 and like you lost them in Nov. and again 2 weeks ago. I look pretty funny with some long ones and some short ones but aleast I still have some!

    Me to. I lost them in
    Me to. I lost them in November just when Chemo was over and now there going again or just really thin.
  • dyaneb123
    dyaneb123 Member Posts: 950
    #5
    Kat11 said:

    Me to. I lost them in
    Me to. I lost them in November just when Chemo was over and now there going again or just really thin.

    Oh crap....that means mine
    Oh crap....that means mine will be going soon too I guess...I finished the end of Sept. and lost them a few weeks later...oh well , they grow back fast at least...unlike my hair! :)
  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #6
    dyaneb123 said:

    Oh crap....that means mine
    Oh crap....that means mine will be going soon too I guess...I finished the end of Sept. and lost them a few weeks later...oh well , they grow back fast at least...unlike my hair! :)

    Hey I know what you mean
    Hey I know what you mean about the hair. Mine is in but not as long as some of the others. Slow going here.
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #7
    Kat11 said:

    Hey I know what you mean
    Hey I know what you mean about the hair. Mine is in but not as long as some of the others. Slow going here.

    Ihave heard of this. at
    Ihave heard of this. at least they do grow back fast for sure. Finished 1/21 got them back in the last month or so. hope they dont fall out again.!!!!
  • Marlene_K
    Marlene_K Member Posts: 508
    #8
    Yep and again & again
    I didn't lose mine until about two weeks after I was done with chemo. Now they along with my eyebrows seem to come back and then disappear again. It's driving me crazy!
  • Grace_Refined
    Grace_Refined Member Posts: 9
    #9
    I thought it was just me!!
    I finished chemo November 2007 and I lose my eyelashes about every 6 months! All the long ones fall out and you can see all the new ones already starting to grow.
  • pattimc
    pattimc Member Posts: 431
    #10
    Grace_Refined said:

    I thought it was just me!!
    I finished chemo November 2007 and I lose my eyelashes about every 6 months! All the long ones fall out and you can see all the new ones already starting to grow.

    It's always something
    Glad it's not just me but sorry we all have to go through this again and again! It's not the end of the world, but it's annoying!! Why can't I lose the hair on my legs over and over??!!
  • StarWish624
    StarWish624 Member Posts: 7
    #11
    New Hair Timetable
    I read somewhere that when your hair, lashes and brows first come in as babies, they come in slowly. Each hair strand comes in on it's own schedule. When they fall out, they fall out in this random schedule, also. When you lose them all together during treatment, all the hairs are now on the same schedule when growing back or falling out. So, if "Mother Nature" tells your hair/lashes to "go", they all can go at the same time. And then, they can grow back at the same time, too. Hence, lots of short hairs. I have noticed this "new schedule" several times since I finished treatments. :-(
  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #12
    carkris said:

    Ihave heard of this. at
    Ihave heard of this. at least they do grow back fast for sure. Finished 1/21 got them back in the last month or so. hope they dont fall out again.!!!!

    I don't know personally,
    I don't know personally, but, many have written that they come back fast.
  • Sher43009
    Sher43009 Member Posts: 602 Member
    #13
    StarWish624 said:

    New Hair Timetable
    I read somewhere that when your hair, lashes and brows first come in as babies, they come in slowly. Each hair strand comes in on it's own schedule. When they fall out, they fall out in this random schedule, also. When you lose them all together during treatment, all the hairs are now on the same schedule when growing back or falling out. So, if "Mother Nature" tells your hair/lashes to "go", they all can go at the same time. And then, they can grow back at the same time, too. Hence, lots of short hairs. I have noticed this "new schedule" several times since I finished treatments. :-(

    StarWish, that makes so much
    StarWish, that makes so much sense! I couldn't figure out why I was loosing so many of my eyelashes at the same time.

    Thanks
    Sher
  • Skeezie
    Skeezie Member Posts: 586 Member
    #14
    Sher43009 said:

    StarWish, that makes so much
    StarWish, that makes so much sense! I couldn't figure out why I was loosing so many of my eyelashes at the same time.

    Thanks
    Sher

    Thanks StarWish...
    After I had read this post I noticed my bottom lashes getting thin again and my eyebrows also seem to be thinning again (they never did come in completely) top lashes have never reached full growth. I would really have panicked if I hadn't read the first part of the post. I just looked it up and got your explanation and it makes sense. So I guess this is something to look forward to for a while. Hopefully, after a few years they will hopefully be a little staggered.

    Thank heaven for eyeliner!

    Hugs, Judy :-)
  • laurissa
    laurissa Member Posts: 773
    #15
    Me too
    And my brows came back so nice, now they're gone again. Lashes are very few too. Hope my hair stays on my head.
  • cbateman
    cbateman Member Posts: 1
    #16
    laurissa said:

    Me too
    And my brows came back so nice, now they're gone again. Lashes are very few too. Hope my hair stays on my head.

    Hair loss after chemo
    Hello everyone. Include me in the group who has lost eyelashes/eyebrows twice since completion of chemo on Dec 11, 2009! Also, hair on head has come back very thin, similar to male pattern baldness. Does anyone know if I can expect more/thicker hair in next few months. Thanks
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #17
    cbateman said:

    Hair loss after chemo
    Hello everyone. Include me in the group who has lost eyelashes/eyebrows twice since completion of chemo on Dec 11, 2009! Also, hair on head has come back very thin, similar to male pattern baldness. Does anyone know if I can expect more/thicker hair in next few months. Thanks

    ok thought I had dodged that
    ok thought I had dodged that bullet and my lashes and eyebrows are coming out, lashes are different lengths, and eyebrows are thinned. finished chemo Jan 21. could it be the tamoxifen?
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #18
    I had a late reaction too
    I lost mine like about 2 months after finishing Chemo. Then, when they did finally decide to grow back, they came to a screetching halt the minute they started so needless to say, they're super short and not all of them came out. But hey, having about 6 lashes on each eye is better than none I guess...

    Same with my brows. it's like they stopped growing after the arch towards the outer part. My best friend is my brown pencil...don't leave home without it.

    God bless,
    Syl
  • cantgetme
    cantgetme Member Posts: 1
    #19
    losing eyelashes twice
    I can't believe I am losing my eyelashes for a second time. They grew back so nicely and now I have to go through this again. So unfair. How long will they take to come back the second time?
  • tnbc_a_c_t
    tnbc_a_c_t Member Posts: 6 *
    #20
    https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/818986#Comment_818986

    My last chemo was 10/7/21.I lost my eyelashes and brows two weeks after. They were fully grown in by December. In March 2022 they all fell out again over a few day period. Grew back in over a few weeks. All fell out again in late June 2022. It’s mid July and they are almost all grown in again. Your explanation makes sense. I hope over time they will stagger in the growth cycle and it will be less noticeable. I’ll try to return in a few months with an update. This is one thing no one tells you to expect with chemo. Not the end of the world just another reminder I guess.

  • kpezold
    kpezold Member Posts: 3 Member
    #21

    This is all so good to hear. I finished chemo on 9/1/22 and lost all of my eyelashes and much of my eyebrows, which was pretty demoralizing. I figured if I had to lose my hair, at least I could do make up - so much for that (mascara has always been my go-to). Thankfully, my lashes grew back pretty thick, which was exciting. Now, February 2023, the lashes are 90% gone and the brows are very thin. Sigh. Nobody wants to be in this club, but it’s nice to know I’m in good company.

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