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alison34

thanks gingersfavorite1

i was looking through the posts and your pic made me smile with your dad and hubby

great to see you still have a sense of humour - i suppose we have to hey

x

juli0212

VERY nice pic Alison, thanks for sharing!  You look gorgeous and have beautiful eyes.  ~juli

MBJ

Allison:  Your hair looks great!  I so wish mine had come in straight instead of curly so I could spike it like that.  So cute!  How does one post pictures here???  Can't figure it out.

Rocket

Looks fabulous Allison.  I agree with MBJ.  Mine is so curly that I rival any poodle.  My hair is almost three inches long, but curls so tightly that it looks much shorter.  Yours is adorable!

alison34

thank you for all your kind words - i am quite happy with it to say i am used to hair down my back

i cannot beleive its come bk in straight just like my old hair i must be really lucky

bet you ladies with the curls look fab also

ladym13

okay...I'm not the brightest candle on the cake Ali..lol

I dowloaded images to imageshack...NOW what???? I can't figure out how to get them on here..help 

ladym13

Here is my hair 4 months post chemo...I figured it out...lol

ladym13

here's another one...

alison34

yayyyyy

you done it mo

it looks great its really coming in now girl xxxxx

MBJ

LadyM:  You really rock the short hair, too!  Look at you in all that luxurious fur!  Wow!!  You gals are amazing, strong and beautiful, each and every one of you!

juli0212

Agreed, LadyM, your hair is adorable!  And such a lovely smile too     ~juli

TreadSoftly

Lovely photos ladies, you both look amazing!

in_cognito

Alison and LadyM thanks for sharing your pictures.  I am almost 1 month out of chemo - can't wait til I have hair.  You guys both look fabulous! 

ladym13

Thank you Ladies...

I'm so happy yo be able to ditch the wig for good...but it's still hard to get used to my hair this short, I've always had REALLY long hair..now I just wear more makeup and earrings...lol

It's nice to post the pics..I'm still not brave enough to post on Facebook, but feel so safe with all you girls here that it's a start...

MBJ- I couldn't figure it out either..lol

Go to imageshack and download an image there and then copy the URL or link-then go to the little icon when you are posting a reply on here that says insert image and paste the link in and voula..it should work...apparently it did for me...post a pic please I'd love to see your hair

Mo 

LadyinBama

You ladies look great!  I've always loved short hair, it shows off your features so much better. But I understand the desire to get back to whatever your normal length was. I hope I look half as good when I start regrowing. LadyM, your hair is a fabulous color. And I'd love to be able to rock the spikes like Alison.

hmh23

Alison and LadyM; 

Your hair looks great!!!  Our those real eyebrows or penciled in?  I am 6 weeks post chemo and although I can see great growth in my eyebrows, my hair is really sketchy on top and I have no eyebrows whatsoever.  I may be repeating myself...I guess chemo brain is still a problem too!

Heather

ladym13

ladyinbama- Thank you so much, my hair actually came in pretty dark like my natural color, but there was some grey mixed in there too...eeek...so I color it, my hairdresser uses a really good color on me that is not too harsh and it's been great.

hmh23- Those are real brows, mine grew back very fast, almost as quick as they came out, I was really lucky, the lashes were not as quick to come back, but with mascara it's not too noticeble I hope:)

Fearless_One

Your hair looks great!!    Such pretty eyes, too....

alison34

hi

thanks everyone for your kind words

it sure makes you feel better xxxx

hereandnow

You both look great - Alison - wonderful to see you looking so good. Mine is very grey (3.5mths PFC), but I can see some of my darker hair starting to poke through -just trying to decide what colour to go now to go with the white/grey/dark hair LOL. Eyelashes and eyebrows completely back and quite alot darker than they were before.

alison34

hi hereandnow

i believe you was on the same chemo as me and the same march chemo thread

nice to hear from you and pleased your doing well xxx

hmh23

LadyM;

Didn't even notice mascara.  You look wonderful.  What I meant to say in my earlier post was that I have absolutely no eyebrows but great growth in my eyelashes.  Again I am going to use chemo brain as excuse.

Where are you being treated in Mississauga?  I am a fellow Canadian (Sudbury born) but have lived in US for 26 years. We have a condo at Yonge and St. Clair so get back to Toronto a few times a year to visit family.

Have a great day!

Heather 

alison34

hi hmh23

it took me at least 8 weeks after chemo to grow my eyebrows and lashes bk

i haven't pencil them in or coloured my hair

what ever has come back is how i am

i have thought about getting a colour but ain't got the guts lol xx

LadyinBama

Alison: I'm doing FEC and taxotere too. Not a whole lot of ladies on this forum with that mix, at least not in the U.S. It seems to be more popular in the UK and Canada. I did ok on FEC, my tax has been delayed because of this infection they can't figure out (I'm in the hospital now). Anyway, glad to hear your hair and brows grew back well. I had been a little worried about that after reading that thread about taxotere and hair loss.

ladym13

hmh23

I'm at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga

anetnut

Anybody ever mess with false eyelashes? I look like a plucked chicken now after the Taxol, 2 more rounds to go and then the wait for them to grow back in. I don't like to wear my wig so wear a scarf and I feel like I get stared at and whispered about when I go out. I hate going out in public, but am forced to do so even though I put it off as long as I can. What does one do with the bottom lashes? Do you wear the false ones there also or pencil them in or what?

LtotheK

I kinda wish my onc hadn't said by four weeks I'd be seeing growth, because it's just the tiniest bit of useless baby bird fuzz every 50th follicle.  I'm so ready to get this show on the road, don't care how or what comes back, just to get started.  I think I may keep a buzz cut for a while. Loved it, looked great.

That seems so far off now that I've even started dreaming of hair : (

Nalie40

Lady

I also had the mix FEC and Taxotere, and I must say that my hair was coming in while on Taxotere. I am now 9 months past chemo and hair is growing and my eyebrows and lashes came in nicely also. So do not worry about your regrowth, It will grow back. I am still on Herceptin till January.  

MBJ

Ladyinbama:  "sorry to hear you are in the hospital.  Rest up and get well soon.

Anetnut:  I hear false eyelashes during chemo can be dangerous due to the chemicals in the glue and the risk of pulling skin off with the lashes.  I bought some inexpensive Revlon waterproof eyeliner and did the Cleopatra thing until my lashes came in.  The smokey eye look is popular and no one ever knew I didn't have lashes.  I also uses eyebrow powder-Clinique has an inexpensive one and if you aren't handy you can buy the brow forms to get a perfect brow.  me I am a bit of a klutz so it was easier to draw on.

MBJ

re: Biotin:  I know some of you expressed concerns about Biotin--all it is is Vitamin B7, so unless you can't use it because you are still doing chemo, it doesn't do any harm.  If you are growing hair in places you aren't used to having it, blame the hormone disruption from the chemo.