Hair Hair Hair - Another question

Ready2Win

Losing the hair is hard to take but after its gone you realize that its a small price to pay for life & being healthy. It grows back.

Fearless_One

Ready2Win is right.....actually, mine grew in healthier than BEFORE chemo.   While I am not crazy about the tight curls, it is thicker and softer than it was before.

Carrol2

MIne feels like fur too it's odd. It was very thin before chemo not sure what it's doing now.

rachel5738

Sue--Your hair looks like similar growth to my hair and we are about the same timeframe. I am now going completely without hats/scarfs. Only thing is when the weather isn't great--I still need a hat as my head gets cold. Obviously my hair was an insulator before. Your family is gorgeous.

hdangelbaby

i only have about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch of hair, but today i took my hat off while i was outside, and could feel the breeze blow through my fuzz or fur! lol!!! it was nice!

Carrol2

OK here is an update on my hair chart. The latest pics are at 19 weeks (well will be 19 on tuesday). You can see the back is getting curly but the font is still straight. Also there is a lot of grey. 

bdavis

Hi Carrol... Did you not cut your hair initially? You have long but sparse hair at 4 weeks PFC.

IowaSue45

Carol looks great, and thick

sandymess

Carrol, it actually looks like a hairdo now! Very nice!!

Carrol2

bdavis no i never shaved my head during chemo and those long pieces just never fell out. I kept them because they hid my baldness under a hat but as my new hair grew in they kind of broke off. Then at 15 weeks I still had all these hairs that were like an inch longer than the rest so i had them trimmed and everything evened out at the salon.

Thanks iowaSue it is filling in now not quite as much as I'd like yet. 

sandymess yeah it's looking less like chemo hair but still a bit GI Jane for me. I am still wearing hats over it but as soon as the weather stays warm I will have to ditch them. I am goign to look for some kind of cloth headbands or anything to make it feel more feminine.

Fearless_One

Carrol, looks very nice!

Carrol2

Thanks fearless I would not say looks nice though, more like a helmet lol, but it's not bald so i'll take it.

hdangelbaby

carrol, you look beautiful!!!

Carrol2

thanks hdangelbaby hopefully i can get it colored soon.

christine47

Carrol2-  looking great, get out the gel, headbands, etc.  you are ready for the world!

hdangelbaby

i can't wait to have mine long enough for some headbands and cute pixie cuts!! i feel it's still a ways away though.....

ChrissyMH

Carrol2 - thanks for the hope.  I can only hope that 20 weeks from now my hair looks as good as yours at 13 weeks!

Carrol2

thanks Christine47 i def have to see what i can find to fem this up.

hdangelbaby I know the feeling it feels like it takes forever. Some say most peoples hair grows 1/4 inch a month so that would mean it's a year before we would even have 3 inches which is still way too short in my book. But I think mine is growing at about that pace now. It helps a lot to take pics even if just for yourself so you can see the progress over time. I was making myself nuts staring in the mirror.

ChrissyMH I am glad that my pics gave you hope. I saw pics like this when i as going through chemo that helped me feel better, that is why i wanted to share my pics with you all. 

lago

Carrol, looking great! I hear you about helmet head. I'm right behind you with the slightly grayer version of what you got. I still can't believe my hair turned black.

I think we both really need some bangs Me more than you. I have too much forehead for an oval face without hair.

Carrol2

Lago yeah it will look way better with bangs and some volume on top of some kind so it's not so egg shaped.

Pinkprincess

I have THE WAVE going on. I will try to post some pics I am having a hard time on the pic forum getting mine the right size or whatever...any suggestions? Should I change the settings on my camera?

ladym13

Carrol2 you look fantastic

Carrol2

thanks Ladym13 i wouldn't say fantastic but it's getting there.

KCMOM in order to post pics on this forum i post them on photobucket and then control click to get the url and paste that into the insert picture feature (the ltitle tree) on here. 

Carrol2

This is a pic of me 6 months before my diagnosis. I guess it will be a very long time before my hair is ever this long again. I probably wont go blonde for a while either.

lago

I'm thinking about going topless today. I'm about to go out with a friend. She's gonna let me know. If it's a go then I will be coloring it this week for sure.

Carrol2

go for it lago!

carberry

I dont know if anyone saw my previous post?  I wa worried about dyeing my hair so soon cause its just starting to come in, but like you Lago it is coming in very black ( I was always a brunette) and a lot of gray.  But I found at a supplement site Henna for hair so I ordered some.  Have not received it yet but  as soon as it comes and  I contemplate using it I will let you all know how it goes.

IowaSue45

Carol- you look great in you before pic. I bet you can relate with me saying I don't see the same person when I look in the mirror, I don't recognize me.

I used a 30 day rinse yesterday and it was dark golden brown it turned out pretty good.

hdangelbaby

i know that is defintiely me iowasue. I look in the mirror and don't see myself.....

can't wait for some hair, i feel like a boy with a short buzz cut..... hmph..........

Slainte

I have been going topless for about three weeks and I am 15 weeks post last chemo. I can deal with the short hair, but the grey is driving me nuts!!!! I'm getting my hair colored on Friday. I will post before and after pictures.