Hair Hair Hair - Another question

AEM47

Shatzi - ANY hair is real hair dammit !!  lol.  I actually have alot of dark with the white, so I'd have to shave the colored hair along with it.  also, the white I have is not fuzzy, it's the same texture as the darker hair.   I've heard of people just dying it when it gets long enough.  I think that's what I'd do...Hair is hair..I'll work with it !!!  :-)

schatzi14

Momine...did you shave off the fuzzy stuff before the darker stuff started to grow? Mine is all intermingled now...too late for a shave.

AEM47...I agree...hair is hair but MY fuzzy stuff is far softer than the darker stuff. I had the same thing at the back but it has started to get thicker and darker so I guess I will just grin and bear it till it ALL looks like real hair. The white stuff feels like bunny hair.

EmmaC

I got the white fuzz after my 3rd treatment, I considered it real hair! I could feel the wind blow through it!

LuvRVing

I dyed my white hair.  I wasn't about to shave off a millimeter of my new growth!!!

Momine

Yes, I caught it before "real" stuff came in.

mkw1

Wendyspet: My hair is almost white and I have not colored it yet: All the men in my life: my husband, my sons, my brother, they all love how I look in white hair. Also my twelve year-old daughter likes it. I am going to leave my hair like that for the next couple of months to see if I will get used to it. I am using Nioxin to see if it will help to thicken it. So far, it seems to be helping.

sewingnut

MKW1,

My hair also came back in mostly white and everyone loves it. I like it too. Hairdresser said she wouldnt color it if it was her hair.  I use the Nioxin #3. It has more conditioner in it. Makes my hair really soft. I just had mine evened up. I'm 10 month PFC and have a couple of inches.

GR4C1E

Just wanted to write a quick update and thank everyone for the kind words and encouragement.  I'm writing from my desk at work and, yes, I'm officially topless!  It's actually pretty awesome and everyone at work has been wonderful.  A few have even asked to touch my hair.  I've obliged, under one condition.  If they rub my head and later find out they've won the $540 million in the lottery tonight they have to split it with me!

ksmatthews

GR4C1E yeah for topless!  It feels great doesn't it?

bethcw

My new avatar is as of today, Sunday will be 4 months PFC.  I've been going topless since the beginning of Janaury, but I am finally starting to feel like I have a little bit of a hairstyle again.

MizMarie

I never had white fuzz, but I did have a bit of "chemo stubble" - hair that did not fall out, but it turned white and crispy.  It continued to grow, and now the ends are brittle and not very healthy-looking.  I have a lot more gray/white hair than I did before chemo, and the area around my temples is mostly white, which gives me the look of a receding hairline - not pretty!.  I bought a box of temporary color, and plan to try it this weekend.  If it turns out OK, I guess I'll go ahead and schedule a trim to neaten up the ends.  Still not ready to go topless, though - my hair is completely uncontrollable right now.

LuvRVing

Bethcw - love your avatar!  Your hair is looking great!

auntienance

Beth, I will be four months pfc on Monday and it looks like you have lots more hair than I, you lucky girl.

bethcw

Auntienance, oh my I finished Nov. 1, so that is 5 months PFC.....can I blame this on chemo brain? - lol

auntienance

Lol Beth, that's ok, I just realized I'm 17 Weeks. I will if you will!

LuvRVing

Excellent, GR4C1E! 

mags20487

you ladies look great....mine is coming in slow but steady.  Think I am 13 wks pfc??? Sadly had to track on the calender but too lazy to go look haha

Maggie

GR4C1E

Ksmatthews, liberating doesn't even begin to describe how I feel today! A coworker said, "If you put that damn wig on again today, I'll whip it off and beat you with it! You look fantastic!" LOL I was so nervous walking into our morning meeting, but everyone complimented me on my new do. Nobody had an unkind word. I underestimated them and I'm so happy for being so wrong.

DivineMrsM

bethcw, you look fabulous.....and Gr4C1E, yay!  It's like lifting your hands up in the air when you're in the front car of a roller coaster.....wheeeeee!

Momine

I found the best ever eyebrow "pencil." It is from MAC and works sort of like a cross between a marker and brush. It also comes in a color that actually matches my weird coloring perfectly.

It was actually a wonderful friend of mine who is a total make-up fiend who found it. I told her about my troubles and she promised to fix me up, which she really did. 

itsjustme10

It's 7 months PFC, and I spoke with my hairdresser about doing a keratin treatment next week, so I can switch to a regular baseball cap without the attached ponytail and bangs.  I guess its time, even though I feel like its too short.  I'm really nervous about this - although to be honest, my bangs are about halfway down my forehead, and the sides cover my ears,.  It still feels weird to be unable to put my hair into a ponytail, and I can't wait until its long enough.  That's probably when I'll start to be able to move on, when I get MY hair back.  

LuvRVing

I'm just over 6 months PFC.  I'm ready to get a real haircut as I always keep my hair short, especially in the summer.  My bangs are still pretty short, but another month and they'll be perfect.

shore1

Looking good luvrving

missy_111

LuvRVing - Your hair looks great..  Very becoming on you!

onvacation

Looks beautiful - love the color!

JoanQuilts

What Shore, Missy and Onvacation said, LuvRVing!

Elizabeth1889

LuvRVing, You look great!  Your hair is growing fast.

auntienance

Once again Michele, I have hair envy!

LuvRVing

Hang in there, friends! You'll all be there before you know it! I am incredibly lucky to have good hair genes!

ksmatthews

LuvRVing love the hair!!