Hair Hair Hair - Another question

kjiberty

CAYH:  Your hair looks great!  I am 6 weeks pfc and it's coming in, but yours looks like it's growing by leaps and bounds!  Love your wig, too!

Myleftboob

CAYH



Wow your hair is really coming in fast and looks so thick too!

shera

CAYH -- great picts... your hair grows fast! I'm almost 15 weeks PFC-- and we have about the same amount of hair. 

 

 

Just ordered the yellow tube!

CAYH

Thank you all!  

Schatzi - I'm hoping to be brave enough to let my gray be.  I'd much rather go chemical free!   I lamented just last year to my stylist that I wondered how I'd ever be able to grow it out 'cause I was having to get my roots touched up every 3 weeks...just hadn't consider such an extreme method!     Best of luck with getting that cowlick to cooperate - it's so strange how this baby hair behaves so unpredictably!  When I had my buzzcut for that short period of time before even the bristles fell out, they all stood up on end - not at all like this new hair that's so very fine, soft & flat...

 kjiberty - at 6 weeks I was getting worried since it seemed to be taking forever to start growing again & then it just took off, so hang in there & your's will too! 

 Hi MLB & shera!  Hope you are both doing well since your chemo finished.  Tried to check in from time to time, but just couldn't keep up with the March group.  I guess I was wanting to get past the "living with it" & move on to just living...still juicing, rebounding, eating more raw than cooked & going to see a Naturopath soon to figure out which supplements would best suit me.  Am feeling quite wonderful these days & enjoying this glorious summer - hope you all are too!

  

kjiberty

Cayh:  Thanks!  I can tell already.  I can't tell you how excited I am--truly!

lmlola59

Cayh great journal your hair is really thick and looks pretty long in the back. I am 14 weeks PFC and all though my is coming in nicely you seem to have me beat.I don't think I am brave enough or ready to let my hair go gray though I do agree with being hesitant about the chemicals now.I tried a Lustrous Henna that may be OK for now with the short hair but I don't think I would be able to do it with normal hair.I had to do it twice the 1st time to cover the greys and it is only 3 weeks and I already think I will need to do again as it gradually washes out. 

CAYH

lmlola59 - appreciate the tip on the henna.  Will keep that in mind!

Fitz33

Ossa and Kayak2, I'll try both of your suggestions.  Thanks for giving them to me.

MamaV

Cayh - so pretty even in silver! 

Robyn6463

I can't believe I'm finally posting here...I started my chemo a year ago yesterday, and I'm thrilled to report that I've just made my 3rd salon appointment for a trim and to touch up my roots. I can't believe it! I'm still dealing with more curl than normal, but it's getting there! I never thought it would! It seems that it took forever, but once it finally came, it really took off! Hang in there people!

kjiberty

Robyn:  Congrats on your hari growth.  My hair is coming in straight--7 weeks PFC.  I wonder if that means it will come in straight or I will be faced the the infamous "chemo curl".  It was pretty straight with a little wave before chemo.  

schatzi14

kjiberty...I am 6 months PFC and until last week my crop was totally straight! Now it is starting to curl at the top and getting very weird looking!

kjiberty

Schatzi:  What the heck?

schatzi14

Yeah that's what I wondered too! LOL

Carrol2

I jsut want tell you guys I really like my new hair better than my pre chemo hair. it's much thicker and I can jsut roll out fo bed and it looks great.

jenlee

I saw a Groupon for laser treatments to promote hair growth. Has anyone tried these, or the home version, the laser comb?

Hikergal

For those of you with loss of brows and lashes: 

I went to Ulta last week and received a makeup lesson.  I bought the Anastasia brow stencil kit which works great!  I actually haven't used the stencils yet but have free handed my brows with the cream and powders.  What a difference it makes!  My left brow is literally 1/2 the length after 3 chemo treatments but friends tell me it is difficult to tell after using the brow kit.

I also learned how to use a neutral colored eyeliner and shadow to make my "eyes pop out" according to the clerk.  I normally just use mascara so learning how to apply eyeliner and shadow took some practice.  With what I learned about how to do up my eyes and my wig, I feel like my appearance doesn't scream cancer.

onvacation

Hikergal - thanks for the tip - sounds like i need to make a trip to ulta!

liefie

CAYH, I also had to colour my grey hair every 3 weeks, and wondered how I would ever be able to go grey. Like you said, I just never considered this drastic method! LOL. Anyway, I'm not coloring ever again, and I kind of like the 'blonde' look. At the moment it is straight, and I hope it stays that way. I probably shouldn't be so choosy. At least I have hair now . . .

To all of those who are waiting to see some growth: I whined and whined on this forum in June because my hair was not growing at all. It took off in the first week of July, 8 weeks after my last chemo. Today, August 13, I ventured out in public without my wig although my hair is still very short. Okay, I only took my daughter's cat to the airport to send it back to her, but it felt good. It is very hot here, and I just can't stand the wig in this heat. Sometimes I feel as if I'm going to explode if I can't take it off right that minute, so I just went without it. I've also packed away all the scarves, caps, hats etc. The only hat I'm wearing now is a sunhat. Amen! 

schatzi14

liefie....from all of us that have been there HALLELUJAH!!!

MamaV

Congrats Liefie!  It's sooo liberating isn't it?  Now be sure to take monthly pictures and/or measurements for the days you feel like the growth is stalled.  Go back and look - and it's growing!  Yipee! 

slak

Jenlee - I bought the lasercomb and use it as directed.  It is extremely easy to use.  However, I cannot tell you if it is working since I am doing my whole head (decided not to try an experiment on my head).  I also have been using Rogaine, taking biotin and using Nioxin shampoo and conditioner.  I am 11 wks PFC and have complete coverage and about 3/4" growth.  It looks much shorter, though, because it lays very flat to my head.  The comb is expensive, but I knew I wouldn't be getting out in the sun without my wig on, so I splurged.  I was one of those who was really nervous I might not get good growth.  BTW, if you do decide to buy, look on the site for a coupon...if you fill out a survey you get a very nice discount.

slak

Okay, so I did the unthinkable and trimmed some of the white tips off my hair (where I could reach).  Boy, that hair is dry (it almost made a crunchy sound when I cut it).  I think it looks a little better now.  I will say that I wish I had buzzed off all the white fuzz that was left after chemo.  Right now it just wants to stick out and look goofy (especially in the back where I can't reach).  I am looking forward to my first real cut to give this hair some symmetry.

jpmomof3

Updated my avatar, 7 weeks PFC now. My eyelashes and brows are finally coming in. if I stretch my hair our and blur my vision it is about 1 inch now. I am tempted to be rid of those dry clear fine tips too but I can't quite bring myself to cut it yet. Soon though...

Husker123

Almost 6 wks PFC. My hair is coming in. Very silver in the back & salt & pepper on top! Still not ready to go topless everywhere. 

My eyebrows are history. However, the chin hairs have made a remarkable recovery! Darn things! 

I never have lost my eye lashes....knock on wood.

liefie

Thanks, MamaV and Schatzi14! At the moment my hair is lying very flat against my skull with a perfect round cowlick in the back - the last time I looked like that was 58 years ago as a baby. I also seem to have the same effect as a baby on my family and friends - everybody wants to pet my little round head. LOL!

schatzi14

liefie....That is my exact experience as well...6 months PFC, I am trying to train the cowlick from the middle of my head! For me it was 68 years ago.

liefie

Schatzi, we must have been very cute babies . . .

MamaV

liefie you are remarkable - if one single person pet my head I would have beat the crap out of them!  Just sayin'

liefie

MamaV, I am just so grateful that I do have hair for them to pet. For the longest time I was convinced that my hair would never grow again, so I just accept the petting. It is well-intended after all. LOL!