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anotherNYCGirl

Lisa, - looks great! Love your hair! (and your kitchen, too! )

Gretta

Looking Good Lisa

IamNancy

Lisa - you are stylin!

Lorbgoo

love your hair. Mine is 3 1/2 inches at 8 months but I never had a trim.

Lisaj514

lorbgoo, almost the same...so let's see what your style is now. Ok everyone, show and tell your style and how long so the new girls can see all stages and have some hope

Lorbgoo

Lorbgoo

Lisaj514

wow, maybe mine would be that long if I didn't cut it...or it wasn't so curly. Looks great and the color is pretty. When it comes to 6-8mo after pfc no one would even know what we went through by our looks. I am keeping my hair short, that's what I've decided looks best on me with it so gray. We are all beautiful inside and out. I remember coming on this forum often to look at hair pictures. It kept me hopeful and I thought everyone looked so beautiful with their short hair coming in

MomMom

Lisa and Lori, You girls look GORGEOUS!! I'm on a road trip but will post pics when I'm home.

We have all come so far and have much to celebrate. Lisa I really admire how you embrace the "new"' us.

noonrider

I posted this a few days ago but will post again. This is 6 months PFC. Its about 2- 2 1/2inches long. Its just starting to lose the baby-soft texture. It is stick straight and I can't do anything with it. My cowlick has just gotten to the point where it stands straight up in the air unless I glue it down. My hair was black prior to chemo. LOTS of silver in it now!

jdmac1199

You all look gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing your pictures! I can't wait to have  hair. It's growing a teeny bit and it was pretty dark before with no grey but I have lots of grey coming through!

jbokland

I keep cutting my hair cause I can't stand the grow out phase! I am destined to keep the pixie! #impatient

wampuscat

Hair update at 5 months PFC. I have had 3 hair cuts now to trim up the edges and even things out. Still have wave and I was always stick straight before. Lots of gray highlights I'm still getting used to also. All you gals look beautiful with your new hair!

FairyDogMother

Okay, I'm finally got an appointment to get my first hair cut since I got my hair back. I'm starting to accept my chemo curls. My hair before Felix (my cancer's name) was fine and straight, now it's froish. I'm also thinking of dying my hair. I never have done a dye job. Maybe going Marilyn. What do you think?

batcatlady19

For those wondering about hair growth after certain types of chemo, I had 4 rounds of Taxotere & Cytoxan.

Before chemo, my hair was long (mid back, down to my bra strap) but very fine & silky, like baby's hair. It's grown back thicker, coarser, & curlier. My eyebrows used to be very bushy (I'd get them waxed & plucked), & now they're patchy & I can go 2 months w/out having them done. My eyelashes have always been so long, I don't wear mascara bec. it gets on my eyeglasses (I can't wear contacts). A few lashes fell out during chemo, but they're back now. I was 44 during chemo, & it's been over a year. Here's a recent photo (sorry it's big, it's from my blog) -

IamNancy

ladies - you all look good!

MeToo14

Hi, I have not been on in a while because well, I think there comes a point where you just have too much information and that isn't really a good thing. I was upsetting myself and decided to take a break. However, I wanted to give some unsolicited advice. Biotin is something we all have heard about and hope will work miracles. I was taking biotin that you just swallow. My doctor told me to take the sublingual type. This is supposed to be better. I think it is helping, but of course there is mo way to know for sure. I just wanted to share the wealth.

Take care!

CassieCat

MeToo, I understand what you mean about having to stay away. I have experienced that myself from time to time. Thank you for passing along the advice about Biotin. My hair is coming back fairly well (nothing to compare it to, though) and I have been taking that form of Biotin. I'm about 8 weeks PFC and have good coverage. It isn't very long, but it seems to be coming back evenly with no bare patches.

Bow1965

Wow wampuscat, your hair is amazing! Here's mine at a little over 5 months. Thanks everyone for posting your beautiful photos! Fairydogmother, I like your curls.

kpmacmill

Here I am 9 weeks PFC after a trip to the hairdresser for semi-permanent color. My hairdresser really fluffed it up.

CassieCat

Wow, you have a ton of hair! I'm about 1 week behind you and nowhere close to that. When did it start coming back? You look great.

kpmacmill

CassieCat - It took about 4 weeks PFC for the top to start coming in. My hair started growing back during Taxol, so I had some on the sides and back before I was done with chemo (though next to nothing on top). That helped I'm sure. It is coming in fast thank goodness!

CassieCat

it is growing fast! I'm glad for you. this is mine at 7 weeks PFC:

kpmacmill

In two weeks, I bet it will be all filled in. Your lashes and brows are ahead of where mine are!

CassieCat

I lucked out and didn't lose all of my lashes or brows. They're thin but decent looking. Hopefully in another couple of weeks we'll both see more growth.

Lisaj514

so how about annie lennox's hair on the grammy's! She's still got it and looks awesome with her classic annie Lennox short hair. We all know that hair style don't we? And it looks great. That's who some people said I looked like when my hair was coming in, I was flattered.

MomMom

Yes Lisa, She totally rocked it and looked awesome, as do we all!!

208sandy

Her hair and her performance - she's amazing! I had that haircut before BC BUT I've never had that voice!!!

Lisaj514

Re: annie Lennox, lol, I know! The voice, style and that look, amazing!

Mommom, you also have her look with your fair skin and clear blue eyes.

Wishing everyone fast regrowth and a rockin' pixie hairstyle

noonrider

7 months PFC and my eyebrows are falling out again. What's up with that?

How about the "other" hair? All my hair (in every place) came back as normal. I needed to shave my legs as often as I did before chemo. Until about a month ago when it all changed. I shaved my legs and armpits two weeks ago and I still don't have stubble. I wonder what will happen if I shave my pubes? Hopefully the same thing!