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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited December 2008

    My nails went schizoid from my chemo (TAC). I never lost any, but I did develop horizontal dark and light pink stripes. As they grew out, my nails either were strong and great, or brittle and chippy, depending on which stripe was at the tip.

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    I'm depressedCry  I got up this morning and all I can do is cry.  I really thought by Christmas I would be looking like my old self again..but I'm not.....I'm pretty sure the tomoxifen is not helping my attitude any.  I just feel old, fat and ugly...I hate that hair is so important to me~!  Sorry Just need to vent today! 

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    Aw {{{Sunshine}}} so sorry you are so down this close to the holidays.  I know that makes it worse too.  Please accept this gentle {{hug}} and a prayer things brighten up in your world :)

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    wishiwere  Thanks for the hug and prayer!  I do have so much to be thankful for!!!  Just having a hard time looking in the mirror today!  I know this will pass.. I just hate it when I have a cry baby day. 

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited December 2008

    Yes, Sunshine......soon you will feel as your avatar name reflects.Just got back from the basement where I actually 'thined' out my hair. Took the old texurising shears and went to town.Yeah, I too felt fat, ugly and just plain sick of it all.There are 'brighter' days ahead, just don't let it drag you down. Getting off of Aromasin has helped a lot, and unfortunately I'll have to go back on and let it beat me up once more.

    Hugs and may God be good to you, Artsee

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited December 2008

    I had another dream last night that I had hair. It was like a "short cut" but I didn't need a wig. I wake up with peach fuzz again. I must be very preoccupied by hair!!! This is my second very vivid dream. I was so happy to have hair, and showing everyone in my dream....

    This whole thing would just be a lot easier if you could keep your own hair...

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  • mumito
    mumito Member Posts: 4,562
    edited December 2008

    KerryLamb  Iam at the same stage as you just wish the top lashes would catch up. Not enough brow hair to pluck yet.  Hair on top is comming in so grey its scarey.Got to find a good colourist when its long enough.  Merry Xmas everyone and we all need a better and healthier new year!

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    Mumayan    Amen to a healthier New Year!  To all of you sweet beautiful ladies I pray you have a Merry Christmas and a Very Healthy New Year. 

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  • mommy3abm
    mommy3abm Member Posts: 221
    edited December 2008

    OK  I am sure I saw the answer on here one day, but am afraid to go through all 30+ pages to find it...I have about 1/3 - 1/2 inch of fuzz...anyone use temporary color to make it look like more?

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited December 2008

    I colored my hair when it was just a little longer, and I had strange results with what used to be my regular color, Colorsilk Medium Auburn. It looked like I had a pumpkin on my head. I eneded up using a warm brown and got my medium auburn results.

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  • jap
    jap Member Posts: 172
    edited December 2008

    HI everyone,

    Just nine weeks out, I am beginning to lose my eyebrows -- for the first time!  How soon will they come back?  Not much of a Xmas present.

    My best wishes for a happier New Year to you all.

    Jo Anne

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited December 2008

    Jo Anne, I found my eyebrows came back fairly quickly when they fell out after chemo had stopped. There were visibile signs of growing back within two weeks and were fully back within four.

    Wow, I wopke up with bedhead this morning! It feels great to have enough hair to say that. 

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  • HensonChi
    HensonChi Member Posts: 357
    edited December 2008

    I finished chemo on Oct 28....and I have hair growing back in all the wrong places lol.

    My eyelashes are looking pretty sparse.

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited December 2008

    I finished Chemo Nov 4th (last tx) and now have sparse eyebrows, but I just use a pencil to color it (I am very blonde, so a pencil was part of my life anyhow).

    No eyelashes is a real shocker though! I have been using eyeliner on top and botton and inside the eye lid line too. This REALLY helps pop the eyes. I am not sure anybody can tell I have no eyelashes uless I tell them and they look really close.

    Make up really helps about now!!!!

    Spring...

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    I used eyeliner also...I was all depressed that I didn't have eyelashes and my daughter told me she didn't even notice , and she usually notices everything .... Makeup does help alot! By the time I lost the last one...they started coming back.

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  • enjoylife
    enjoylife Member Posts: 578
    edited December 2008

    Thanks Jola they are checking my thryroid I am 17 weeks out of chemo and my hair is the lenght of yours at 8.5 weeks but there is hope so I am really glad to see what it is suppose to do.

    Thanks again

    Maura

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited December 2008

    Bumpity Bump................

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  • tbird57
    tbird57 Member Posts: 150
    edited December 2008

    I finished my chemo on 12/4 and every day my DH checks my head for new growth, LOL.  He swears he can see it coming, but I can't see a thing.  I second the old, fat, ugly feeling - it's amazing what effect the lack of hair has on my psyche.  In the New Year, I'm going to try to get moving more - I'm hoping that will help.

    Wishing everyone a better, happy, healthy and blessed New Year!   

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited December 2008

    tbird...you probably won't see any growth until the chemo meds have completely left your body. That can take several weeks. Then, your roots have to get in gear and start up. The first "sprouts" will probably be very fine and light colored and feel like duck down.

    ************ 

    My hair has started to wave and curl, especially in the back. I hadn't taken a look at it back there in a couple of weeks, but when my daughter said it was curling, I had to grab a mirror and see for myself. I'm not sure I like the curl, but it's too short to do anything with it. And it's my own hair, so I'm happy with it simply for that.

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  • wishiwere
    wishiwere Member Posts: 3,793
    edited December 2008

    My hair was so straight before, that when it was even a 1/3 inch I could tell it was going to curl and no one believed me.  The hair just had that feeling of curling...can't explain it, but it was not straight feeling, although others it was straight. I could feel the turning of it at the scalp I guess. The back is still really curly, but it's getting longer now and starting to relax more!

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    Ok...My hair is maybe 1 inch long....I can't wait any longer....I called my hairdresser to see if she could do something with this mousey grey color....She is driving over to my house Friday and we are going to plan from there...I'm excited!!!!!  Maybe I will look like myself in 1990!

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    artsee......do you think I need to go with semi-permanent hair color or can I go ahead and lighten it?  I'm 19 weeks out of chemo????  Even thought I don't like the color I don't want to do any damage to what I have. 

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  • SQK
    SQK Member Posts: 89
    edited December 2008

    Well...I did it.  I ditched the wig and came to work with my very short, punky-looking hair.  I had my last chemo on June 5, and now have about 1.5 - 2 inches of hair.  It's longer and a little curlier in the back, shorter and straighter on top, and still kind of thin/fine near the temples.  I tried to spike it on top and I'm doing the best I can with gel and mousse, but I'm really not very good at this.  My co-workers (the few who are in the office this holiday week) have been very kind, saying it looks nice.  Still, I'm not very comfortable with my hair this short.  However it is my own hair and I'm very happy to have it.  Laughing

    Sue K.

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited December 2008

    Sunshine...I colored mine 8 weeks out. And I lighten it pretty blond and had no problem.Had my last chemo May 9th and I've colored it 4 times.

    Artsee

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  • sunshine787990
    sunshine787990 Member Posts: 147
    edited December 2008

    Artsee....GREAT!  I'm excited can't wait to see me again in the mirror ....

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited December 2008

    SQK, you are 5 months ahead of me, so I will have to wait until MAY!!! ahhhhck!!!

    Would you show us a picture??? Update your avitar! I would love to see your short doo.

    I am in the south east, and baby, as soon as it gets warm, I will want to ditch this wig. I would love to see your hair cut!

    Ladies, when you color this newly grown hair, does it hold up? It looks so baby fine, I was thinking of experimenting with semi-permanent. Mine is still looking "transluscent"...

    Spring.

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  • NancyD
    NancyD Member Posts: 3,562
    edited December 2008

    It will probably come out a bit lighter than expected. Check my posts a few pages back about my first coloring. I had to go several shades darker to get my usual medium auburn. I used a dark warm brown semi-permanent and I look like my usual redhead. After it's gotten a little longer, I may go to a permanent. Right now, it's still too short to court disaster, so I'm playing it safe.

    And it's GROWING!  I've had to color it every two weeks because the gray roots start showing on this very short hair.

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  • Springtime
    Springtime Member Posts: 5,355
    edited December 2008

    Oh Nancy, THat's part of the reason I am thinking about semi-permanent - to see the growth! Funny to think that "light roots" (or roots of any different color) are a WELCOME thing! It would be excellent to have visible proof that it is growing.

    I may do it! What color though! Gosh, the sky is the limit!!! I could go BLUE or something bizarro! he he he. (that feels good in a naughty sort of way!) LOL LOL

    Spring...

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  • Fllorik
    Fllorik Member Posts: 1,351
    edited December 2008

    This weekend I am going to try a semi permenanet rinse on my very very short gray hair!

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  • hopefullady
    hopefullady Member Posts: 210
    edited January 2009

    Springtime,  after watching and waiting for weeks, I took a mirror today and looked at the back of my head and THERE IS SOME COLOR COMING IN.  Still colorless (translucent) on top and sides, but there is a hint of color in the back.  What a great feeling, it's finally starting to happen. 

     Happy new year to all of you.  I hope for good health for all in 2009.

    Chris 

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