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LINBAD2
LINBAD2 Member Posts: 43
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

I finished my chemo at the end of January then I had 7 weeks of radiation and my hair is only a little over 1/4 inch long right now. Why is it taking so long to grow back? I look at the hair progression pics posted and they all show way longer hair than mine is at this point. Any ideas?

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited May 2009

    Everyones hair does grow back at different rates. But to be honest, I finished rads a year ago and my natural hair is maybe only 6 inches now. I decided to get extensions because I couldn't stand to live with my post chemo hair untill it had some length to it.

    I've heard that there are products you can buy to help speed up the growth, but How much really can they help?

     I hated the whole hair thing! Truth is, I think in the end... it takes longer to grow back than we thought it would Frown.

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  • abbadoodles
    abbadoodles Member Posts: 2,618
    edited May 2009

    Hair grows only 1/4 to 1/2 inch per month.  Rats.  Yell

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  • lexislove
    lexislove Member Posts: 2,645
    edited May 2009

    I think mine grows less than that....lol.

    At this rate I'll be 50 by the time I can wear a pony tail...sigh..

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  • dreamwriter
    dreamwriter Member Posts: 3,255
    edited June 2009

    Two and a half years... no ponytail unless you count a stubby one

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  • crazy4carrots
    crazy4carrots Member Posts: 5,324
    edited June 2009

    LINBAD, it took forever for my hair to achieve any kind of length!  My last tx was mid-July and, although I've had a couple of trims on the sides and the back, the longest hair on the top of my head is only about 1 1/2 inches (and I always HAD bangs -- well, they're growing, but SO slowly).

    Patience is a virtue, so I'd say we must be pretty virtuous!!!

    Linda

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  • sagit
    sagit Member Posts: 28
    edited June 2009

    at some point i wanted 2 see a doctor, cause i thought my hair growth is abnormally slow, lol. i think it's just grows slowly. i guess it's one of the things u don't think about until it's gone.

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