Where or where is my hair

knowledge ~  You might try Biotin, one of the B vitamins.  It's one of the ingredients in many, if not all, of the supplements formulated for hair & nails, and I thought it made a big difference in how fast my hair came back compared to some women.  Like junie, my fairly straight hair has come in extremely curly.    Deanna

knowledgeforpower, how's the hair doing? (You posted on June 4, so you've had almost 2 weeks to grow hair.)  BTW, 5 weeks post-chemo is way too soon to be worrying about hair growth.  Think about it:  three of those weeks were spent dealing with the immediate post-treatment effects of that last dose of chemo.  Those weeks don't even count (as my dh kept reminding me).  If you'd had hair, it would have been falling out during those three weeks.

I was 56 last year, when I had 4 rounds of Taxotere & Cytoxan.  I saw no signs of hair growth until around 7 weeks post-chemo.  In fact, during the first few weeks after the last dose of chemo, I lost the remaining scraggly strands of hair that had held on for so long.

By 8 weeks, though, I clearly had a 5-o'clock shadow on my head.  I thought it was dirt at first (heh heh), but it didn't wash off.  The first new hair was very fine and almost colorless.  That fine (duck fuzz) stuff became the tips of the new, healthy hair as it grew back.  There is a thread on the Chemo forum called "Hair Hair Hair"--if you haven't stopped by there, check it out.  You will read lots of stories and even see some post-chemo pics.

My hair grew back super, super curly.  I had never had curly hair in my life, so that has been an adventure.  Now, a year past chemo, it is beginning to straighten; but I'm thinking of keeping it way shorter than I used to wear it.

[Paul, I don't know the answer to your question.  Perhaps if you post it on the Stage IV forum, someone there can give you some advice.]  

Hugs...

otter 

Knowledge:  I started taking biotin following chemo.  It comes in micrograms so I take a total of 10,000 mcg (which equals 1 gram) and purchase it from the healthfood store in 5,000 mcg size.

I'm not sure that it has helped my hair grow, although even though my hair is thinner because of Femara, I don't seem to lose what I have!  What Biotin really, really helped was strengthening my nails, which were in pretty bad shape following taxotere.  I continue to take it for that reason -- just this weekend I banged both index fingernails (at different times) and thought for sure I had broken the nails.  Nope -- still strong!!!

And yes, your hair will no doubt be curly, or at least wavy, when it grows in.  I don't like myself in short hair (am used to wearing it shoulderlength), so the saving grace is that it is wavy -- for a few more months at least!!

Hugs, Linda

I'm 7 1/2 weeks post chemo (DD a/c 4 treatments then  DD taxol 4 treatments) and I'm just starting to get a very fine fuzz on my head.

It's blond - very very pale PALE blond. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Leah

My hair started to grow back 5 weeks post chemo. I want to know when it is safe to color it again?

I'm with you all,  I had hair that was very fine, straight before BC and treatment.  I was 55 when dx.  Now, I have much more hair and it is very wavy and curly all over.  I am trying to be patient with it, but after having straight hair, I have no idea what the heck to do with it.  It is like it has a mind of it's own.  It is very frustrating.  Some days I wish I could just wash my bald head and go to work.  But, I guess we should be happy.  Any idea's.

Bless you all,

Cindy