AC and hair loss

too funny-I made the same exact post after my 3rd treatment.  I lost the top first and then instead of the mulett look I shaved my head. I never lost all my hair so I kind of regret shaving it so close. I never had a clean bald head-I had little spikes all over and then in the back I had slightly more. It tends to grow a bit in between treatments.

I never lost my eyebrows but they did stop growing. I lost all my leg hair but not my arm hair.

I lost half of my eyelashes.

kimber

your chemo is working; remember it is also an accumlative effect; that is why they give you "rounds' of the stuff.  also, there are actually some chemos for other cancers that people don't even lose their hair.  you will be bald as a newborn before you know it** my eye lashes and eyebrows disappeared after i was pretty much finished with chemo.

diana50

I never lost everything - I was wispy throughout my FEC, then it started growing back on the Taxatore. I never got that shiny bald look.

My hair started coming out in big clumps after the second treatment of AC.  It felt like spider webs falling in my face between the clumps, so my daughter came over and buzzed it all off. I felt so much more comfortable after that and I was suprised how round my head is!  I lost all my eye lashes and eyebrows when I started the Taxol.  I finished chemo in Sept, and by Oct my eyebrows were growing back and now there back, and my eyelashes are back but much thinner and lighter colored than they used to be.  I sometimes use mascara on them now.  There was a time before BC I would never go out without mascara.  My hair is back and very thick and curly about an inch long.  Mostly white, and my daughter put my blonde back in but it didn't deposite or take because of all the chemo I guess, so I have very short hair with blonde and white highlights now.  Still looks better than the pencil grey and white it was.

Within the first week of AC I started shedding, by the 10 day mark it was falling out in clumps, at which time I had my closest friend give me a buzz cut.  By the 2nd week everytime I washed my head the stubbles came out.  I ended up with a few stragglers, but I would say by the 3rd week I was bald.   Once I started Taxol my hair started growing back, but I lost my eyelashes and eyebrows. 

My hair fell out right on schedule..dd ac x4 dd taxol x4  finished dec7 th hoooRAY...never lost  eyelashes or brows (completely)but very fine ..my dd did my makeup and said I had about 5 lashes left ...I mascara those babies...I did have the shiney look ...but now have the baby bird fuzz growing in ..very salt and pepper..I am embracing that and plan on keeping it as I have not seen my natural colour in 20 yrs...start rads next Fri..ml C