Did anyone had her hair back after taxotere???

I had 8 Taxotere and Cytoxan treatments in 2008. My hair is back! In fact, it started coming back between the 6th and 7th treatments. I think the great majority of patients do get all their hair back.

Melania I had FEC-T chemo from July to October 2009, with the final 3 treatments being Taxotere. My hair started growing back while I was having the Taxotere and now it is thick and growing as fast as it did before chemo. The hospital I went to say they have never had anyone whose hair didn't grow back, although sometimes this does happen. I have been taking Arimidex for almost a year and I was concerned that my hair would thin, but although it took a while to thicken up again it has stayed that way. Just a shame that our hair doesn't grow back as quickly as it comes out :-)

I wish you well with your chemo and hope you have minimal side effects.

Mine came back - it seemed slow to me, but not to others around me.  I am 11 months out of chemo and it's back to where it was when I started.  Just be patient, I know it's hard, but it does come back.

My wife had FEC-D (docetaxol, same a taxotere but generic) here in Canada.  Her hair is growing back thick and beautiful as ever.

I am seeing hair growth btwn treatments. Hope the 10% is very low. I would hate to see a fellow sister go through that on top of deal w/ BC.

I hear it might be around 3% but could be as high as 6%. They really don't know because they have just started counting.

I had taxotere as part of my chemo regime in Aug. My hair didn't seem to want to start growing until a few months later. And now it's growing in really thick and super soft- to the point where it doesn't even feel like hair. But I was getting worried there because I also read about permanent baldness. But give it a chance. Because even taking hormonal therapy(e.g. tamoxifen) can slow hair growth.

I think the stats do include thinning hair. A lady at my Mom's church has thin hair on top - you can see her scalp, but she's not bald. She has just shrugged it off and is the most positive person I've ever met. I adore her although I'm usually 'allergic' to those perpetually perky people!

I have had permanent hair loss following TC. At first my onc said hair always grows back but now she knows that's not true following Taxotere. She has other patients like me. I do have some hair but it is very very very thin and my scalp shows through all over. Additionally, the hair I do have is not like what I used to have. I used to have (very thick) curly hair with lots of body. Now it's fine and straight -- doesn't do anything. It's so thin that it can't even  hold a bobby pin. It sucks!!!

I was/am a blond. My regrowth has been slow. My head hair is finally growing in very thin and baby-fine. No body hair regrowth at all.I am on Arimidex.  Some anedotal comments suggest that blonds and redheads are more likely to experience thin hair/baldness. I do not know of any studies that confirms it...I have kept my wig for special occations..anyone who is blond/redhead with very thin hair/baldness after 18 mos off chemo and on AIs ?

I had Taxatore in May - August in 2008 very thin hair grew back in 2010 looks like I am still sick and it makes me sick yes hair isnt life but before anyone passes judgement walk in our shoes for a day and get the looks and scare the children every where we were not warned at all

After i have done 5 years of constant research i think i can speak with alot of expertise on this subject.

To those of you doubting the 3 or 6%, i am afraid you are wrong.

Around 1 in 16 women will be permantly disfigured this way. That is not a small amount in my eyes!

There is an ongoing study in north west France, were in a small population they have currently 116 women sufferering this and there are hundreds of women that have not had their stats passed on by their Oncs.

There are women from all over the world suffering with this adverse side effect.

The company SA have done everything they can to keep this quiet, probly untill their patent runs out to get the most money they can from it.

Just to add, i have been over 5 years now with severe male pattern baldness caused the experts say by Taxotere. So please dont dismiss this as a very rare side effect its not as rare as everyone would like you to believe, that includes the Oncs.

Melanie - I was diagnosed with breast cancer 3 years ago and given Taxotere at that time. I now have hair that can only be described as a 'nursing home-monk look'. My hair before Taxotere was very thick.  Believe me, there is a whole contingency of women around the world who have suffered permanent hair loss from taxotere. We even call ourselves 'taxotears' and the only thing we have in common is that we were administered Taxotere.  Permanent alopecia is a very real risk of taxotere. Other alternatives are definitely worth checking out. I wish I had been told because I certainly would have checked out other options.  Society accepts bald men, but bald women are looked at as freaks. 

I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July 2008. I had a double mastectomy and chemo. My last chemo with Taxotere, Carboplatin, and Herceptin was March 31, 2009 AND I STILL DO NOT HAVE HAIR!  I have been to many, many doctors and they agree that the Taxotere has caused my permanent alopecia. There are published studies that indicate that up to six percent of Taxotere patients can experience permanent hair loss. Some people think I'm being trivial for 'worrying' about my hair and poor physical appearance. (I look like an old man.) But, this is a quality of life issue. My lack of hair is not simply a cosmetic issue. It is a psychological and emotional issue. Research indicates that the manufactures of Taxotere (Sanofi Aventis) knew about this side effect of permanent hair loss but they did not reveal it. I just honestly feel that I should have been warned about this side effect. Taxol has proven to be just as effective as Taxotere, yet Taxol does not carry the potential permanent alopecia side effect. I am young but am crushed, simply crushed that I have 'beaten' cancer yet I look so awful, like an old man on chemo. All my life, right up till chemo, I always had very long, very thick blond hair. Now I have nothing.