Hair Hair Hair - Another question

Ok, I finished my 6th TAC treatment yesterday. I still have eyebrows and lashes, think I get to keep them?  Still some hair down south too.  Anyone get to keep some brows and lashes?  Is tomorrow to early to check for hair on my head, ok, kidding on this question. But let me know if you all lost brows and lashes? 

thegood5 - IMO you look great!! Go for it. I have about the same amount of hair as you do and I just started going topless last weekend. It feels awesome - biggest problem that I have is that my friends all want to touch it LOL.  You were lucky to keep some of your brows and lashes - I lost mine completely and I hated it - there was just NO working with that look!  Now, everything is coming back, brows came back fast and fuller than they were...ofcourse the hair on my legs seems to be growing the fastest

Tracie - you going to post any pictures??  I was wondering if using an ash colour would reduce the red.  It does on "normal" hair.

Treatment: Rt Lump/SNB Aug 2010, FECx3/Tx3, radsx25+8, Herceptin x18
Diagnosis: 7/13/2010, IDC, 4cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, 0/2 nodes, ER-/PR-, HER2+

christine47 I lost my lashes 5 weeks after chemo and my brows stated to fall out too but… the brows came in as fast as they fell out so I only had to fill in. eyelashes a bit slower. At almost 15 weeks they are 1/2 way there

thegood5 finding the right bling to wear is so much easier than hats and scarves. It feels wierd the first day but it gets very liberating after that.

christine47...I lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows about 4 weeks after finishing chemo. Within 1 to 2 weeks they started growing back. I have one of those 10X magnifying mirrors which made the little sprouts visible which was encouraging knowing they were coming back after being so thin for months and then losing them completely.  17 weeks PFC now and brows are full and lashes are almost as long as before chemo. It was discouraging but came back fairly quickly....not like waiting for the hair on our heads to grow back.

thanks girls...I did buy some bling to go along with the dress...nothing too crazy as the dress has a really loud pattern, but a cool necklace to go with it too.  Thanks for the encouragement...I just might do it!

     

  

This is my hair length 13 weeks after last chemo before & after coloring. I was actually going for red - it wasn't a mistake  

ReadingMama:  I wore my wig until my hair was over an inch long and no, it didn't slow down the growth at all.  I finally quite wearing wigs when the hair got long enough to peak out around the front of my ears.

I keep trying to post my pictures here without any luck from when I had bleached my hair to now.  If anyone can help, I will post some progressive pictures of my growth for the last year. 

Curly hair - tell me about it!!!  Here are some photos of my hair now 15 months PFC.  My last haircut was the end of Feb about 8 weeks ago.

This first one is towel dry and CURLY!!!

Here is what I use to straighten and style.

Here is how it looks when I'm done.

I'm going on Thursday May 5 for a trim and reshape.

I'm still loving the Anastasia Eyebrow Pen - not too dramatic but just enough definition for me.

Forgot to say that these pics are 10 weeks PFC. And my avatar shows me in August when I was first diagnosed.

marjie: Thank you! But I've looked a WHOLE lot better! I have not found any cream that touches that red 'mask' that I have. Didn't order the Glaxal but maybe I should. I did put color on my hair. First time it didn't take, but I did it again last week and it took much better but still not great. I used the Clairol Root stuff in a light golden brown. There is an awful lot of grey to cover up!

Wow, you gals look great!! I am almost 12 weeks PFC and I don't have nearly the hair that you all have. But I am sooo thankful that it is growing. 2 gals in my support group have no hair and it's been like months and months and months for them. My eyebrows are really taking off, so that helps with that "look". My before  hair never grew fast, so maybe that's the reason. I was taking Biotin, but this facial hair is a bit out of control, so stopped it a few days ago. I think I need a lighter dose. I think LAGO you said you take 5 mg. Is that correct? My bottle says 1000mg, I think. Can that possibly be?

Sandymess: Does that Clairol Root stuff come in a lighter blonde? My natural color before was light blonde (did not color it) and this hair coming in is all major salt/pepper. I see no evidence of blonde anywhere. Have no idea how to color s/p! Would like something temporary in case I screw it up. I really do like your light golden brown! Can't believe your pics are 10 weeks. You are growing hair like wild!

MarieK: Okay, tell me that you made a mistake...15 weeks PFC with that head full of hair?? You are sure blessed!....ooops... I just went back to confirm- it's 15 months. I could not believe 15 weeks. You would have been in the Guiness Book of Records! ha  Your hair is actually pretty  long and I like it both super curly and straight. I have no idea if mine is going to be curly, wavy, straight. Too early. Did yours change texture/color/anything in your 15 month time span?? I have heard that sometimes something changes like a year later. Do you color yours??

Thanks for the kind words, Tracie and 3teacher. I really appreciate it as I am NOT comfortable with my looks at all right now!!



3teacher: I'm certain that there are a few shades of blonde in Clairol's root touch-up line. I chose that because there's so little hair to work with. I figured if I made a mistake it wouldn't make too much difference with that stuff. Good luck to you if you try it. ;-)

Thanks for all the compliments on my hair.  Yes 15 months not 15 weeks - that would be a miracle to have this much hair in that short a time!

My hair was wavy before chemo and much longer.  Now it's corkscrew curly and much much thicker than pre chemo. 

I'm loving the shorter hair do and even at the length it is now I find it's a bit too long for me.  So glad I'm getting a trim this week.  It's getting in my eyes - I can't believe I'm saying this!!

I felt like it took forever to grow some bangs/fringe and now I'm complaining about them!!

I wore it gray for almost 14 months but now I colour my hair with semi-permanent hair colour -  Natural Instincts? - that I get from Wal-mart. 

Robin - I wore wigs after my first chemo.  I had at least 6 different looks and because it was winter I did wear one of those hats with hair attached too.  It wasn't until I was 4 months PFC that I went topless. 

Happy hair growing to you all!

BirdyRobin:  I did not get a wig--didn't really think I was a wig person.  I have used hats and scarves all this time and gone without anything at home.  My husband says he's gotten so used to me without hair, it will be a real adjustment to see me with it!