Hair Loss Question

I lost all body hair as listed above - eyelashes/brows were the last to go closer to the end of chemo (dd AC+T).

Also meant to add regarding your CT scan. Sending positive thoughts your way - hang in there!

Hair loss generally means all hair, head to toe.  But, sometimes they do have hair that remains in some areas or what I call stragellers and thinned out areas.  It's low maintenance

As for nails, I don't think that clear polish helps the nails, but keeping your nails and nail beds in good health are important, just like anything else.  I read in various different places to be cautious when having manicures and pedicures, more so because of the risk of infection with a small nick or cut.  I had a few pedicures during treatment and didn't have any troubles.  

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...to all the above......I have to admit I was surprised (tho I shouldn't have been) when I lost the hair "down there"...I'm two years out and I'm still don't have to shave the pits or legs much.I do have lots of hair on my head and that is a good thing...my eyelashes came back so full and so many...I loved it but now I'm back to the normal not many eyelashes that I had before..dang it.

I did dd ac and taxol..my fingernails were just fine..I just lost one toenail during taxol..that was it..in fact my fingernails grew and grew...and yes I polished them

Maybe you are not a girly girl..and that is ok...I am not one either..really..but do whatever it takes to make yourself feel good about yourself..it's ok! 

I finished 6 rounds of TAC last week.  I lost 90% of head hair, still alit bit of stuble.  Still have hair on arms, eye brows and lashes.  60% of pubic hair, and have shaved stuble from legs 2 times during chemo.  I think everyone is different.  Now I am counting down to getting my hair back.

 Best of luck to you!

38 years old, that's the thinking you need!  It will be hard, but ok!!

My hair loss started 2 weeks after 1st round of chemo taxotere and cytoxan. It fell out in huge clumps and first I cut it down to a fab new do but I am now shaving everything off and rocking the kojak! My nails are turning black on a few fingers but none of it is painful so far. 3 more rounds of chemo to go.

Take care of yourself! This too shall pass. 

Any recommendations on how to calm itchy dry flaking bald scalp!

thanks titan, I'll try some aloe!

I just finished 4 rounds of taxotere and cytoxan last week.  The hair on legs and arms kind of stopped growing within a week or two of starting chemo.  I have only shaved maybe 3 times since the beginning of March.  I started shedding down south around 13 days after my first chemo.  Hair on my head did not go because I used Penguin Cold Caps to save my hair.  In fact my hair has grown a ton during chemo...my roots are out of control (over an inch of growth since starting chemo on 3/2).  Arm hair has diminished greatly but there is still some left.  Brows started thinning about 4-5 weeks into chemo but not bad.  I just pencil in the thin areas and still have most of my brows.  Lashes are still there.....scared that will change based on other people losing them after chemo.....but for now they are long and thick as normal.  Fingernails are fine...growing in fact. 

I did ice fingers and toes for 15 minutes before, during and 15 minutes after taxotere on every chemo.  I kept nails painted in my usual french manicure with salon quality nail polish.  Nails have not really changed that I can tell.  Toe nails were regular colored nail polish.  Those are fine too.  I did switch to all organic, paraben free, sulphate free, aluminum free make up so I don't know if that helped with lashes at all.  I was gentle with lashes...used Physician's Formula Organicwear Mascara because it comes off super easy - just by dabbing with water.  I used cool/cold water to remove it just to be safe. 

It seems like everyone is different on the hair loss pattern.....some people lost other stuff first even on the same chemo as me.  Good luck with chemo...I just want you to know it's not that bad for everyone.  I did really well on chemo.  Exercised daily, ate normal, no nausea, etc.....  I hope you are just as lucky as I was.  Hugs!

Yellowdoglady, I love the comment!

Candice... I also was treated with Taxotere and Cytoxan. My hair began coming out 10 days after my first chemo. That day I had my head buzzed and bought a beautiful wig, the same color red that my hair was. Then the rest of the hairs on my body began falling out... Now that it has been 3 months since my last chemo, I still am enduring some of the side effects, especially with my nails. I've always had gel overlays on my fingernails and one day when getting them done, my nail tech commented that my nails were lifting. I thought she meant the gel! Oh no, my nails underneath were lifting from the nailbed and this began well after chemo had ended. I lost one toenail, one changed color, and a couple are loose. My eyelashes and eyebrows started falling out about 6 weeks after chemo... and I thought I was in the clear! Nonetheless, like others have told you, everything should grow back. I now go wigless because it was stifling the growth of my hair at the nape of my neck and in the front. People look at me, so I look back and hold my head high... Good luck w/ everything!