Hair Hair Hair - Another question

My hair started growing back before I finished abraxine.  I have a nice dark coverage all over my head.  Some grey mixed in too. I love to run my had over my head and feel the new growth.  I have been slick headed since January.

I did weekly Taxol and my hair started growing around week 6. I colored mine right after finishing chemo. My onco said I could. It never fell out again.



Has anyone experienced their hair shedding after it grew back? Mine hasn't shed at all. I'm wondering when it will start the normal hair shedding process. Hopefully it's not all at once! I won't let my hairdresser thin my hair at all, even if it's unruly!!'

Ii didn't completely lose all of my hair. I am using Nioxin system 2. Ii use the shampoo and conditioner but not the scalp treatment yet. I have one more TC to do and then I will be a ch ch ch chia pet soon.

I looked at the Nioxin I am using, thought I was using 2 but am actually using 4.  At the point I started it, I still had chemically treated hair.  I also picked up the scalp recovery serum.  My head was itching so much that I thought it might help, and it has.  When I purchase the system again, I'll get 2. 

Question, my hair seems to be growing on top of my head faster than on the sides. I have this weird mohawk thing going, albeit 1/8th? of an inch long.  Has this happened to anyone else?  I just started tamox this week, so that shouldn't be impacting it yet.

Christine: I've got some "eyebrow stubble" too!
My boss said the other day, "weird that you lost your hair but not your eyebrows" (I wear scarves to work) and I said, "um...nope....lost them too, these are just drawn in..."  I think he was a little embarrassed, but I didn't let it bother me, and I told him it was totally fine, that I took it as a compliment to my eyebrow drawing ability!

SuperSally: I have the mohawk think going too...I wonder if it is b/c I wear a headcovering 24/7. Scarf at work, hat at home, baseball caps on weekends, hats to sleep in....
Maybe the sides and back are being "smushed" into no hair growth??  It's a stretch, I know...

Tomorrow I will be 8 wks PFC. Can't even believe it. I almost look like GI Jane, but  with no upper body strength  ha ha ha
I will try to post an updated pic soon.

My eyebrows are sad, good thing it looks like they are coming back as quick as falling out.  My wig has bangs, and I usually have big sun glasses on when I wear my ball caps.  I have a collection of different colored Life is Good caps, fun for the summer.  So not having to draw on my brows. Such a low blow that we loose the brows after chemo.  Did I mention I have to shave my legs every day again.

DivineMrsM- I have been topless in my house since the begining.  My DH and young sons are ok with this.  I used to take off my shoes first when I came in the house, now the wig or hat is the first thing to go! 

My hair growth seems slow, oh well with hot flashes minimal hair is good.

Norma I'm not anxious at all. Just pissed I didn't get everything done around the house I wanted to. Oh well. I will be going home the same day. This is just the exchange with fat grafting. Nothing as intense as BMX or TRAM. It's only a 3 hour surgery. I never took any pain meds or even tylenol after the BMX. There might be a chance I could bypass pain meds again although I do hear the areas whre the fat is removed could be painful. I'm not worried. I've already scheduled my hair to be cut/dyed again a week from Saturday.

I still have one more day for house cleaning! Thanks and it s 5 years minus 4 months left of pills

carberry, better keep your shirt on!  I have two boys 13 and 14, I have had BMX with now fully expanded TEs, hate to think how my boys seeing me without a shirt might effect them, LOL. 

Lago............you go girlfriend.  Just remember anything you don't get done before will still be waiting there when you feel better.  Some of my "junk" had to wait a good nine months and yes, it was still waiting for me.  Of course, being my stubborn self, I wouldn't let anyone help me. 

Take care & don't over do at first.  You are braver than me !!!

I care. I like a clean house.

It's nice to be a newbie on this thread. 3 wks now post TCH. Fuzzy head- growing on sides and back of head a bit. Is there a thread for Nioxin? Don't know what it does r/t hair growth specifically and when I can use it?

Thanks for answering my newbie questions. (Sure feels great to be thinking of hair coming back rather than my next TC treatment - will still have H for several months but it's not a big deal!)

I go bald at home- have teenagers- their friends have gotten used to it too. Outside usually hat or scarf. Places where I don't want to talk about cancer or feel self conscious- wig is what I wear.

I want to go topless asap...even w/ a crew cut . I will probably get as many stares now as when I sometimes go out to a store briefly w/ my big old bald head!!

Thanks for any advice..

Lisa

Lago I did the same thing before all my surgeries and each chemo infusion. I totally understand wanting to get everything done before such events. Then your mind is uncluttered to go into this and heal. Plus keeping busy is a good thing just don't make yourself crazy. Funny thing about housework it's never done.

OH yeah I remember the dust was awful even when I live on Long Island. Not as bad here for some reason. But the mud is crazy hard to get off anything.  

Dragonfly This is my timeline. There are dates in the lower right corner: linky 

Letlet - have you snipped the ends at all?  Mine was like that too and once I snipped the ends off, it really started to fill in quickly.  My chemo finished Feb 2 so we have similar time frames