Hair Hair Hair - Another question

Yamahamama- I said a while back watch for the pink john deere. If anyone want to be a friend of it on fb it is under riding pink you just need to like the page. My friend is awesome and is doing awesome things for bc awareness.

I've got the fuzzy wuzzy hair now, which is slowly growing above my ears.  What's next?

Jane

I used Sally Hansen cream hair remover on the downy facial hair after chemo....came in twice in the first 4 months post chemo, then went back to normal...

Hello my follicularly challenged friends!  I am 7 weeks PFC and have almost got enough to color.  I am thinking I will give it a shot sometime soon.  I got a semipermanent color but have heard so many orange hair stories that I think I will just try permanent color when I get a little closer to vacation time.  I discontinued the Brian Joseph's Gel to my eyelashes today and will do the same for my brows soon.  I am anxious to see if they hang on.  Also, started Tamoxifan yesterday so I hope that doesn't inhibit growth.

Dragonfly - Love the pic.  If nothing else, humor helps us to get through all of this with a little grace.

Are you going to shave your face?  That and cream on the face just sound scary.  It won't come back like male stubble, will it?  I was just hoping it would go away. Has anyone had that happen. 

I am 14 weeks PFC.  My old hair was blonde, very fine, and straight.  The 1/4-1/2inch I have now is starting to curl and it looks like a Brillo pad.  Strange.  I have these sideburns that show with my wigs and I'm thinking I'm going to have to dye them to match.  How do you handle those hairs that still stick out from under the wig?  I'm having hair issues and I have to go back to work next week.

Looking good Jen!

I am 18 weeks PFC and last week while we were on vacation I went "topless" for the first time...I figured I wouldn't know anyone at the resort we stayed at, so it was a good time to experiment. My hair is barely about 1" long and DH colored it for me, which helped make it look thicker since the gray was hard to see.   At first I was super-conscious of anyone looking my way, but after a couple of trips to public places it became obvious to me that I didn't look wierd enough anymore for anyone to do a double-take.  In other words, I felt like I blended into the crowd, which was a plus.  It was so much more comfortable than my wig, that now that I am back in town, I am still topless except for a few work-related events where I think it would generate unwanted conversation about my health.   I feel like the end is finally in sight.  DH actually likes my hair short and my son says I look very artistic. 

Bikenyc - how many weeks PFC are you? I want eyelashes again so bad!

Here's me- still waiting on hair to grow! I am going w/o wig all the time now though in public. 9 weeks and 2 days after last TC. Still on Herceptin.

bdavis , I wouldn't shave it or wax it.... I still have some peach fuzz on my face but it gets less and less everyday... when I first started getting my hair back I could have shaved my legs 3 times a day that to has slowed down. I think you should hold out a bit longer before you start anything on your face. I am 6 months post chemo and my hair on my head is growing like crazy but all the other areas have slowed way down. Good luck.

SpecialK,  Don't be sad.  I'm right there with you and I've been done a week longer =:0(    Maybe it's because we are more fair......

jackifp - Yes!  I too have the ancient old man look!  I don't like it!  I haven't seen my natural color in many moons, and apparently it is mostly gray.  Once I actually get something to color, you bet that is what I am doing!

I just wanted to say that I finally have eyebrows and lashes back in full force..and had been trying various mascaras to use on my 3 or 4 lashes I had including those ones that are thin and curled backwards and found a mascara that I really liked..it's by Rimmel and called maxi..it's in a pink tube and it uses a flat comb instead of a round brush..made it easier to comb through my lashes without clumps..so just thought id share if anyone was like me going down the cosmetic isles looking for products

Hi Tracie....I've had two "haircuts" if you even want to call them that.  I basically just have them trim off the ends and clean up around my neckline and ears.  My first cut was to trim off all that dead looking stuff and it made a huge difference for sure.  My stylist doesn't want to use the thinning shears yet - I am developing curls and it is getting really thick on top.

KY-Vickie - your hair looks awesome!  I am at about the 5-6 mth PFC mark too but I think the herceptin is slowing down my hair growth quite a bit.  Lisa & Jenn...looking good as well! I'm amazed how good everyone looks with our short hair (even though most of us don't like it much!).

I have been told that it can take 18mths or more for your hair to fully recover from chemo.  Often your old texture will come back.