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It was my 16 year old son that convinced me it was time to ditch the wig and go "topless".  I had been doing it at home, grocery store, etc., but not at work yet.  I was about 14-15 weeks PFC.  He just said "Mom, you look awesome and that wig can't be that comfortable.  Who cares what anyone else thinks . . . go for it!!  I went to work the next day wigless, with butterflies in my stomach.  Once I walked in the door and saw that people still treated me as the same old "Kathy", I was so relieved.  Never put it on again!  So I say to all those considering going topless, just go for it!

Paula, your co-worker's comment was uncalled for, but your response "I'm trying to attract love from all quarters" gave me a good laugh!

Hair update....I'm getting bangs!!  Finally!!!

Marjie - your hair looks great.  I'm still going through chemo but finish in 5 weeks - yipee! 

How long has it taken your hair to get that length?

Does rads have an affect on growth?

marjie you look beautiful.

We really do have the same hair right now. Texture is very similar. I used to have very straight hair but now the slight wave/curl is something I don't really know how to deal with. Mine is just a little longer on top and shorter on the sides/back. Bangs seem to be taking forever so I just brush mine to the side. Yours look good that way. Mine need to be much longer to brush forward.

Margie you look great!  How far out are you?  Just curious.

Margie, your hair looks great!!

I am 6 month PFC and had my first trim or should I say, a snip here and there on Monday.  My hair is very thick and curly on top, straight and thinner on the sides with cow licks everywhere.   I have attempted to style it using the blow dryer and letting it air dry with gel in it.  If I blow it dry, it stands straight up on top and looks like a mullet.  Gel makes it even more curlier (on top) which looks funny with hair on the side of my head being stick straight.  Glad I like my wig because it looks like I will be wearing it for a while.  Before BC, I had very straight hair with no cow licks.  Very thankful that I have no bald spots.  A co-worker who is 3 years out has a large bald spot with very fine thin hair.

sweetcorn yes I am 6 weeks out.  I did notice this morning that my eyebrows are shedding   I  thought I was gonna at least get lucky there.  I have hair coming in, but not as much as I would like to have.

Marje You look beautifull!!!!! x

cli1, what sort of chemo did you have? You could try Rogaine but I don't know if it will work. Try Nioxin shampoo and biotin vitamin too.

KSteve the eyebrow thing is really ticking me off too, I think this is going to be worse than losing my hair.

Thanks everyone - jeeze someone is going to have to deflate my big head now LOL!!

I am about 6 months PFC ....I don't think radiation slowed down the growth at all, but I think the herceptin treatments slow it down a bit.  We are all so different, but it's really not growing anywhere near as fast as it did pre-cancer.  My lashes and brows have definitely thinned out quite a bit again but at least they are still there!

Except for the weird colour and all the grey....my hair seems to be much thicker and healthier than it was.  I had poker straight hair as well but now there is some curl to it.  I am sort of waiting to see what it's going to do!

Hi again cli1.  I think most people don't use Rogaine during chemo but do use it afterwards.  I have used Minoxidil, which is equivalent I think, during and after chemo but am not certain that it works.  I have a bald spot that I have had since childhood so I am waiting to see if any hair grows there. So far it hasn't.

I have never heard anyone say that biotin should not be mixed with medications. I think most people on this site take it.

Good luck to you!

Marjie, I too think we have about the same growth. I did lose my brows and lashes, the brows started coming back in almost immediately, the lashes are still a little sparse, but I have given up on eyeliner. By the end of the day I would look like a racoon when I wore it. Miss Clairol and I have had a couple of afternoon meetings over the last 3 or 4 months and it is about time again. I am not liking the new darker color that I seem to have along with the gray sideburn thing that seems to be going on here. I was one of the October chemo ladies, so I have been done with chemo for 7 months on the 7th of September.

Becca

cli1, I am 17 weeks pfc and going well. 

Ladies, when I was on holidays 1000 miles from home two weeks ago, I did go topless briefly on the beach and just wore a hat during the day.