Hair Hair Hair - Another question

Survivor - it took me ages to figure out how to post a photo.

It needs to be hosted somewhere online like Facebook or Photobucket.  I signed up to Photobucket and upload photos there.  I then just right click on them and copy. Then I right click and paste here.

I was initially hesitant about putting photos on Photobucket but you can make them totally Private so that no one at all can access them.

I hope this helps.

kiwimum that is awesome!  U have alot and it looks great!

Hair at 15wks PF. Thanks Kiwi

Well aren't we just a beautiful bunch!

Yay for spikey and curly hair!

Yay for baby eyelashes!

Yay for mustaches! Eeerrr...ummm...maybe not... I think my Bohemian ancestry is taking over...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 

:::groan::: MamaV! LOL Nice pun!!!

Karina-your hair looks awesome!

Looking good girls!

Hi all,

Question.  I have had my 3rd treatment with hercpetin & taxol, # 4 on Friday. I have cut my hair short, but yesterday it began falling out a few strands at a time. Today the same. My onc said maybe it would all fall out or maybe jsut thin.   Others experience with this, how soon should I get myself to a wig shop or at a minimum buy a hat.  I have bad hat karma from an early age and very seldom wear one even heere inthe miserable cold Northeast.  Managing pretty well with other SE, so if this is the worst of it for now, I am good 

Thanks

Nel

Nel, I did not have the same chemo as you but my hair also fell out gradually over several weeks. I needed a wig after about two weeks. I think you are likely to need a head covering so if I were you I would at least start shopping. It's best to be prepared.

3 days after mastectomy

3 wks after mastectomy and 1wk before chemo-got it cut.

3 wks after first chemo. Told boys they could paint my head when my hair fell out-I painted their faces. My head blends in with their shower curtain.

2 days after last chemo. I just woke up a day earlier with the black eye-no idea why.

8 wks PFC.

11 wks PFC

14 wks PFC

15 wks PFC

So there it is, the time frame.

So I was thinking it was going to be straight to wavy at first, but tonight I noticed the back is starting to stick out and the hair on the top of my head is starting to look like what one of you call "a well loved teddy bear"-ugh!

Survivor11 - love the timeline, thank you.

Thanks survivor. You have nice even coverage. I have a bald spot but I figure I can always try a Donald Trump "do."



Cath

Dragonfly1-  Most eyebrows don't actually last long enough to be affected by the sagging of the face, which occurs over decades.  The ink will fade over time- cosmetic tattooing is permanent in that it doesn't wash off, but will fade. So long before the forehead skin has sagged, there will likely be no tattoo ink (unless it was done with body ink, a no-no, or it was redone later in life, but then it would be put where you wanted it).

Also, if the tattoo was done along the brow line and there is some ink still there in 20 years, the ink will be where the brow hair would have been anyway. That is to say, even if there isn't a tattoo, the eyebrows are a bit lower over the eyes as time goes by and any tattoo will just follow this natural progression.  This is why many women who lose brows do to age, ask to have them tattooed a bit higher than they would have naturally been.

I recommend very light brow tattooing for women pre-treatment (chemo etc) so it will be there when the hair is lost, but not noticeable when hair grows back, and eventually it will fade to nothing or almost nothing.  And if hair doesn't grow back, there is a nice template of what the brows looked like before to follow. The biggest issue is the color may fade over the years to a slightly different tone, but this is easily fixed.

Any brow tattooing should have very delicate hair strokes and very light powdering so it is subtle and natural looking. If done well, it will look like brows and be an easy template to follow to pencil darker brows if a client wants.

Good Luck!

and if you color treat your hair and have some dark and some  gray hair there is nothing you can wear that won't show the hair! I had some gray roots that I didn't bother to touch up since it was going to fall out anyway so my hair was 2 colors.