Can we Save the Lashes?

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C-squared
C-squared Member Posts: 514
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

Has anyone ever tryed products like "Revitalash"? (developed by an eye doctor whose wife lost her eyelashes to chemo).  Did it work?  I'm starting AC in a few weeks and fearful of losing my eyelashes and eyebrows!  I've been through Taxol so have already lost hair on my head.  Thanks to all for your reviews.

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  • greenacres
    greenacres Member Posts: 144
    edited March 2012

    If there is a way, I'd like to know about it if God Forbid I have to go through this again. I lost every piece of hair on my body when I went through Chemo in 2010.  It'd be interested to see replies to this thread - Thanks! :) and GOOD LUCK to you.

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  • mdg
    mdg Member Posts: 3,571
    edited March 2012

    I used latisse and I kept my lashes until about 6 or 7 weeks after completing chemo. By the time they all fell out there were tons of new ones sprouting everywhere. They came back in super thick and super fast. It seems many people lose them after chemo ends.

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  • Lovelyface
    Lovelyface Member Posts: 674
    edited March 2012

    During Chemo I lost my eyelashes which were really long and beautiful.  I used black eye liner so it wasn't really that bad at all during chemo.  Afterwards, they came back very thick, luscious and long.  People have often asked me if I was wearing false eye lashes.  However, the interesting thing is that I think there is a cycle to it.  Every now and then (I haven't really noticed the pattern) some fall off and others grow, just like hair.  When the falling is happening, they all become uneven, some are super long and some hairs are very short.  I want to ask anyone out there if they have experienced the same thing.  And when does this cycle end?  I feel that my eyelashes has lost its normal growth cycle.  Will it ever get back to normal?  Or was it like this all the time before chemo and I had never noticed.  I need to research and find out whether our eyelashes are like our hair, which has a natural pattern of fall and growth.

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