Hair Hair Hair - Another question

Hi everyone - looking good!  I went for a trim this weekend...my hair seems to just get bigger still rather than longer.  My hairdresser noticed that it's growing sort of haphazardly - it was all pretty uneven.  Anyway...she also noticed that the back of my head seems to be pretty straight but I still have curly hair at the front.  I think I may let the front grow a bit and see what happens.....sigh,

BTW Tracie....your hair looks awesome, I'm jealous.

Momine, You and your hair both look great.

Momine, You look fantastic!

Momine looks great!

Missy I am like you straight on top and sides and back is super curly! 

I'm 11 months PFC and for all who are struggling with this weird new hair texture that grows straight out (like Jiffy Pop), here's a photo to make you laugh. This was taken 5 minutes after I woke up this morning-DH laughs about it and says it's very Don King...

 

Here's what it looks like after it's washed and air dried with some gel in it:

 

And here's what it looks like after I flat-iron the top (I wear it natural or flat-ironed depending on my mood-it's fun to actually have some choices now that there is some length):

 

My hair definitely seems to be growing faster now that I'm done with Herceptin.

 

 

Dragonfly - you have a lot of hair!  Love it - nice that you have styling options!

Hi ladies, I haven't read the last 10 pages of this thread as I don't have as much time nowadays.



This week I am a year pfc. My hair au natural would look very much like dragonfly's. (Have you had any cuts, dragonfly?).



I had hair extensions put in at Christmas and also had my hair chemically straightened in February. The straightening has lasted well with no further curling evident yet.



I haven't had any cuts and my length is 3 - 3.5 inches overall. It has been growing since 7 weeks pfc, so that averages out to about an inch every 15 weeks. I did expect swifter growth. They say the average is half inch per month so my rate is about half the average.



I'm really pleased to have got the extensions and straightening.



Just wanted to post my experience to give an indication of what you can expect.



Good luck to you all with your hair and recovery overall.

Dragonfly - I'd take that hair ANY way it went...lol - I personally like the wilder look of the first picture :-)

Racy - how long was your hair when you did extensions and how long has that lasted?

Dragonfly.. I have the same issues as you but I am only 6 months PFC so shorter version og your hair.

dragonfly1, You hair looks great. I am the same wild bedhead when I wake up in the morning. It takes more time to care for short hair than it does for long hair.

AEM and the lady who asked a few pages back about extensions, the type I have is weft extensions, that is two 'panels' of hair on bands that span across the back of the head and are attached via strands of the natural hair being woven into the band to hold the wefts in place. There is one weft quite high near the crown and the second level with the top of the ears. There is also a small toupe piece that clips onto the top of the head to cover the short growth there but the hair on the toupe is as long as the extensions. The overall length of the do is a bit past the shoulders. I had to wait until my natural hair was about 2.5 inches long to be long enough to attach the extensions. I got them just before Christmas (8 months pfc).



The two wefts are very light, feel natural and wash as normal hair. Often I just wear them with a cap or hat and leave the toupe off. I am waiting for the top to grow long enough that I can dispense with the toupe and blend in my natural top layer with the weft extensions.



I had to get my real hair straightened to stop the chemo curls poking through the extensions everywhere.



The system that I got is Australian but hopefully you have something similar where you are. There is no glue or heat used so it doesn't damage the hair. Initial cost was about $1000 plus I have to go every 6 - 8 weeks to have the wefts moved as my hair grows. The cost for that is about $130 each time. Lucky I can afford it.



I hope my explanation helps but let me know if you have any further questions.

Momine and Dragonfly, thank you for posting your photos and giving those of us lagging behind you some hope!! I'm 8 weeks PFC and am just now seeing a "5-o'clock shadow," a hint of hair coming back. Of course it's coming in almost purely white, which makes it hard to see. I colored my hair for 20 years, so it's shocking to see my "real" color. I look about 100 years old. 

How soon can you color?? Right now, I guess I'd just be coloring scalp... 

WaveWhisperer....me too. I knew I was greying BUT looking like an old man was kinda shocking. The back and top show some darker colour but the sides are pure white..oh well just grateful for hair. I am almost 12 weeks PFC.