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Momine...your pic is my goal

LOL, thanks you all. Yes, my hair is quite thick from nature, and even with menopause and AIs it seems to be holding up OK, although it is thinner than it used to be when I was young.

Kelloggs

Oops TOTAL typo LOL!  49.  Will edit now. 

whooo...not that it's any better to have BC at 49, but that was shocking! LOL

Wishful thinking on my part. God I had good hair at age 19!!!

Here's a pic of the back of my head.  Its starting to darken a bit.  Seems I have a heat rash from the wig but its not itcy or anything.  At least the wig hides it when I go out.  Does this look like normal growth 7 weeks PFC.  Be honest.  Sorry for the large pic.  Lago can you give me a tip on how to resize?

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oops now only one pic...what's happening?  LOL

ahhhhhhhh...mine has gotten darker as time goes on...sides are completely white tho...I look like an old man instead of an old woman 

myleftboob everyone's hair grows at different rates. I hair as always grown fast. I was on Herceptin and my hair still grew at a pretty fast pace (but sped up even more after Herceptin). It's summer now and even my stylist is saying how fast it's growing. I'm now cutting it every 3 weeks.

If you look at my hair transition thread you can see 3.11.2011 is 7 weeks (and 1 day) My hair might have started to grow before chemo ended but I wasn't looking. I figured nothing would should up anyway before 3 weeks PFC so why stress. As you can see I have a lot of growth even the week before! I was quite the chia pet. Now if only my eyebrows and lashes filled in like my hair but after all this time I think what I have is what I'm going to have. Lashes aren't too bad but I really wish I had a few more brow hairs.

Looks like you figured out the picture thing.

Lago

You do have fast growing hair!!  Mine is better on the back then the front at this point.  At least its growing so I should be happy about that regardless.

Survey

Sandy:

Age 42

1.  TAC (Taxotere, Adriamycin & Cytoxan) X 6

2.  Hair started coming out on day 14 of first chemo round, had to shave it on day 17

3.  Lost 100% of my hair, eyelashes, brows, everything.

4.  One inch of hair now, feels like it might be curly (just wavy before BC)

5.  3 1/2 months PFC (February 21st was my last tx)  Just began growing back recently.

Elizabeth & Momine looking great!!

Momine, i saw your previous pic a few months ago & thought: she looks amazing!! when i get *there* it's off with the Halo!! last week was my first time out & about with good feedback

yesterday i met some ladies for brunch (some knew i had BC & others didn't) with my new pixie hair. i felt so uncomfortable in my own skin... ironically, i finally reached an age last year (44) where i very confident & BAM!! BC hit me like a two ton truck & smashed my self-confidence. i've NEVER had short hair so as much as every tells me it looks great, i still feel so unfeminine & boyish. due for color (TONS of gray peeking through but i use a washable coverage that is applied like mascara). all i can say is: GROW HAIR GROW!!

here's what a few days shy of 12 weeks PFC looks like on me:

whatashocker, i lost mine too but got Latisse from my plastic surgeons office - it's not over the counter. i didn't need a prescription but i had to sign a waiver. i paid $132 for one 3ml kit (solution + applicators) & they gave me a second kit for free. i started the using it on April 16 & just finished the first bottle last night.tip: it comes with multiple applicator brushes. you can use one brush for both eyes rather than one brush each eye. this will save on running out of applicator brushes also, many are nervous to use it becasue it can darken or change your eyecolor to brown. this is true BUT only if it's apllied directly into the eye (which you won't do) at great amounts.

once i started using it nightly on my brows (the area where they one were!!) & lash line they grew back fast!! so fast that i only use it on the brows once a week now good luck!!

Momine & Yvette, you both have wonderful heads of hair!

When I started going without my wig last August, I found it easier to begin by going out-of-town.  My doctor's office is an hour away, so I went there.  I went to Lake Erie and was not self-conscious in the crowds of beach-goers.  Face it, if you saw a bald woman at the store or doctor's office or on the beach, you really wouldn't react negatively.  I figured there's a lot more bizarre looking people out there than some middle aged woman who's hair fell out and is now growing back in.  It was liberating.

Yvette - I am a few days shy of 12 weeks PFC too and I have about the same amount of hair.  Mine is much more gray though.  Between the hair and your sunglasses you look like a movie star....fabulous!

thank you Momine & DivineM!! o how i'd love to be wearing this dark version of Mia farrow in Provence or NY... that would be splendid!!! however, it's the SF Bay Area in CA for the time period

i will say, i wore it to the office last week for the first time & everyone was really supportive several thought i cut my hair after my recent *holiday* (aka part 2 of of my bilateral mastectomy -> some holiday!!) & were in shock when i explained it's regrowth from going through chemo. i worked during that time & i thought i looked like Hell (thank G for great cosmetics!!) but must have fooled a few. we are truly most critical of ourselves...