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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011

    You can see I have a thin spot on the back of my head, so annoying.

  • Teklya
    Teklya Member Posts: 362
    edited April 2011

    You look great; you are a little cutie, and should be happy with that growth of hair. 

    Teklya

  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011

    Thanks Teklya I think it's growing in as fast as I can hope for but it will never be fast enough to me. It's so funny that you called me little I never heard that so much since I got breast cancer. I am 5'6" 140 pounds so not little lol. But my doctors and the nurses have been saying it too. I figured it was because i am in the midwest now and not in NYC and people here are bigger so i seem smaller lol.

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited April 2011

    Carrol your hair is growing even faster than mine. I think you're a little cutie too and we're the same size. For some reason I thought you were a lot shorter. Hard to tell from the photos but I think you're correct. A few highlights might be nice. This chemo hair has no dimension.

    My MDs all call me small, petite and thin. I swear they breed with cows out here in the Midwest. Tongue out (For those of you who don't know I'm another relocated gal from the NE… Boston area). I was considered tall growing up.

  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011
    Lago yeah as soon as it's long enough I want to get hi lites. For now this color will slowly wash out in 6 weeks so might look better as it lightens. Hopefully by then can hi lite it. I think I may seem cute and small because this haircut is making me look like an elf! lol. Just sayin' 
  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited April 2011
    Carrol To get rid of the elf look you need to accessorize. You don't see me posting pictures without my bling do ya!
  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011

    yeah more earrings, more lip gloss!! 

  • saralmom
    saralmom Member Posts: 216
    edited April 2011

    Yep to the accessories and makeup.  I have never worn more make up in my entire life as I do now.  Crazy amounts of eyeliner to try to look like a girl.  

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011
    saralmom, you look nothing like a boy...you look beautiful!  just wait til I post my pic...I look like a boy!
  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011
    Photobucket"sorry if this ends up huge.... 
  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011

    ok wait i got it i look like a Vulcan or a Romulan.

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Photobucket 

    this was me 3 weeks before dx

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011
    Photobucket"tried to make this pic smaller, but just couldn't figure out how.  Sorry it's so huge!  14 weeks out 
  • LtotheK
    LtotheK Member Posts: 487
    edited April 2011

    I really loathe the curls, and I miss my straight hair!  I hear it'll relax in about a year.  Sigh....

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Photobucket 

    I finally was able to figure out how to shrink the pic!  this is me, 14 wks out

  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 846
    edited April 2011

    thegood5,  cute and good color too.  Thanks for posting, so encouraging for us bald girls.

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Photobucket

    me before my dx back in August 10

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Photobucket"

    side view...with a little kiss from my youngest, Ella

  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 846
    edited April 2011

    Your daughter is adorable!  What a great pic!

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Photobucket

    and last but not least, the view from the back 

  • thegood5
    thegood5 Member Posts: 284
    edited April 2011

    Thanks for the tips marjie! 

  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 365
    edited April 2011

    Carrol - I love it when you post your progression pictures and you DO NOT look like a Vulcan or Romulan!!!  I think the dark colour makes your eyes stand out.  I guess none of us are in love with our chemo "do" but we're definitely finding ways to rock the look, LOL!

    I put a deposit on a tattoo today..Yikes...Surprised...perhaps it will distract from my hair !!

  • nora_az
    nora_az Member Posts: 391
    edited April 2011

    MEEEEEEEEEEEE   at six weeks!

  • Teklya
    Teklya Member Posts: 362
    edited April 2011

    Sara, you are gorgeous and your hair is amazing on you.  I know it may not be the way you want it to be, but you are a striking gal and the "do" suits you!

    Teklya

  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011

    Thanks Marjie I am really trying to embrace this. I thought if i colored it i might like it better But when I got home to show my husband I teared up a little. I feel bed for the stylist she tried and when she was done she asked if I like it and I said no. But i explained to her that i miss my old hair. She was sweet i know she felt bad. I will give her another shot when i have enough hair to do hi lites. Good thing is this place is really cheap. Sem perm color and she trimmed the back cost $35.

    I am cleaning my house getting ready for my in laws from NY to come visit. But I made plans with a friends to get our nails done. That always makes me feel pretty. 

  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 365
    edited April 2011

    Nora - that's looking awesome for 6 wks!  You are in a warmer climate which helps - I always notice my hair and nails don't grow as fast over our winters.  Now that spring has finally sprung here, I notice a big difference in my hair almost daily.

    Carrol - I am trying to put off the colour as long as possible because I'd like to try some highlights too.  My daughter laughed at me today - we got caught in heavy rain, ran to the car and I used a kleenex to dry my hair off.....definitely not feeling pretty!

  • nora_az
    nora_az Member Posts: 391
    edited April 2011

    omg I look gray though!   I am not that gray!  LOL 

  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 11,653
    edited April 2011

    Sara I think I like you better with the shorter hair… granted a tad longer will be perfect but the long hair covered your best features.

    nora_az  it's coming in. Remember everyone is not the same. I think my hair came in rather fast since I was going topless at 13 weeks. I think most people wait 4-6 months to go topless. Granted I was and still am a little thin on top/back.

    Carrol I was a bit disappointed when I came back with my "fur" too. We tend to be super critical of ourselves. I really think you need the bling

  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 214
    edited April 2011

    Marj, I am LMAO... That is so funny..but I can totally relate

  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited April 2011
    Lago well it will be my 12th wedding anniversary monday maybe i can tell my husband that you said I need bling heh heh. I did see a pair of earrings i liked in the jewelry store a few months ago but they were $400.

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