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panamajayne--wow! I'm surprised you haven't lost hair yet. Has it thinned at all? Most of the ladies' hair seems to start growing again on Taxol, but I guess you won't need to worry about that. Looks like you missed one of the worst SEs of AC. Ask you onc if maybe the dose you're getting is "low." (I haven't a clue what "low" would be, btw
My onc said if I didn't lose my hair on AC (which I did), she'd question the dose.I've sure been enjoying all the gorgeous pics on this forum. Lovely heads of hair with lots of personality and spunk under them!
I've been hiding under my wig with my very ash/gray "Brillo Pad" that's getting thicker and curlier by the day. Just waiting to have more than 2 inches to dye, thin out and possibly straighten. I miss my long, straight hair, now that "someone else's hair" is growing on my head. But I'm still very, very grateful to have it, even if it makes me laugh and cry at the same time 
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thanks marjie.
i have more hair on the side of my head- too funny! guess that happens. i noticed today i have stubble on my legs- it was so weird! been long long time.
this is a good group to learn from- thanks to all!
waiting on more hair to grow....
Lisa
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NormaJean I just paste that smile on my pictures… It's not mine.
I'm kidding of course. It's the first thing my husband noticed on me too. Thanks for the compliment.
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I think I've reached a milestone...I no longer have to paint on my eyebrows!!! If only the hair on my head would return so quickly. I have been going topless around the house, but I still can't bring myself to do so out in public. I'm 8 weeks PFC and it looks like it did when I asked hubby to buzz it off, which is a major improvement from the cue ball I was sporting 2 months ago, but oh how much I miss my hair
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Lago... did you not lose your brows? I thought you did but the ones in the pictures look real... not penciled in. You also look like you have more consistent coverage than me so it makes me worry,,, I am 6+ weeks out and my temples are pretty sparse... and brows haven't started coming back yet.
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Ladies** I need to ask this question and I need your answers. I was given 3 T/C and still have some hair. It is thin and fine in the front and side but I can actually run my fingers through front and back. I worry that I am not getting the proper dose.......
So all you T/C ladies, did you go totally bald or did you have hair you could wash and comb through?
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Lago, my hair right now looks like your early march pictures. I've got one more taxol, then onto herceptin for a year. I'm hoping the hair will keep growing good while on herceptin or it's going to be a long year for me.
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bdavis My brows thinned during chemo… then fell off 5 weeks post chemo but they were coming in at the same time so I never really lost them. I use powder instead of pencil. It looks more natural. BTW my eyebrows have thinned again. Might be the anastrozole. I have always had a lot of hair. My hair was thin on top all the way towards the back. As it grows longer it filled in but still a little thin in the back. Only I would notice.
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PSU,
I had #6 TCH. Still had hair "hangeroners" at the end. Nothing that you could say you could comb through. Eyebrows thinned, so did the eye lashes. Now the peach fuzz is coming but the eyebrows are disappearing....
joann
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PSU, I shaved my head after 1st AC in August (buzz cut) I still had hair and it started to grow in December while I was on Taxotere.... so don't panic it's working.... lost my eyebrows and eyelashes at the end.
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psu222- I had TCH and never lost my hair until after the third round, half way through. Nurses were very surprised it held on so long and then it really came out fast, but never lost all of it, so I only cut it short, no buzz cut.
I am now 4mo post chemo and my hair is coming in great, thick, and the top has finally filled in. the top definitely took a long time to fill so that my scalp wasnt showing Cant wait for my DD to come home next weekend and see my new "do"
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Ok for those of you just growing hair i think for most people it's about 4 months PFC before you have full coverage albeit very crew cut looking. I think if it was summer during that time for me I could have gone topless, but it was cold so kept wearing my heavy knit hats i had gotten used to. Nw at i think 7 months I have what looks like a normal curly haircut. Not my taste but it's growing. I am afraid to cut it. I trimmed the back twice early on so that it would not look like a mullet. I want it to get longer to weigh down the curl.
Now I had it colored in the salon about 8 weeks ago with a redken semi permanent. I am very tight on money now so I need to color this myself this time. I have never colored my hair myself so I am nervous. I just want to cover the grey. I am brunette. I was thinking of going to Sallys and asking them what to get and how to do it.
Any advise on hair colors, brands, technique is appreciated.
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carrol2 , I do my own hair as well , my hair pulls a lot of reds so I use an ash color so it doesn't look so red and brassy. I am only 4months out and I feel like I am wearing a brown football helmet LOL !!! I like the Loreal brands, most colors with ash have an number with an A like 6a is light ash brown . I think with our hair being so short we can play around a bit. Good luck with it.
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I agree with Carrol - I had coverage at 4 months PFC - enough to be topless with family during the holidays. But I was def still cold, and def still needed hats even around the house. And I wore my wig at work for a few months longer until 7 months PFC and then finally stopped with all head coverings. I'll re-post my hair growth photos here for the new people - although they are not nearly as organized and use-friendly as Carrols or lagos!
Pre-chemo:
4 months PFC:
5 months PFC
6 months PFC
7 months PFC
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Looking great saralmom!!
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bdavis - I lost my brows towards the end of chemo (even when my head hair was starting to make a reappearance). They were gone for what seemed like forever then I noticed a shadow and BOOM....I swear they were full blown and needed to be plucked within about two weeks. You are very fair too, I have a friend who is fair and her brows came back but really really light so she still darkens them with a pencil.0
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I am 13.5 weeks PFC and was seriously frustrated that it wasn't growing fast enough, even though everyone said it was and I could see in pictures that it was. Anyway, I decided not to look at my head for a few days and, LOANDBEHOLD, it IS growing! It really is! I still can't go without a scarf, as it's too thin on top, but it is filling in. You ladies look great!
(Letlet, how much protein are you eating? Protein is important for hair growth. I also am using the Nioxin scalp therapy and a thing called the "Seven Star Needle." It's a Chinese hair growth thing that you can buy in Chinatown in NYC. Plus, I am doing a ton of yoga (inversions) to get the blood flowing to my scalp. Can't hurt, might help!)
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I am 3 months PFC (had TC) and here is my progression so far: Looked like an alien (ie. bald) for about 6 - 7 weeks; then looked like a concentration camp survivor for another month or so; now have a hair style similar to Barack Obama's! I am not complaining...at least I see progress, but none of these looks are the real "me" yet!
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baf4292, I love your staging comparisions of hair growth. I am 8 weeks PFC, and I am somewhere between concentration camp survior and Obama, but like you said, at least its progress.
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baf4292- Love your post! I am at the alien stage- 3 wks post last TC (Still on H).
All- anywhere I can read/learn more about nioxin??
Lisa
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Lisa,
here is the website: www.nioxin.com
You have to get from a salon or order online...check online like Amazon for deals too. Seems like most are using system 2, but not all. There is shampoo, conditioner, and a follicle booster. My salon owner told me the scalp booster is really the one she thinks is the most important. Expensive! But she has offered to sell it to me at cost. Have not compared what that would be compared to Amazon or others. But I bought it 'retail" for $20 for 1 oz! I see Amazon has for $15-not sure what my stylist's cost is. But a little goes a long ways.
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Yes, I couldn't decide if I was an alien or Uncle Fester.....I think that look was right at the end.
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My hair didn't start falling out until about a week or so before my 3rd chemo and then it went fast. I never minded it too much because I had about 3" or 4" around my forehead, sides and neck. It never occurred to me to look in the mirror until one day when I saw my crown was pretty much bald. Then I had to laugh at myself thinking I was doing so good. The "fringe" stayed until after my 5th treatment and then everything went. What a disappointment! My eyelashes and eyebrows joined them. I'm now almost 3 months out of treatment and the hair is growing in very unevenly. It seems like it's coming in so slowly and I've always been known to have fast hair growth so I don't know what's going on. My brows are all over the place. Did anyone else have that happen? They're like winged little devils that I can't train. My eyelashes are growing every which a way too. Drives me nuts but I'm so glad to have them back. Due to the eye leakage se I rub my right eye a lot and so those lashes are less than the other eye. What a beauty I am! lol
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Oh my gosh! My brows came in like crazy....I felt guilty plucking them so soon but they looked so bushy and were growing every which way.
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Marjie... At first my brows stayed with me and then they were very light (like the chemo made them lighter than they normally are) and then they started to thin... and that was about half way thru chemo (after 3rd of 6)... so now I am 6 weeks PFC and don't see much change, but even with my head hair, I have to wet it to see progress... some of it is so light I can't even see it when its dry... of course what I can see looks gray, so that doesn't make me happy.
Lago... the brow pencil works well... I went to Sepphora to buy the powder but the girl didn't know what I was talking about, so I just went with the pencil... My lashes are holding on and its now 6 plus weeks... I have been using a lash/brow gel and it appears to have worked with the lashes... They aren't lush, but I have 2 full sets with few gaps.
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I have brows and eyelashes back
I had my first eyebrow wax yesterday , I looked crazy they were every which way but lose. My hair is really coming in but now I feel like I have a brown football helmet on LOL ..... Oh well I have hair. I also had my first fill the other day and I have some boobs so it's all coming together.... What a year. 0 -
Lago........
Loved the info on the brows & the linky to browse. I never had much for eyebrows & now the situation has gone downhill. There is an Ulta very close to me.
How are you & the "sisters" doing? Thought about you most of yesterday. Get to feeling like "Wonder Woman" very soon.
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My eyebrows 9 months PFC are about 1/3 as robust as they used to be. And, some of you have heard me pine for them: they were one of my better features. I use exactly what Lago does. It is fantastic, the pencils are just such a drag by comparison. I brush this on, and bingo.
The only other issue I have is that I have a bit of male pattern thin spots in the front of my hair. It's not too noticeable, but of course, since I want everything to fall perfectly with my latest cut, I notice it. At first, it was alarming.
I have heard it can take up to 2 years to get everything back on track.
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Norma My sister and I haven't spoken since the week after my BMX. She did call and wish me a happy birthday but I wasn't home. It was my 50th. She sent me a generous gift card from norstrom. I called for a month but no one answered. I finally sent her an email stating I wanted to thank her over the phone… when would be a good time to call. She said she would call me that weekend. That was sometime in March. I think she's pretty much written me off. I can't waste anymore time on this.
Granted I didn't call her on her birthday but that was my first chemo tx.
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