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  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited October 2013


    Karen my hair wasn't super curly when it grew back but a lite more than my natural hair was. It started to grow in straighter I think after about 9 months plus I kept it long so the weight kept the curl down

  • _Ann_
    _Ann_ Member Posts: 448
    edited October 2013


    Annie, I did not like the curl and tried various products. They seemed to make the curls tighter and more defined, which was less poufy but didn't really look better to me. The only thing that helped was keeping it super-short, like so short the curls couldn't form complete circles. I am finally almost free of the curls, 10 months PFC. I really noticed the roots straightening out a couple months ago which gave me hope.

  • AnnieLane
    AnnieLane Member Posts: 757
    edited October 2013


    Thanks Ann, I think that will be my strategy too.

  • LeeA
    LeeA Member Posts: 1,092
    edited October 2013


    Karen, what a glorious photo of you and your husband!

  • AnnieLane
    AnnieLane Member Posts: 757
    edited October 2013


    Karen, I agree - that is a beautiful pic of you and your husband. It just radiates joy! Yesterday I went and had my curly mane cut off. It's about like yours is in that pic, except the color.

  • jojo2373
    jojo2373 Member Posts: 60
    edited October 2013


    Hi, just wanted to check in to provide encouragement! I am 10 months pfc and finally have some good hair to work with. Hang in there ladies.

  • LizA17
    LizA17 Member Posts: 102
    edited October 2013


    Good to hear jojo.. I am 6 mo PFC and my hair is very thin. Very slow growing too. I'm beginning to get worried. I'm still having Herceptin treatments and of course taking Arimidex. I wonder if either of these slows hair growth.

  • jojo2373
    jojo2373 Member Posts: 60
    edited October 2013


    Liz have you tried Biotin? Also my bc friends who took herceptin lagged behind till they finished. I am on Tamoxifen and have noticed my growth slowed when I started. Good luck!

  • Carrol2
    Carrol2 Member Posts: 1,477
    edited October 2013


    Jojo looking good

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited October 2013


    Annie: Let's see an updated pic.


    Jojo. It DOES grow fast.

  • Shasha10
    Shasha10 Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2013


    This was taken this past weekend at a cousin's wedding in Memphis. I'm still getting used to the short hair. I had false lashes and my eyebrows filled in as well. I'm taking biotin as a supplement and using argan oil in my hair. Not sure they make a difference but make me feel better. Karen great picture. You look so happy.


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  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited October 2013


    Shasha


    you look great! so glamorous - I think the short hair is perfect on you

  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited October 2013


    went to my 44th highschool reunion last weekend -


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  • Shasha10
    Shasha10 Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2013


    thank you Nancy. To tell the truth I still miss my long hair.

  • ChickaD
    ChickaD Member Posts: 971
    edited October 2013

    I think I'll keep this look or my puppy, Cooper, won't recognize me...lol

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  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited October 2013


    We need a Cooper update! Grow a little hair so he has something to play with! Looking good!

  • ChickaD
    ChickaD Member Posts: 971
    edited October 2013

    Miss Spookie....here is a pic from last night.....can you find Cooper....lol

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  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited October 2013


    AWWWWWW just peeking!

  • Enerva
    Enerva Member Posts: 2,985
    edited November 2013

    Hi ladies i am glad someone told me about this forum lol i am going crazy with my hair i had two hair cuts since my last chemo which was in Feb, but i now want my hair back, its very curly now and i am not reaching a pony tail at all, it seams as if its stuck at a crazy 1 1/2 " length i keep on wishing for it to get longer but its just not happening :( i fear i will have to go to work with not hat and then what? how long did it take you to get it to pony tail length? I am like some of you i feel i need my old me back cuz this short hair is a reminder of my bc. i just cant take it anymore lol   

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited November 2013


    Sasha--you look beautiful! Remember, the hair grows really, really fast so hang in there!


    Nancy--I love your hair. It looks adorable. I hope you had fun at your reunion.

  • melody46
    melody46 Member Posts: 77
    edited November 2013


    ShaSha you look great!

  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited November 2013


    Karen-thanks -still getting use to the hair ..and yes, I had fun at my reunion..

  • annika12
    annika12 Member Posts: 92
    edited November 2013


    My cat used to love love love my long hair !!! I have one more taxol to go and my hair is growing in nicely , last night my cat "found" my hair.....so funny . He woke me up several times pushing hiss nose on my hear just sniffing it. Like mom mom it's here I found it...lol !!!

  • Enerva
    Enerva Member Posts: 2,985
    edited November 2013

    lol

  • Enerva
    Enerva Member Posts: 2,985
    edited November 2013

    Annika i try to say it was funny how your cat found your hair by posting only lol and the community deleted my post and now i am been review :( 

  • AnnieLane
    AnnieLane Member Posts: 757
    edited November 2013


    This new profile pic shows my hair 5 & 1/2 months post final chemo and after two trims. The second trim got rid of most of the tight, crazy curly stuff and I'm hoping it won't grow back. The color is the same as it was before chemo. Quit coloring the gray a few years before BC.


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  • Enerva
    Enerva Member Posts: 2,985
    edited November 2013

    Love your pic Annie ;) i also had two trims and the hair is still very curly :( hoping it grow soon i miss my long hair.


  • MsPharoah
    MsPharoah Member Posts: 224
    edited November 2013


    Annie Lane, you are absolutely gorgeous! I am about 2 1/2 months PFC and to think I might have as much hair in just 3 short months from now made my day.


    Love, MsP

  • LunaTechChick
    LunaTechChick Member Posts: 7
    edited November 2013


    Hello! I had an email from a sweet lady looking for my "Epic Hair Regrowth" blog post. It's somewhere in this thread...hope y'all don't mind me sharing it again here. So here it is:


    http://lunatechchick.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-this-hairy-businessorhow-long-will.html


    I'm also pretty close to the last updated pic for it, called "Mission Accomplished". Like soooooo many others, the hair loss thing was the hardest part for me....not the cancer, but the hair. But it DOES come back & faster than you think too. Hope y'all are all doin good. Hang in there! And if I can help at all, just lemme know! xx

  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited November 2013


    Annie - your hair looks great!

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