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  • Dixie1
    Dixie1 Member Posts: 39
    edited December 2014

    You look great Lorbgoo. Hope mine looks that good at 7 months.

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited December 2014

    Great growth Lorbgoo!! Looking good!!

  • jbokland
    jbokland Member Posts: 275
    edited December 2014

    Sherry. So sorry to hear you are struggling with the thin hair. Have you considered wearing it short? Taking the weight off the hair may help "fluff" the hair and camouflage the scalp you are seeing

  • Gretta
    Gretta Member Posts: 34
    edited December 2014

    Hoping Santa brings me some hair for Christmas, 7 weeks PFC & still nothing happening.  Just thinking out loud.

  • nikola
    nikola Member Posts: 154
    edited December 2014

    imageHello ladies, this is me 4 years after last chemo. I cut my hair only once (5") to make it more even. It went from curly, to wavy to straight.

  • nikola
    nikola Member Posts: 154
    edited December 2014
    • imageWavy
  • Lorbgoo
    Lorbgoo Member Posts: 111
    edited December 2014

    thanks for sharing nikola your hair is so pretty!

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,360
    edited December 2014

    Wow nikola - your hair is gorgeous. Thanks for giving us all something to look forward to.

  • islandmom
    islandmom Member Posts: 131
    edited December 2014

    nikola, it is amazing that your hair became so straight, you have beautiful hair.

    It will be four years PFC in March for me. Other than very minor trims and cutting my bangs I have not had a real haircut. I used to have very straight hair and now I have very wavy hair and when it is humid it is frizzy. I think my hair follicles are permanently changed.

  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited December 2014

    nikola - your hair looks so pretty!

  • Chrissy26
    Chrissy26 Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2014

    Firstly Merry Christmas. Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday with family and friends. I have a question that I am hoping you can help me with. I am 3 months post last taxol trt. My hair is about 1/2 inch long. My scalp is now covered but it is as straight as an arrow. I have read on this thread that most of you have hair growth that is very curly. I am just wondering if my hair is still too short to be curly or if it will remain straight. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. If you had curly hair, when did it start to curl? Just curious.

    Also when did you start going without a wig and how did you wear it when it is so short?I still feel really awkward as it is soooo short. Again any feedback is welcome. Thanks. Chrissy

  • noonrider
    noonrider Member Posts: 203
    edited December 2014

    Chrissy: I am 5 months PFC and my hair was stick straight pre chemo. It has been stick straight as its come in, but now at about 2 inches it is starting to get a little wave to it. I was going to have my first trim this past Monday but I ended up sick and in the hospital instead. Shooting for next week!

    I never wore a wig, just went bald. But it was summer, and just too hot for me to even think about wearing anything besides sunscreen on my head. I posted this picture a few weeks ago but I'll post it again. For weeks my hair has been standing STRAIGHT UP in the middle like a Faux hawk, and I would need to use hair glue for it to lie down. Tonight for the first time out of the shower it is laying down all on its own!! Yay!

    image

  • MarieNJ
    MarieNJ Member Posts: 183
    edited December 2014

    Merry Christmas to all!

    Well, I officially went topless yesterday! December 25th was my 4 month anniversary from chemo. Yay!!! I feel free! I know its a bit short, but some people in my building said I have a great haircut! LOL

    You all look wonderful. I enjoyed looking at all the pictures you post.

    So here I am at 4 months PFC.

    image

  • Chrissy26
    Chrissy26 Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2014

    Thank you for sharing MarieNJ. Looks really good. I am almost exactly one month behind you. Dec 23rd was my three month mark. I don't know how to post a picture. Could you please give me a bit if direction? Thanks. Chrissy

  • Chrissy26
    Chrissy26 Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2014

    is one of those 30 day colours an organic colouring product? I am totally white with this regrowth and I am anxious to colour but don't wish to damage any hair follicles. I have also read that one should wait six months but that is another three months for me. Ugh.

  • SandyLovesLucy
    SandyLovesLucy Member Posts: 154
    edited December 2014

    Hi everyone, I've been reading but am finally jumping in to join you.

    MarieNJ, it's great to see you here! Your hair looks so good.  It must feel terrific to be able to go wig free.:)

    I maintained a reasonable amount of hair to sort of cover my head until the 9th of 12 weekly Taxol treatments. Within the three weeks PFC, the rest of my hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows fell out.  The lashes and brows are coming in already. I have a tiny bit of salt and pepper hair coming in., almost to the G.I. Jane level. I also discovered that I have a similar hair line and style as Curious George!  I bought the Nioxin hair care system at the salon I go to but haven't started using it yet.  Anyone here use it? Was it helpful, when did you start? I'm about 2/3 of the way through six weeks of radiation, then will probably be on an AI for 5 years.  Not sure how everything will affect the rate of growth.

    Thanks for all the tips and pictures you share here!

  • sherryh16
    sherryh16 Member Posts: 95
    edited December 2014


    jbokland     Even if I wore my hair short, I would still have baldness, scalp showing.  My hair is gone and I don't think it will ever come back.  Its been 2.5 years since last chemo and there is very bald areas with no hair at all.  There just is not enough hair to cover my now bald head.    :-( 

  • MarieNJ
    MarieNJ Member Posts: 183
    edited December 2014

    Chrissy, I put pictures on like this:

    I take a picture with my IPhone - then I email it to myself - then I open the email on my laptop and save it to where I store my pictures - then I go to our thread and click on the icon where it says "insert image" - click on "choose file" - find your picture and click "open". Then your picture should appear on this page.

    I'm sure that I am doing this the long way. I'm not that technical as others may be on this thread. So ladies, if there is a shorter way, please share.

    Sandy, I can't tell you how happy I am that this wig is now in my draw!! My eyelashes fell out too after chemo and my eyebrows thinned out so much that I had to use pencil. They grew back in about 1 month. I needed an eyebrow wax in early November including a waxing on my upper lip. The hair grows back fast where you don't want it to and it seems to take longer on my head! Can you believe, before chemo, I had very little hair on my legs. Now I have to use my electric shaver! As far as the gray, it's staying. These are my new "highlights". I love the way the salt and pepper looks and I'm keeping it very short.

    Everyone, have a wonderful weekend.

    Marie



  • puffin2014
    puffin2014 Member Posts: 979
    edited December 2014

    Chrissy, my hair is really short but is laying down flat and is covering my scalp and I'm going without my wig over Christmas visiting family. The ladies at the gym said it's looking like "a style of intention" - like a Pixie Cut instead of a bald head growing out.

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,360
    edited December 2014

    Merry Christmas. 1 year PFC and my hair is approx 4" long. I had my first trim two weeks ago to clear ourt some of the "waves" at the collar line. I should add the disclaimer that I did Herceptin for a year that wasn't finished until the end of September 2014. I went commando for Christmas and my niece & nephew were excited to see hair. Since I only see them twice a year and the last time I was virtually bald, it was a big event. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

  • Izzyfran
    Izzyfran Member Posts: 46
    edited December 2014

    MinusTwo,

    Was wondering if Herceptin slowed down your hair growth. I finished chemo in Oct 7 and hair started growing right after Thanksgiving. I start Herceptin in January so I was just curious.


  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,360
    edited December 2014

    Izzyfran - the traditional wisdom says Herceptin does slow hair growth & I found that true for myself. But if there's one thing I've learned about this darn journey - each of us are different, each doc is different, each treatment effects each one of us differently,etc. Hope you'll have hair growth sooner rather than later.

  • anothernycgirl
    anothernycgirl Member Posts: 821
    edited December 2014

    Marie and Noon - you both look terrific!

    I am 3 months pfc, but dont have anywhere near the thickness that you both have! My hair is darker and thicker in the back, but grey and thinner on top. I hope it fills in as nicely as yours!!

  • MarieNJ
    MarieNJ Member Posts: 183
    edited December 2014

    Hi Another NYCG -

    I started to notice the thickness after 3 months PFC. Another month will make a difference! I felt comfortable to put the wig away on Christmas (4 months PFC).

    Thank you for that great compliment!

    Marie

  • homemom
    homemom Member Posts: 842
    edited December 2014

    I actually have gone without the wig the last 3 days. I did go to work today and almost got in the car without it. I was in pictures for Christmas and they were posted on faceook. Friends at work who have not seen me without the wig say I look like Jamie Lee Curtis!

  • Chrissy26
    Chrissy26 Member Posts: 10
    edited December 2014

    Thanks. That's kind of what mine is looking like as well. But you are far braver than I am. Plus I have become so used to wearing a hat I am kind of cold without it. I still wear it in the house as well until I have one of those hot flashes. Lol. My kids tell me my hair looks fine. I guess I should seriously think about just doing it and go without anything. You have given me a little bit of courage. Thanks my friend.

  • anothernycgirl
    anothernycgirl Member Posts: 821
    edited December 2014

    Marie - Thank you for the encouragement! =)

  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited December 2014

    Marie -looking great!

  • puffin2014
    puffin2014 Member Posts: 979
    edited December 2014

    image

    I didn't bring my wig along for Christmas, this was my holiday look.

    image

    I finally have a hint of a little wave down by my neck!


  • iamnancy
    iamnancy Member Posts: 641
    edited December 2014

    Puffin... lovely!


     

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