Hair Hair Hair - Another question
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Ladies, I think I'm starting to sprout! I'm 6 weeks PFC and I've got a lot of white fuzz and my scalp is starting to look dark and dirty, I guess that the darker hair coming thru.
I thought my hubby was funny the other day. I have an obsession with watching my hair grow, that I think only you ladies would understand. Lately I've been taking pics of my head and comparing them with older ones. While scrolling thru my pics on my phone the other night my husband says to me - Is that a pumpkin? Why did you take so many pics of a pumpkin ? LOL I was so embarrassed to say, no, not a pumpkin, just my head.
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Dominika - you would make a beautiful bride regardless of your hair length, you are beautiful! It should be a great length by next August.
SpecialK - that's a great story about your speech! I may end up spending a night or two at the Hope Lodge at Dana Farber. We are more than 40 miles away and I'll be starting radiation in a couple of weeks. If there is bad weather, we may need to use their facilities. I need to check out how it works or if it can work on an "ad hoc" basis. I'm going next week so I'll be able to check in to it.
Congrats, Jules! It is so liberating to ditch the head coverings. Good for you! But I also agree with whoever said to keep a hat handy...I've had a few times when my head is cold, especially in overly air conditioned restaurants.
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survivor 11 I am17 weeks PFC
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mcrimmon,
Thanks for the giggle to start my day =:0)
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I've 9 rads left. I sure wish I could shave the top half of my underarm...it's starting to look a little like Gene Shalit under there!
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Dominika... OMG.. I remember your other pictures.. Your hair is so long.. and wasn't it brown in the last photos??
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I'm sure this has been addressed before, but what's up with all this new fuzz showing up on my face? I never had it before. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm so envious of all of you going topless. I can't hardly wait. I'm so tired of trying to figure out what I'm going to do with my head...hat, scarf, or wig??? My last treatment was Sept 16, so I'm about 6 weeks PFC.
Thanks, Denise
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Denise... happens to most everyone.. some get it on their back too. I tweezed some and used scissors flat against my face ... seems to have stopped or slowed very much... I first noticed mine in July and did the scissors and tweezer in August and haven't needed more than a tweeze here and there since.
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LuvRving - check with your navigator or hospital case worker (maybe from your RO) on the referral for the Hope Lodge. I think you need that as an entre to get in. I am pretty sure they just have to document that you are coming from a distance. You can absolutely stay intermittently, they do have rules and restrictions but the facility here is gorgeous. There was a gentleman who approached my DH and I after my talk - there was a military family reference and he was retired Air Force so he wanted to talk to us. He was very sweet - he was there for radiation and lived about the same distance away as you do.
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Deniseday Yes, lots of us have had the fuzzy face stuff. I finally got it under control with a little device called a "Clio" trimmer that buzzes it off without actually shaving right to the skin-think battery operated miniature electric razor. I've done it twice and the fuzz is fully under control now (and is not growing back in dark in case you were worried).
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Oh, the wonderful peach fuzz... I used a little trimmer similar to the one Dragonfly1 has, but I don't think I've had as good a luck as some of the ladies have had with their trims! At least for now, I need to keep trimming, or it gets to be pretty "stubbly." Mine hasn't slowed down at all!
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i use mine for underarms, too. they're STILL quite tender... thanks for all the encouragement, and hope, ladies.. i may get a "top" on my "topless yet.. i have a pony in the back, but sooo thin. Gonna get a trim this week, but they're NOT touching the top.. im gonna go with a part in the middle for now. it looks like male pattern balding.. but i found some almost can't see so light growth there, too....
survivor 11; hang in there.. it takes awhile for the thyroid to start again, but it did for me, just recently... fingers crossed!.........3jays
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Domonika you look great. Congrats on your upcoming wedding you will be a beautiful bride. I am about 2 or 3 months behind you. My hair is also a bit thicker than it was and very curly. I try to blow it out but it just still looks very wavy and the humidity curls it right back up. What products do you use to make yours so nice and smooth?
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Oh my gosh, I just saw Dominika, isn't that fabulous! Amazing. I will say to other less lucky folks a-trollin', mine is 13 months PFC, and I got about 1/3 of that. I would say this month was the first month I feel like I have something akin to my old hair back!
As for the peach fuzz, I use a regular razor, which is cheaper. It doesn't cause it to come in thicker, darker, or anything other than what it is. Mine is starting to chill out. I use a regular razor and go with the grain of the hair from ear to chin and around the neck so I don't look like a cotton ball!
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Dominika, I can't believe all the hair you have... You look beautiful !!!!
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Im still so sad that I cant seem to post pics :-( Its not working for me or Im just doing it wrong again :-(
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3jaysmom, I am glad you have some hair, albeit thin. Have you considered hair extensions to thicken it and a little clip in toupé piece for the top? That's what I will be doing soon for my post chemo hair. I am in Australia but there must be something similar available in US. I know it's not as good as having all your own hair but I think would be better than a wig or not enough hair.
Ladies, a quick question. I am 28 weeks pfc I think (starting to lose count). Hair is maybe 1.5 inches long. I just noticed that my underarm hair is not growing since I last shaved about 4 weeks ago. Has anyone else experienced this? I hope it doesn't mean that head hair has stalled.0 -
I am also getting fuzz on my chin! So not fair! I have always had really fine hair on my head. I've also had very little body hair though. Really never had hair under my arms. Neither my father, brother or son could grow a beard. And now I have peach fuzz growing on my chin? If the hair would come in thicker on the head, I wouldn't mind so much. Am going to get one of those little clippers in DragonFly's post.
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Racy the hair on my head came back a bit thicker than before but the hair on my body much thinner. I can go without shaving my legs or underarms about a week before it;s really noticeable. I always just tweezed my eyebrows myself never waxed , and i used to do it every 2 to 3 days, now that can wait up to about 2 weeks now. Plus I don't get my period anymore lol. So feeling ok with things right now.0
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Racy the hair regrowth is just bizarre. My eyebrows have not grown AT ALL-I'm not kidding. They thinned out throughout chemo, and then again 5 weeks PFC and then just stopped altogether. I haven't plucked a single one since chemo and I still have to fill them in. My underarm hair grows but slowly and as Carrol2 said, I shave it less often. I have no idea what's going on with the hair on my head. It's growing but cannot be measured easily because it's curling so much:)0
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Thanks Carrol2 and dragonfly1. I am glad to know I am not alone.
Carrol, you are such an inspiration and I add my vote for your hair being best on this thread, with lago a hair away in second place.
dragonfly1, I think our hair is very similar as I have been following your progress too. I had to get the hairdresser to measure mine. I am waiting for extensions and she said I need at least another inch. I monitor my progress via my 'sideburns' growing parallel to my ears.0 -
hi gals: Racy; i have 2 fake bangs, but need a hairdresser to do them, yet.. i wear them with little berets' and that works well.. im beg. to use a wig here, and there. it s wayyy to hot here in the summer.. thanks for all the suggestions..
my hands are getting bad, sorry for the typos; and now, wearing compression gloves, and that makes it even harder.....oh well keep on truckin, Gals....................3jays
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Hi Everyone,
I am 6 weeks PFC. I have a nice start on the hair regrowth; it started coming back near the end of taxotere. However, I have to start tamox on Monday. For those of you on tamox, did the hair growth slow down? Change?
Paranoidly yours, Cath
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Cath I went on Tamoxifen last Feb and I did not notice any slowing in my hair growth. It continued to grow even through two surgeries since then too.
Racy that is so sweet. I am glad I could be encouraging to you I received lots of support here and it feels good to give back.
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Thanks 3jays, hope your right. So far just having to continue increasing thyroid med.
So my hair is a little over 3/4" of inch long and I'm 13 wks PFC. No curl noted yet, not that I'm sad about that. The hair on my body grows really really fast, which is the same as prechemo. Have very good hair coverage but can still see scalp thru it. Seems to have alot of body ontop and seems course in the back and sides. Always had very wavy, thick hair so curious to see how this ends up.
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Just an FYI. After menopause hair growth on legs, underarms and even pubic hair will not be as thick. As you age you will lose more in those areas. My underarm/leg hair growth had already started to slow a bit prior to this due to being perimenopausal. Granted it had now picked up a little bit since ending Herceptin but not quite as fast as it was before chemo.
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Lago, would the slower body hair growth also be a caused by chemopause? While I have enjoyed not having the shave I think I'm waiting for it just as a sign that everything is returning to normal? Not a hair question, but about how long does chemopause last?
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My body hair started growing back about 3-4 wks PFC.
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mccrimmon - my chemopause was permanent. I'm officially post menopausal.
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MamaV - Can I ask your age? I'm 41, while I like the thought of not dealing with it anymore I don't think I'm ready for it not to be here. How is your hair growing? When was your last chemo?
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