Chemotherapy Hair Loss and Growth

 I had my last Chemo with Andriamycin and Cytoxan on Oct. 5th 2022. My hair was basically all gone by then. I missed my eyebrows most of all.

My husband was worried as I wouldn't go outside without a headscarf. He tried to make me feel good about ysekf, I tried to explain it wasn't that I didn't; feel go about me. I know that when I went out with the head cover, people would look at me a little oddly.

I didn't need to make them feel uncomfortable or think they had to feel sorry for me. I didn't need to worry about how I looked as I've always tried to look my best when going out and took pride in my appearance. At home, now that's another story. Bald or in my sloppy clothes, no problem!

He started to notice my eyebrows growing in around the 3rd week in November. Here's me 11/3022

It's been growing ever since. My hair has definite waves that weren't there before! It's also much darker than it was - all over...

Here I am today on 1/30/2023.

My journey continues- sans head cover. Now wat to do about reconstructive surgery? TBD

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Hair Fallout Update

I had my hair cut short to make future fallout easier to manage. My oncologist said it may just thin out until the next series of infusions. My hair started falling out 8 days into my Taxol (Paclitaxel) infusions. 

It certainly thinned out. It looked like I had a white baby chick on top of my head, only much sparser.

It was no big deal to me, but I kept checking just to see if any more would fall out. I like to be prepared. 

Two days ago I had my second dose of Andriamycin and Cytoxan. My husband came up to me and said, I think your hair has grown and asked me if I wanted to have it cut anymore. I put my hand up to my head, touched my hair, and felt something fall onto my neck. I ran my hand through my hair and, you guessed it, it was falling out–and I mean, FALLING OUT. 

I went to the kitchen trash can, ran my hand over my head and it was like snow falling down. I guess this is the start of the next few days or weeks. Luckily I have dogs to blame for the build-up of white fur on the floor!