HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post

catlin · 05-19-2006, 05:04 PM

I had my last herceptin/taxol in December and have been on Herceptin only since then. My formerly wavy white hair has grown back very curly and thick but very slowly, still white. The top was the slowest of all. In fact I trimmed the sides a bit as they were sticking out while the hair on top was so thin. Now it is thick all over but I have no bangs to speak of, hair verrry short and has just gotten long enough, 1-2 inches in places, that it looks like a hairstyle. I used to cut my hair every month as it grew like a weed. I am having my last Herceptin dose in August so will see then. Fingernails are still very thin from Taxol and I keep them cut very short and use lots of hand cream and oil on them. Cannot use them to pop a soda can or anything or they will split. I think that is still the Taxol as my feet and toenails are still a wreck.

05-19-2006, 05:04 PM	#16
catlin Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 5	slow hair growth I had my last herceptin/taxol in December and have been on Herceptin only since then. My formerly wavy white hair has grown back very curly and thick but very slowly, still white. The top was the slowest of all. In fact I trimmed the sides a bit as they were sticking out while the hair on top was so thin. Now it is thick all over but I have no bangs to speak of, hair verrry short and has just gotten long enough, 1-2 inches in places, that it looks like a hairstyle. I used to cut my hair every month as it grew like a weed. I am having my last Herceptin dose in August so will see then. Fingernails are still very thin from Taxol and I keep them cut very short and use lots of hand cream and oil on them. Cannot use them to pop a soda can or anything or they will split. I think that is still the Taxol as my feet and toenails are still a wreck.