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Chelee · 09-19-2009, 03:17 PM

Lizbeth, I had long (just below the shoulders) very fine, thin straight hair before bc dx. (You couldn't get my hair to curl if you wanted too.)

Then after chemo it grew out so different. Instead of fine, thin, soft hair...it was course, super wavy and full of curls. (What a trip that was.) At first I didn't like it but then it kind of grew on me. (Pun intended.) lol I had what I called "wash & wear" hair. In & out of the shower and my hair fell into place...& out the door I went. I'd never been able to do that...I loved it.

But I did always wonder if the curls would ever leave and go back to my original hair prior to dx? And yes it did...slowly but surely the curls started to fade away and its back to normal....long, straight, fine and not one curl in it. It took almost 20 months before it went back to my orignal hair. So you can expect change over time. It's kind of fun to play with all the different hair styles along the way. I do agree with your hair dresser...your hair will come back thicker...mind sure did.

Chelee

09-19-2009, 03:17 PM	#3
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: First Haircut Lizbeth, I had long (just below the shoulders) very fine, thin straight hair before bc dx. (You couldn't get my hair to curl if you wanted too.) Then after chemo it grew out so different. Instead of fine, thin, soft hair...it was course, super wavy and full of curls. (What a trip that was.) At first I didn't like it but then it kind of grew on me. (Pun intended.) lol I had what I called "wash & wear" hair. In & out of the shower and my hair fell into place...& out the door I went. I'd never been able to do that...I loved it. But I did always wonder if the curls would ever leave and go back to my original hair prior to dx? And yes it did...slowly but surely the curls started to fade away and its back to normal....long, straight, fine and not one curl in it. It took almost 20 months before it went back to my orignal hair. So you can expect change over time. It's kind of fun to play with all the different hair styles along the way. I do agree with your hair dresser...your hair will come back thicker...mind sure did. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.