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duga35 · 09-12-2009, 05:37 PM

Wull, I'm not a woman, but I have had permanent hair loss due to chemo. Before the chemo I had a pretty full head of hair, very thick. I even had a somewhat of a mullet. Been done with treatment for over a year now and all I have is some stubble on my head. My eyebrows still won't come back, nor can I grow a moustache. What is weird though is that I have the bottom part of a go-t, and its pretty thick. My onc says that I have had a very rare side effect and that most regain a full head of hair, sometimes even fuller than before.

09-12-2009, 05:37 PM	#2
duga35 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 154	Re: Chemotherapy Permanent Hair Loss Wull, I'm not a woman, but I have had permanent hair loss due to chemo. Before the chemo I had a pretty full head of hair, very thick. I even had a somewhat of a mullet. Been done with treatment for over a year now and all I have is some stubble on my head. My eyebrows still won't come back, nor can I grow a moustache. What is weird though is that I have the bottom part of a go-t, and its pretty thick. My onc says that I have had a very rare side effect and that most regain a full head of hair, sometimes even fuller than before. __________________ Diagnosis and Treatment: DX 12/07/07 Male Diagnosed with DCIS at age 39 Mastectomy on right breast Tumor Stage pt1b NO MO DCIS Tumor size 1.5 x 1.x .6cm Infiltration tumor size .25X.17 cm Bloom-Richardson Grade 3(score 8) Nuclear Grade 3 with comedo necrosis Estrogen+/Progestrone+/HER-2/Neu +++ FISH ratio 4.31 Lymph node removal scheduled 1/07/08 17 nodes tested and all negative 1/08/08 Started Tamoxifin 1/29/08 Oncotype DX score 52 (off the charts, according to my onc!!!) Starting TCH 3/14/08 BRCA I Positive BRCA II Negative Finished TC 6/27/08 continue Herceptin 8/1/08 Herceptin stopped due to low Muga score Mastectomy on left breast 11/10/08