Eyelash and Eyebrow Please give 2cents worth

Jean · 11-24-2006, 05:30 PM

Hi Everyone,
I was a bit surprised that I lost a good amount of eyelashes and eyebrows after I completed chemo treatments on Sept. 7th...the following month I noticed
my eyelashes and eyebrows were getting thin.

Did anyone else loose them a few weeks after completeing chemo treatments?
Also, how long before they grow back? Do they grow back?
My hair is growing in ever so slowly it has been 10 weeks since my last chemo
treatment of TCH. I have a small peach fuzz at this point. I am now on every three weeks of herceptin. I know hercpetin does not cause hair loss.

Any input would help.

Thanks,
Jean

sally · 11-24-2006, 05:40 PM

I lost my eyelashes and brows after chemo. I forgot how long after. It has been 2 years since I finished. The hair on my head came back thick and wavy. My eyebrows came back bushier. I have more facial hair. My eyelashes have been growing back for 2 years and they are still very short and straight. Sally

Yorkiegirl · 11-24-2006, 07:28 PM

I lost my eye lashes and eye brows 2 times after finishing Chemo.

I had enough hair on my head to go with out any headcover 7 months after Chemo.

Mary Jo · 11-24-2006, 08:08 PM

Hi Jean,

I, like you, (and others) also lost my eyelashes and eyebrows about 1 month AFTER chemo was finished. That totally blew me away. I did notice that they were quite thin the month I was finishing chemo but figured I'd made it that far and I was safe. NOT! I will be finished with chemo one year this Nov. 30, 2006 and can say FINALLY I am pretty much back to normal. It truly does take awhile.

Mary Jo

Bev · 11-24-2006, 09:07 PM

During Ac, lost head hair. With the following TH, I started growing peach fuzz on head in a wierd pattern baldness way. Brows and lashes gradually disappeared. 3 months after finishing TH but still taking H, brows and lashes were back. Not quite as thick, but normal looking. I did use eyeliners and brow pencils to look normal. There is something on the web on how to apply the makeup.

Hope it doesn't take much time for you. BB

Chelee · 11-25-2006, 12:04 AM

I had TCH also. I believe it was chemo # five my eyebrows & lashes started thinning. I was so disappointed as I didn't expect it since I was almost done with my final one. I barely had enough lashes to put mascara on. It wasn't long after my last chemo (June) that they finally started to come back in.

But for some reason...I just recently noticed they are thinning out AGAIN. I did not expect this now since I am five months out from my last chemo. My eyebrows are almost gone! They look awful...the few hairs I have left there are sticking straight out. The only thing I did differently lately is my last dose of herceptin was a 3 wk dose. I usually do weekly. I didn't think herceptin played a part in this, but I am starting to wonder?

Chelee

Maggie · 11-25-2006, 04:27 AM

Hi Jean,

I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes a couple weeks after I finished chemo.
The good thing was, they were the last of my hair to leave and the first thing to come back.

I think I lined my eyelids with a brown eyeliner and not to dark.
My friend just finished A/C a few weeks ago and called me the other day and said "guess what!" "My lashes and brows just fell out!"

It honestly won't take long and they'll be back.

Maggie..... whose been doing well and not thinking of cancer as much lately and has not had the need to visit here as often. That's a good sign for me. PTL..

KellyA · 11-25-2006, 04:42 AM

Hi Jean,

My eyebrows and lashes stayed in almost till the end of treatment (4 dd A/C and 12 weekly Taxols). I also thought I was "safe" because I had made it through most of chemo. The hair on my head fell out 2 weeks after my first A/C, but started to grow back during the Taxol. I have pretty thick, but fine, hair about 3/4" long all over my head ( and solid white I might add!!) and I am now 3 weeks out of chemo. The lashes and eyebrows are nowhere to be found.......

Love, Kelly

Kimberly Lewis · 11-25-2006, 05:52 AM

It was a dissapointment to loose eyelashes and eyebrows - after chemo. I never lost them all, just the good eyelashes, the really nice long ones! I noticed yesterday that they are longer now than they ever have been. I occasionally pluck eyebrows now too - this is one year since chemo. Don't worry - this too shall pass!

MJo · 11-25-2006, 06:49 AM

I was more upset about losing my eyebrows and lashes than losing my hair. I hated my "bald face" look. Everything grew back. In fact, I just got my brows waxed. Upper lip hair grew back too. Rats. I was hoping it was gone forever.