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Attilash · 02-09-2006, 05:35 PM

Ciao! My natural hair is light brown / dark blond, with copper highlights and I'm on my 2nd experience with cancer.
I had 6 taxotere and have had yesterday Feb. 8 my 9th herceptin (I go every three weeks). The hair fell after the first tax/her treatment, right after three weeks. Now it's growing back, a bit slowly actually, but it's growing. People who notice say so ;o) eyebrows, though, it's a different story.
The first time (4 years ago -28yo) my eyebrows AND eyelashes fell almost completely, and my nails and toenails got black stripes - I sometimes wore a red hair wig, usually a turban, and always used a very light eyebrows pencil and colored nailpolish, which I changed frequently, and managed to get off with it that way. This time (34yo), my eyelashes stayed on, but eyebrows fell almost immediately and are not back yet - sometimes I wonder if they will ever be. I have worn a short, brunette wig, alternating with my beloved turbans, and always a medium brown eyebr. pencil. Nails are a sore point, since they have split and detached almost to their half, and they hurt a lot. And on my left thumbnail, a nice black stripe... I sometimes wear fake nails, preglued, in different lenghts and shape, and feel ok
Hope to have helped somehow.
lots of love, and good luck, Attilash

02-09-2006, 05:35 PM	#24
Attilash Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 7	hair & nails Ciao! My natural hair is light brown / dark blond, with copper highlights and I'm on my 2nd experience with cancer. I had 6 taxotere and have had yesterday Feb. 8 my 9th herceptin (I go every three weeks). The hair fell after the first tax/her treatment, right after three weeks. Now it's growing back, a bit slowly actually, but it's growing. People who notice say so ;o) eyebrows, though, it's a different story. The first time (4 years ago -28yo) my eyebrows AND eyelashes fell almost completely, and my nails and toenails got black stripes - I sometimes wore a red hair wig, usually a turban, and always used a very light eyebrows pencil and colored nailpolish, which I changed frequently, and managed to get off with it that way. This time (34yo), my eyelashes stayed on, but eyebrows fell almost immediately and are not back yet - sometimes I wonder if they will ever be. I have worn a short, brunette wig, alternating with my beloved turbans, and always a medium brown eyebr. pencil. Nails are a sore point, since they have split and detached almost to their half, and they hurt a lot. And on my left thumbnail, a nice black stripe... I sometimes wear fake nails, preglued, in different lenghts and shape, and feel ok Hope to have helped somehow. lots of love, and good luck, Attilash