Hair Regrowth - How Long Does it Take?

Hi Guys

It's been just over a month since I finished my 6th cycle of chemo and i've had good news in that I've responded well and I can take a break from chemo and have regular checks and CT scans.

However, I've lost all my hair, eyebrows and some of my eyelashes and I was wondering how long it took for most peoples hair to start growing again and if you've lost eyebrows and eyelashes how long they took to start coming back.

As I'm not so bothered about my hair as I can cover my head with hats, but I'm quite self concesious about my eyebrows or lack thereof, as I think it makes me look ill and dislike the stares I get, but I'm not so good with makeup to attempt to draw them on myself.

 

  • Hi streamr, it should start to regrow within couple of weeks but remember it grows slowly no matter what so it'll be a while before it looks anything like normal good luck.. Been there done that..           Billy 

  • Hello, I finished chemo in may ( completely bald all over) and I stopped wearing my turban around July ( basically I had a skin head...around a number 2 on the clippers) 

    my eyebrows however have different ideas and I still need to help them along with a pencil...they grew back very sparse....

    im now ( I'm relieved to say) sporting the thickest curliest head of hair ever! 

    Good luck...you'll get there...x

  • Hi streamer,

    I finished my chemo a week ago and all I can think about is having a dark covering of hair on my scalp. I'm sick of the wig and the heat of hats inside. However just like everything in this process, patience is the only thing that will keep me sane.

    Before my chemo started I invested in phi brows which is a type of microblading. I have to say they blew me away. I would really really recommend you look into getting this done. I promise you, if done properly, they will look like your own eyebrows. The only reason people will be looking at your eyebrows is out of envy.

  • Hi Billygoatt

    Thanks for the reply, I was sort of expecting that response, but suppose it's just me being impatient about how long it takes before even a little bit of growth starts to show :)

     

  • Thanks for the reply Marlyn

    Glad your hair has come back and hopefully it won't take long for mine to do the same - even the eyebrows.

  • Hi Dodes

    Thanks for the response I feel a bit more normal with wishing for the fast hair return and can agree and sympathise with the anoyance of wearing hats indoors all the time, especially when you're in a warm public space.

    Thanks for the info I will definitely look into phi brows and will try to be less impatient for my hair and brows to come back.