Hi. I am currently having chemo for breast cancer. I lost my hair around cycle 2 but since cycle 5 (of8) it's been growing back. I asked the nurse and oncologist and they both said it is rare. I was wondering if anyone else has had this.
I've been having chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, so a different cancer type to you, however the drugs used also are associated with hair loss.
When I first started the chemo my hair fell out quite quickly; although I was never bald it was extremely patchy and my hair line receded about 2 inches!
However after about 4 months of treatment when my fatigue was too much for me to even bother having someone buzz the remaining few patches I had, I realized it was growing back.
For the rest of the treatment lots of areas have grown back. It's definitely sparse and patchy, so I have kept it all buzzed down to a grade 1 just to make it easier to wear wigs and manage, but left to it's own devices it's definitely growing. Its been weeks since I found any hair on my pillow or shower or sink.
I asked my consultant if that meant anything and he just said sometimes the hair follicles that are initially damaged or shocked by the chemotherapy manage to keep going. I was more interested if it meant treatment wasn't working and he said it has no indication of if treatment is working or not working at all. So for now I just have to deal with the strange regrowth!
I'm thinking I will keep it all fairly short and keep buzzing it for a while to allow the slower follicles to catch up and to give it a shot at being one length.
Hope this helps, i realize it doesn't provide much in the way of answers but know you're not on your own!
I've been having chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma, so a different cancer type to you, however the drugs used also are associated with hair loss.
When I first started the chemo my hair fell out quite quickly; although I was never bald it was extremely patchy and my hair line receded about 2 inches!
However after about 4 months of treatment when my fatigue was too much for me to even bother having someone buzz the remaining few patches I had, I realized it was growing back.
For the rest of the treatment lots of areas have grown back. It's definitely sparse and patchy, so I have kept it all buzzed down to a grade 1 just to make it easier to wear wigs and manage, but left to it's own devices it's definitely growing. Its been weeks since I found any hair on my pillow or shower or sink.
I asked my consultant if that meant anything and he just said sometimes the hair follicles that are initially damaged or shocked by the chemotherapy manage to keep going. I was more interested if it meant treatment wasn't working and he said it has no indication of if treatment is working or not working at all. So for now I just have to deal with the strange regrowth!
I'm thinking I will keep it all fairly short and keep buzzing it for a while to allow the slower follicles to catch up and to give it a shot at being one length.
Hope this helps, i realize it doesn't provide much in the way of answers but know you're not on your own!
