ps. apparently Kate Winslet wore a pubic hair wig for Revolutionary Road as her brazilian wasn’t realistic for 1950s america. Whats good for Kate…
Hi all
Mine disappeared, never to really return! I have a very sparse covering in the lady garden area, but a very thick head of hair, which was really curly but is gradually straightening. Have eyelashes but intermittent eyebrows, so wear a fringe to cover them up. Am 18mths post chemo. Am not too bothered about it, but lady garden does look weird.
at least you don’t have to wax to wear a swim suit ( silver lining…?)
love the posts, they really made me laugh.
Lost my little thatch early on and most of my body hair although still find I have to shave my legs every 3 - 4 weeks.
Had my head shaved before 2nd chemo. Had spent a fortune on a fantastic wig but rarely wear it. Usually wear a bandana.
No views from significant other on the loss as sadly no longer have one but life goes on !!!
will keep looking at the posts and hopefully we will all grow thick and sexy hair one day !!
Karen x
Karen i lost pretty much every hair on my body… still had a few mental eye brows but had to shave my legs throughout 6 months of chemo… it did slow down and become a bit sparser but never stopped completely which was a bit of a bugger.
took some hair longer to come back in than others like underarm hair didnt grow back enough to need shaved til 4 months after last chemo, but eyelashes grew back almost immediately.
Lxx
Hello Binki,
I just love your ATTITUDE poem, makes you think.
What a great way to see things!
Best Wishes
Isabelle xxx
Hi Ladies, hope you don’t mind me joining in but just have to say this thread has really cheered me up lots! Had 2nd chemo on Wed and was so obsessed with losing hair on head 
I’d not noticed the disappearing lady garden! Love the ATTITUDE poem too. Will be soooo disappointed if legs stay hairy though think we should have one ‘perk’ of hair loss??
Hope everyone feeling ok and getting through their treatment with not too many s/e. Have gd weekend. Love the sun so it’s hard to keep out of it when weather so gorgeous!
Love Kiti xx
How mean, no hair on top but still shaving legs, too! Bought wig last week and with sunglasses on no one recognised me, gone from brown shoulder lengths to Jennifer Aniston blond wig! Eyelashes and brows getting sparse, too, don’t feel or look like myself at present! Very sunsensitive, too. Keep firmly hoping all be back to normal next summer! Tinaxx
am hoping that too Tina, have spent the day feeling sicky and achy and generally blurgh, is everyone else still nauseous on day 4 after chemo, if day 1 is the actual chemo date? Think will def ask for difft anti sickness stuff, can’t even drink water this time! Hair on my legs is well and truly hanging on in there, what the hell is that all about when its doing a runner evrywhere else?
Ask for Emend, seems to be the best there is, was prescribed this for next cycle after being so nauseous after the first two, anecdotal evidence from the forums suggest everyone found it very helpful! Have now been switched from FEC to TAX and wonder what that will bring, just when you think you know what’s coming something else to get your head around.
Hope you have now fully recovered from those nasty bugs! Tinaxxx
will see if my gp can give it me, never know who is the right person to ask for what nowadays!
Sometimes it’s a case of knocking on all doors before someone steps in to help! Do you have a BC nurse who might arrange a prescription for you? I also have chemo day on a Thursday which is day one and then the next cycle starts on a Thursday again due to the FEC and TAX having a 21 day recovery. Hope you feel better soon. I was very tired the last week and for the first time had to have a lie down after the school run, just could not carry on. Better after a restful weekend. Not looking forward to this week coming. Tinaxx
i look like a barbie doll down below now, is just wrong.
Why are our legs not affected as quickly as our head and lady hair.
SO UNFAIR!!!
still shaving legs too but underarm hair is usually rampant but hasn’t grown back for 3 weeks now since i last shaved it, is a slight bonus to all this! Eyebrows still there but the stray hairs i plucked out 3 weeks ago haven’t reappeared either, won’t be messing with the remaining ones obviously!
The last of my 6 chemos was 12 august, still no signs of regrowth. Will look like a freaky pre pubescant woman-child for eternity.
Tors
Just wait until it does START to grow back …that is more freaky! With me it was almost as if the hair wasn’t strong enough to penetrate the skin and grew in a tiny circle just visible under the skin, most weird…the hair on my thighs did that too, but not the hair everywhere else. In fact 4 years later and my underarm hair is still very sparce…something to be grateful for!
Take care Nicola xx
freaky crop circle type underground pubic hair? There is just so much to look forward to!
Aaahhh. I had my first chemo last week today is day 9. The idea of losing my hair is soooo hard but boy my scalp hurts, it’s so sensitive I’m scared to wash my hair…Pubic hair oh waow …i better clean that toilet and make sure my white floor in the bathroom is cleaned and scrutinised with a zoom magnifying glass? i just wiped off a little chunk of it…they look as if they are just sitting on my skin…Help help with my nails…
.i can see the difference straight away what i can put on my nails to save them. I have been rubbing coconut oil at night since 2 days. Any suggestions are welcomed…I am on EC for 4 cycle then Tax for another 4…
Omg I am so happy after years of Brazilians to hopefully now have a permanent one. Please oh please don’t ever grow back. I’m loving it.