Hi,
Had 3 cycles of FEC and most of my hair fell out, just had the 3rd TAX last week , but strangely , my hair is already growing back - while I am still having chemo!!
Has anyone else experienced this - is it common?
thanks,
Jackie
Hi Jackie,
Yes, I had 4FEC then 4Tax, any my hair started growing back as soon as I started the Tax. I had my last one on 1st Nov, and my hair is about an inch and a half long now…just wish it wasn’t so GREY (it wasn’t before)! Also it seems a little sparse in places!
xxx
Hello Jackie
I had 3 x FEC and 3 x Taxotere. My hair started coming back very, very slowly after my second Tax.
Best wishes
Anthi x
Hello Jackie
Yes, my hair started to grow back after I started my Tax, after FEC!
But!.. my eyelashes mostly went after my Tax… very strange and my hair growth is very slow.
But it’s hair! Very exciting.
Cecelia. x
Hi Jackie
Mine was same as Cecelia including eye lash and eyebrow loss.
It’s quite a nice feeling stroking your head and feeling the bum fluff coming through
Rebz xxx
Hi, I thought it might have been my imagination when I looked in the mirror but my hair is slowly growing back after 3 Tax! it is like baby hair and mostly grey but I am delighted to have it. As for the eyelashes and eyebrows, I know they do go when you are on Tax but some of the ladies on here have said that their eyelashes have grown back long and lucious!
Tracy xxx
Hi - thought would join this, as I finished my last tax 3 weeks ago, and thought it looked like my hair was growing back as seems longer all over, but I don’t look at it very closely that often, as hate looking at myself like that. But hopefully will grow back quickly, not sure what colour yet, or whether got the chemo curl, but we shall see.
Eyelashes and eyebrows, well not growing back yet, but it is mainly the left ones, as the right eyebrow and eyelashes hung on better. Hopefully they will grow back longer and thicker!!
Let us know how your hair is coming along.
Take care
Dawn
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I finished 4 cycles of Taxol (4 cycles of AC before that) just 3 weeks ago and my hair is definately growing back already. I wasn’t really expecting any growth until 5 weeks post chemo so really pleased. Can’t wait till have proper hair back again, soooooo fed up with my wig and hats and my little boy always tells me to put my hair on and I hate wearing it! !!!
looks grey though -not surprising after all this!! but its hair -HOORAY!!!
xxx
I had three lots of taxotere and my hair started growing back after the second dose
No sign of the ‘chemo’ curl which is disappointing as my hair has always been dead straight
It has also grown back black compared to my previous mousy brown which is taking a bit of getting used too
But i agree - it’s hair! - hooray!
Jools
Jools
I was just gonna post something similar. My hair has started to grow back but looks really dark, quite black actually and my hair was a mousy blonde and white blonde when little. So the stories of being the colour you were born with doesn’t work for me. Also not sure if got chemo curl either, although not really long enough to tell yet, and I was quite looking forward to having curly hair like my daughter.
But at least it is growing back and it is hair.
Love
Dawn
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Hi everyone , this was great to read as im starting fec/tax in the new year,
take care ,
love J xxxxx
boo…hoo.hooo
Myhair has not started to grow yet. I had 3 FEC and 2 Tax. My 3rd tax has been cancelled and I will do my operation next.
I am constantly touching my hair to check. I used to have dark wavy hair and looking forward to having just the opposite as long as it is not grey please.
Sari
I had 8 sessions of tax and kept most of my hair by using the cold cap - though it looks and feels like wire wool. I’ve got a question for anyone else who usually dyes their hair. We are told to wait 6 months before using a colour - has anyone coloured their hair sooner? Any advice? The gray in my hair is nature not the chemo, but I’d love to get back to my usual chestnut brown colour…
you are all doing so great, I have had 4 cycles EC and 2 Tax, but my hair started to grow back as soon as I finished the EC.
No one told me about the eyebrow and eyelashes, which I have found MUCH more difficult to cope with than the loss of the hair on my head, but I should mention that my 1cm regrowth of GI Jane fluff that has taken 8ish weeks to grow is now falling out all over again, which I was warned about so beware !
Wondered if anyone else was getting nose bleeds on TAX ? Its a really fun treatment this chemo lark…
Hi - I had 3 FEC and 3 Tax, last one on 28th November and my hair started growing back before I had finished the Tax. I had brown hair going grey at the sides but it is coming back grey and I amquite upset about it. I was thinking I would get this lovely dark, maybe curly hair !
Does anybody know whether the fluff comes out and new hair starts growing - and if so, does it stay the same colour as the fluff ?
Thanks
Liz x