Radiotherapy and hair colour

Going through breast cancer treatment Radiotherapy
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I am due to start radiotherapy and in my bid to keep things as ‘normal’ as I can I was wondering is it OK to still get hair coloured at hairdresser. A trivial thing I know in the scheme of things but hanging onto our old self I feel is part of all this. Many thanks

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Never seen anything to say you can’t .I certainly carried on dying my hair. The only things that they advise on are using certain deodorants and shaving your armpits .

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There isn’t any reason you can’t dye your hair polly unless I guess you were having Radiotheraphy to your head, it’s directed solely at the area it’s treating, keeping things normal as possible is very important , I still slapped on my war paint and did my hair regardless, may have been falling apart on the inside but I wasn’t about to let it show! All the best xx 

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Thanks everyone. Full steam ahead then! X

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I dyed mine just before I started treatment :slight_smile: x

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Hi l just finished readiotherapy on my breast and the staff said too me l will not be able to colour hair for 6 weeks

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I was told l was not able to dye hair from at least 6 weeks after treatment or 2 weeks before treatment is allowed

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i have seen a response from the Nurses on the forum saying it is fine .Did they give you an explanation ?

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