Dear girls now that my hair is coming back (horray) there is one thing that slightly troubles me - my face is covered in a light white downey hair - thankfully you can only see it in a certain light at a certain angle cause in that particular circumstance I look like a polar bear (all white and furry!) well not quite but still.
Just wondered if it is the chemo that has done it and it will fall out or if it is the tamoxifen and it will stay for the next 4 something years ?
not going to do anything about it - you can’t really see it but just thought I would ask. LR Xx
Hi,
I’ve heard about this happening but I can’t remember what people said they did about it. I’ve noticed random hair sprouting all over the place, including on my knuckles which I think I may just wax off. Fluffy hair on my arms too which I will leave. I just wish there was more growth on my head!
Em x
Hey Recs
there was a thread a while back about this. Think it was something like 'is looking like a Polar Bear normal?
I wasn’t on tamox, but I did have the fluffy face when my hair started growing back in. I plucked a fair bit of it cause it was really long & noticable & I was really self conscious of it.
It actually dissapeared itself quite quickly tho, so don’t worry too much about it. It’s completely normal.
Hxx
hi recs,
i finished chemo a couple of months ago, am triple negative, so not on tamoxifen, but i also have a lovely fluffy white beard appearing!
it seems to be growing quicker than my head, so not impressed.
i am going to check it out with doc next week as i dont know if its hormonal as chemo put me on early menopause, maybe hrt might be an option?
mandy
i have this too!
been on tamox a few mths now
Hi there LR
It’s a few years now since my hair grew back and I was very downy for a short time, it does go - I think it is your body thinking hey I can grow hair again so it comes back with avengence. I never had hairy arms or legs but at the downy stage I had hair everywhere! It passes and everything goes normal (or as near as normal as possible)quickly.
Take good care.
Diane xxxx
Hi Ladies, the "is looking like a Polar Bear Normal " was my thread and as the hair on my face was quite noticeable (to me anyway) , I decided in the end to use a hair removal cream on my face. It worked really well and the fine downy hair that eventually grew back is what I would normally expect. I would def. recommend trying this as it worked for me .x
Hi there,
I had a hairy face after chemo and thought it was Tamoxifen but it quickly went away of its own accord! xx
Hi everyone, what a relief it is to hear that this has happened to other girls. It’s as if every hair has been given the signal to grow! I’ve had elecrolysis on my chin for years but haven’t needed much for the last 2 years and now all this hair has grown. I was horrified. anyway I had it waxed on my chin last week as we had a family celebration to go to and now at least there is hope that it may not be permanent.Take care everyone and good luck with all the treatments.x
Hi Everyone,
Hooray! What a releif to hear that it goes away. Thank you all you lovely women for sharing that. life suddenly feels a whole lot better! I have just had mine waxed and was dreading getting 5 o’clock shadow when it regrew and having to shave!
Enjoy this beautiful weather!
Pops
It does go girls!!! promise!! x