Ugh my hair

Thanks that makes since

I start carbo/Taxol and immunotherapy on March 10th and have stocked up on scarves. Got one wig but have no idea how to wear it. I thought I would be able to just put it on. Lol. I think I need some sort of band or cap or adhesive to hold it in place though once I get to that point. I am also sick thinking about my hair loss. My hair has been such a big part of my identity so it will definitely be an adjustment. My hair is also greying so when it grows back, if it does, I bet it will be all white! What a change I'm in for. Trying to stay positive but it's hard sometimes and I occasionally break down. Thank you, Denise, for posting and letting us know we are not alone.

Google how to wear wig. How to care for wigs. You can purchase wig bands and wig caps off Amazon. I used a site called head covers to get products. You can also have a hair dresser we ho is comfortable with wigs cut it to suite you.

It sounds like you are mostly planning on wearing scarves and caps. They are more comfortable.

Paula Young is an online wig shop with wigs of all price. I just got one for $70. It's really nice.

My hair is coming back my last treatment was 12/9. My eyelashes and eyebrows are grown in. I shaved my legs this week first time is 6 months. My head hair is full but still so short. Too short for me

I know this sound dump, but have fun with you head covers. I love caring for my wigs. I wear them all day everyday.

Denise

Thank you for the advice and encouragement. I am glad to hear your eyebrows and lashes have grown back in! I will check out Amazon for the wig accessories. Much love.

Check out Headcovers Unlimited. I found nice scarves and they have a lot of info on how to tie scarves, supplies for wigs etc

I wore these bamboo hats from Etsy throughout my hair loss.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/704271059/
They are super soft & warm. And eventually, after the initial trauma of loosing your hair, that’s all I needed or wanted.

I’m two years+ out from the hair loss. The first year, it grew quite slowly. It is now starting to grow a little faster & is not quite as thin. And the chemo curls are gone.

I have found the most painful aspect to be events - we’ve had two family weddings in the last year & a half. Just figuring out how to style it (I always wore it long) & all the photos afterwards. Sigh.

But I’m cancer free, & that’s what really matters.

I’ve lost my hair three times due to taxol. The first time was devastating! The other times were better, because I knew what was coming. Each time my hair has grown back as thick as it was before. It returned curly each time, and with a little more salt than pepper! The white hair always grows back first, then the darker hair follows. I have used the same wig during my 15 year journey with cancer, and have a good selection of caps and scarves ready for the next time. The drugs that I have used for the last few years only thin my hair, but it doesn’t completely fall out. I have not had to shave my legs at all for about 5 years! My eyebrows and eyelashes are hardly there either, which is quite disappointing, but that’s the way it is, and can’t be helped.
I tell people that the only time I cry these days is when my hairdresser cuts the curls off, I have very straight hair! I also had long hair before I lost it the first time. It’s been shorter than shoulder length ever since.

I have very straight hair. I wore it should length before. But most my like it's been short and for 20 of those years (70s and 80s) it was permed.

I form eyebrows tattoos. I wore them for about 2 months. The eyebrows and eyelashes were the last to go and first to come back. I also had eyelash, but as of today I'm done with them my eyelashes are long enough for mascara.

I'm still wearing wigs. I'm interested in what color my hair is. I've colored it's since I was 14. I never see more than regrow (roots) it's kind of a fawn color now like you would see in dogs LOL

Hi all, just want to add my experience with chemo and hair. I did chemo in the fall of 2018. Believe or not, I miss the days when I lost my hair or was bald 👩‍🦲.
I could shower and do my make up in 20 minutes, no bad hair days!! I bought the most colorful and fun bandanas for $1 at Hobby Lobby. I had lost my straight naturally blonde hair and my eyelashes and eyebrows, but I made it through chemo and 35 radiation treatments (with peach fuzz) and that was the most important thing. My hair grew back extremely curly and grey but it did grow back. Almost six years and many haircuts later, I still have the curls, the texture has changed, but I’m still here 5 years cancer free. To make a long story short, you are NOT your hair, you’re very strong women going through a journey. Have fun with wigs, hats, scarves or nothing at all but don’t forget to celebrate the strong women you are. All the best 🙂

the fb help sounds promising. i take a supplement for hair loss