@Alwayslearning My hair had never been completely straight, e,g. it would flip out in places where I wanted it to lie flat, but it would never have been considered curly. When it grew back after Paclitaxol in 2020, it was tightly curled until it reached almost shoulder-length when it relaxed a bit. I didn’t lose my hair with Caelyx in 2022 so I’d had 4+ years of the easiest-to-care-for hair — each morning and any time I wanted a touch-up, I’d spray my hair with water and/or coconut oil, give it a few scrunches with my fingers and I was done. It takes me longer than that to tie scarves now, and sometimes they won’t cooperate, just like on bad-hair days, I have bad-scarf days!
Good luck with your curls!
Original Message:
Sent: 8/5/2025 2:59:00 PM
From: Alwayslearning
Subject: RE: Hair Regrowth
@Meinvan you are welcome. I have continued to reference it often.
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-04-2025 22:20
From: Meinvan
Subject: Hair Regrowth
Lots of info there. Thanks for sharing
Original Message:
Sent: 08-04-2025 10:20
From: Alwayslearning
Subject: Hair Regrowth
Hello all,
I'm a year past my last chemo infusion and my hair has come back in nice and thick but curly. I had very long straight hair prior to chemotherapy so having a head of curly short hair is a very big change. Some days I'm not quite sure how to manage it but on those days, I remind myself that I have hair and just laugh it away.
I've noticed a few folks on the site talking about hair regrowth etc. I found the following website from a former cancer patient, very helpful. It provided me with some much needed context and expectation management relative to timing for regrowth. I know everyone will be different but this actually helped normalize things for me as I had NO idea how long it would take for hair to regrow. It helped keep me a bit more patient. I hope it's helpful for others too.
Also...I did notice that my eyebrows and eyelashes grew in much quicker than I had expected. That made me very happy! Happy regrowth all!!!
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