Hair loss

[telford-hiker]

Hi . I lost most of my beard on second round of chemo back in April,so shaved it completely off..since the 8 weeks waiting for surgery.and now 6 weeks past ..it’s grown back fuller than before..only thing is ,I have to have another 4 rounds .probs in 3 week..does it mean it will fall out again 🙈

[FKM100]

Hi - I have an almost identical question. I lost about two-thirds of my head hair after my second round of pre-operative chemo (FLOT), then nothing more. When chemo stopped so that I could have surgery, my hair started to regrow. I am now having four more rounds of chemo and I would like to know whether to expect further hair loss.

[Tanktank]

My experience on a similar FLOT-Suregery-FLOT protocol was yes. Hair loss second time around was worse (almost everywhere) but 2 years on it’s back. Good luck. Tanktank

[telford-hiker in reply to Tanktank]

Oh no ..😩 but thanks for the heads up 👍🏻

[liz_crisp]

My hair did fall out again and then came back again. I was prepared the 2nd time and shaved it off soon after I started chemo.

[telford-hiker in reply to liz_crisp]

Thanks..was thinking along them lines ..hope your recovery is going well..

[FKM100 in reply to liz_crisp]

Likewise - time to get the shears out again! LOL, I'm actually less prepared this time than the first. It's only in the past week that I've realized how much my hair has regrown. And I was so hoping I would be able to keep it!

[telford-hiker in reply to FKM100]

Shave my head anyway..was trying to hang on to my beard ,as only just come back 🙄😂

[Beatrice90]

I had something called the cold cap, a bit like strapping freezing cold ice bags to your head, and didn't lose my hair at all. Good luck! Angi x

[telford-hiker in reply to Beatrice90]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[CBG1965]

Hi Telford-hiker,

I’m sure everyone is different but I lost my hair during my first 4 rounds of FLOT pre-surgery but didn’t lose it all on the final 4 rounds after surgery. My hair did really thin out and I lost hair all over my body including beard and eyebrows but luckily kept some on my head. Nothing a nice cap couldn’t hide.

My last round was 23 December and by March it had all grown back albeit my hair is now super curly which it never was before - but still as warm 😁

The only thing that has never fully grown back is my eyebrows but I can live with that.

Good luck - it will all be worth it 👍🏼

CBG1965

[telford-hiker]

Thanks ..my hair is cropped all the time ..and didn’t really loose anything apart from my beard..I will wait to see wat happens..not the end of the world..just curious,before I bought more beard balm ..😊. Save some money I suppose,but thank you 🙏🏻