Does anyone have any information regarding Cyclophosphemide and hair colour treatment.

[Carolanne]

I am on third session of Cyclophosphemide infusion, and wonder if it is O.K. to have my roots coloured....I have thick hair no loss but maybe a little thinner but lots of grey showing, want to look my best but feel so vain for asking this

[zenabb]

I never thought about that one.

[Drew]

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Hi. I had a 13wk block of cyclophosphamide in 2009 and had the same dilema as you with my hair. I asked at the hosp and they had not come across anyone who had had a problem with hair dye but it was up to me to chance it. My hairdresser would not take the responsibility of anything going wrong so in the end i used a shop diy colour. Good news is i kept my hair---minus the grey! good luck!

[Carolanne]

Thank you for that, but did you wait until the end of your course of treatment or did you use the dye in between? I have another 3 treatments.They are every four weeks so I think I may take a chance and colour in-between treatments.

I will post the results.

[SandraM]

Hi, I had treatment for 6 months - once a month. During this time had my hair dyed and experienced no problems, Had to cheer myself up some how!! I also had a facial a bit of me time during treatment once a month just to keep my spirits up.

Best wishes

[Carolanne]

Thank you so much....I will make the appointment today,,,,

[Carolanne]

Had my roots dyed today...feel much better and also look much better ready for my next treatment on Monday.

[SandraM]

Glad you feel better and hope treatment goes well for you on Monday.

Best wishes.

[Jane18]

Hi,

I am currently taking cyclophosphamide in tablet form, and have recently visited the hairdressers and had my usual hair colour applied. I occasionally experience a little more hair loss when washing my hair which is due to the medication, but it is minimal and like you my hair is very thick. I recently saw my consultant and she complimented on how nice my hair looked - it is very obviously dyed - so I am sure she would have said something about not using hair colouring if I wasn't supposed to. Best of luck with the 'new you'.

[AskMum]

Try the patient information leaflet on this website

mynewhair.org/Home.aspx