BREAST CANCER COMMUNITY
hair loss after breast cancer

hair loss after breast cancer

I finished chemo in April 2010 , hair came back on my legs and underarms. shaved as always and now the hair is taking almost a month to come back as stuble. Should I be concerned ? (not that I like the hair on my legs anyway) just worried about it. I do take tamoxifen 2o mg per day
Related Discussions
2 Comments
Blank
1119363_tn?1330359040
I finished chemo (Taxotere, Carboplatin and Herceptin) March 3, 2010.  Still taking Herceptin, Zometa and Tamoxifen.  Leg, arm and underarm hair grew back enough to shave sometime in June-July.  (I wasn't checking that closely as I was following the progress of the hair on my head more avidly.)  B. C. (before chemo) I shaved every day if I wore a dress or sleeveless blouse.  Now it is about a week between shavings and it is still sparse growth.  Nothing to be worried about that I can tell, rejoice that you need not shave so often.

How is the hair on your head doing?  I have heard about thinning on a few ladies taking tamoxifen, but mine is growing back very evenly all over my head.  Congratulations on finishing chemo and moving forward!  I'm thinking of you.  
Blank
739091_tn?1300669627
Nothing to worry about but a wonderful reason to have a party! :)
Blank
Continue discussion Blank
Go
Blank
Weight Tracker
Reach your weight goal faster
Start Tracking Now
MedHelp Health Answers
Submit
Top Breast Cancer Answerers
25201_tn?1255584436
Blank
japdip
587083_tn?1327123862
Blank
zouzi
962875_tn?1314213636
Blank
bluebutterfly2222
WV
Avatar_f_tn
Blank
ncmichigan
Willis, MI
739091_tn?1300669627
Blank
SueYoung55
State of Confusion
Avatar_f_tn
Blank
Jaquta
RSS Expert Activity
1741471_tn?1336957856
Blank
LIVE WEBINAR TOMORROW!-SUPER BODY, ... Blank
May 22 by Michael Gonzalez-WallaceBlank
2126606_tn?1335910182
Blank
Fibromyalgia Awareness
May 11 by Clare Waismann Kavin, RASBlank
2126606_tn?1335910182
Blank
Opioid-induced hyperalgesia reduces...
May 03 by Clare Waismann Kavin, RASBlank