Postby cynnycal » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:55 pm
first time around (with six rounds of folfox and avastin) my hair thinned out like crazy, and yes, it looked just plain fried. (but then again i had literally just bleached my hair blonde for the first time ever literally a month before getting diagnosed. which is alot of stress for dark hair to go that light. so it was already damaged)
this time around (just bout four months i've been off chemo, now i'm back on) more folfox and avastin, i'll be doing round four next week, i haven't noticed as much thinning this time. although maybe it just never really grew back from before.
however, it does not look as fried as it did, i got a trim and got it colored back to my natural dark shade when i was off chemo, so i think that helps to make it look healthier.
i try to do as little as possible to it. i barely comb it (if at all), i wash it as little as possible (but for me i can only really get away with washing it every other day b/c its so fine it starts looking very greasy quickly) i don't 'style' it really, i don't put product in it. i try using heavy conditioners since i feel the drugs really dry it out. and i use 'restorative' shampoos (pantene pro-v restorative for chemically damaged hair works fairly well)
but all in all, i know that is all superficial. i mean, hair is already dead when it's grown out. so it's kinda pointless.
but whatever, i'll still keep trying
it'd be a wonderful awesome surprise if it would start growing back in thicker than before and wavy! after all this, it'd be a nice treat to get good looking hair after. ah..wishes.
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