On 7/3/2008
wordweasel wrote:
I'm being treated for pharyngeal cancer with 7 or 8 rounds of Carboplatin/Taxotere, and the first round was almost 3 weeks ago. I am now losing my head hair in clumps. I have a wig so that's settled, but the Taxotere brochure said I would probably lose my eyelashes and eyebrows too. I'd like to know if anyone else has had this going on and if will they grow back. Thanks in advance,
Becky
Hi Becky
My hair thinned out a lot and I also lost the hair below my ears (tonsil cancer - which I understand is common w/ this type of cancer because of the area being radiated). It is still very fine but it is growing back (used to be fairly thick). I had a dear little older lady friend who had brain cancer met to liver & kidney and she lost all of her hair, eyebrows, & eyelashes. She asked her oncologist if her hair would come back red? Thinking she used to be red headed in her younger years, he said that's possible. She said, "Good, I always wanted red hair"! All grew back but it wasn't red.