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Subject: When Can She Start Expecting to See Regrowth of Hair
Date: 11/01/2005
My wife had whole brain radiation. When her hair go so thin that it was time to shave we took out the clippers and finished off what radiation had started. She has been approximately 5 weeks since her whole brain radiation treatments. She also had stereotactic radiation 2 1/2 weeks ago. She is very self conscious about her baldness and never did ask the Dr. how long she could expect before the hair regrows. Can anyone give us an idea.....


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Subject: Hair Loss
Date: 11/01/2005
Hi, My husband finished radiation in April 05 and his hair started coming back in the beginning of July. He now has almost all of his hair back although it is thinner than before. The area of intense radiation (where his surgery scar is) is much slower to return. It is beginning to fill in but is taking much longer than the rest of his head. Hope this helps.

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Subject: Hair Loss
Date: 11/01/2005
Thank you for your reply Patty.
Sorry to hear that you are having to deal with this too. I will pass the timeframe along to my wife - it should brighten her day.

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Subject: Hair Regrowth
Date: 11/08/2005
My wife finished her radiation Sep 16 and only recently has stubble begun to appear in SOME of the radiated areas. Our rad-onc said 12 weeks was pretty standard to expect re-growth over the majority of the area and that he expected her hair to come back thinner in some areas.
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Subject: Hair Regrowth
Date: 01/23/2006
Hi, I had radiation back in June and July of 2004. Except for around my surgery scare (where they too did the intense radiation) my hair started to fill in really good around October and November. Right now my hair is about 4-5 inches long. The area around my scare still havent filled in completely and is very thin. So it is going to take some time. Hopefully this has given you an idea.
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