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Ask a childhood cancer survivor
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RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor
(September 19, 2015 at 6:41 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Does hair really come back pretty after chemo?

It comes back different. I know a handful of cancer survivors, and all their hair came back different, too. One of my lifelong friend's mom had breast cancer twice, and her hair came back different both times.

Before cancer, I had thin, blonde hair that was straight/slightly wavy. After cancer, it came back thick, dark, curly, and had a little bit of a frosted look. The frosted look faded after a couple years or so.

Side note... my eyebrows stayed super light, and remain so. And I never understand why movies always have cancer patients with eyebrows, haha.
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Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 4:56 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 5:11 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by Thumpalumpacus - September 19, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by c172 - September 19, 2015 at 5:21 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 6:10 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by BrokenQuill92 - September 19, 2015 at 6:41 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 7:12 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by brewer - September 19, 2015 at 7:13 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 8:08 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by brewer - September 19, 2015 at 9:18 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by BrokenQuill92 - September 19, 2015 at 8:30 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by cosmowanderer - September 19, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: Ask a childhood cancer survivor - by Minimalist - September 19, 2015 at 10:03 pm

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