Hair miracles?

[eskimo]

How long does hair take to grow back in after radiotherapy and is it as thick as before?

[janetls]

I don't think you lose your hair with radiotherapy.  I certainly didn't.  You lose it with chemotherapy and when it grows back it is usually darker than normal and quite curly.  They call this chemo curls.  Hope everything goes OK for you Eskimo

[Robinia]

I can only speak for chemo but I think with radiotherapy it all depends on how intensive your treatment is.  I would imagine it returns in 3 to 6 months & if like chemo - yes it is thicker (& a lot warmer!) when it grows back.  Ask at the hospital, these days they usually have someone to deal especially with hair loss.

All the best eskimo.

[eskimo]

janetls

thanks for your answer, but I have now finished my radiotherapy and, as it was very intense, ie 5days per week for 6 weeks, I am now as bald as the proverbial coot!  At least I know what to expect and how long to wait anyway.  Thanks too for noddy's answer.

 

 

 

[crafty]

mine grew back very very thin and very very soft. The hair all over my body had gone and now its grown back like a babies - very, very soft.
HOWEVER...My bald patch remains!!
so do those annoying little hairs that always spring up in unattractive areas - nose / ear etc....

[eskimo]

My treatment was for a brain tumour grade 3. Grade 3 being just below grade four which is like "sorry you have two months to live"! The radiation I received was pretty intensive and I still feel very, very tired at various times during the day.  All advice on this matter is greatly appreciated as I can't really talk to the Doctors and have no blood relatives where I am living although my husband's family have been very supportive.  Thanks to everyone for their support in this matter.