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I know that it's typical to have "chemo curls" when new hair starts to come back. But my color has come back totally different. The brown is almost black now and I have a ton more gray than I used to before chemo. Just wondering if anyone else's hair came back a different color and if your "real" or original color ever returned?

June 1, 2018 (edited)
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Mine started coming back towards the end of Taxol treatments; it has grown in super-fast, but then my hair always did grow quickly. Pre-cancer, I had very thin, bleached-blonde hair. Now, it is coming in black & gray (yikes) with the texture of an SOS pad (yikes). And it's curly (yikes). I keep telling myself it's a small price to pay for what I've been through. I started bleaching my hair in 8th grade, but I'm hesitant to color it anymore. I have enough chemicals lurking around in my system between chemo & radiation, I don't want to add to the mix. Hugs & prayers.

June 1, 2018
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My hair grew back all grey and curly. I previously had black hair with some grey but just at the root and my hair was also very thick and course. I now have about an inch and a half of very curly hair(chemo curls) and I colored the grey couldn’t handle it. Made me look 10 years older. I actually like the new texture and wouldn’t mind if it stays this way. I get my color retouched once a month.

June 1, 2018
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February 6, 2020
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Lots more gray for me. I color mine anyway, so it didn't really matter for me. I didn't have chemo curl. However, I do have naturally curly hair. It's only about an inch now, so it's about to become out of control. Can't wait for it to grow back completely.

June 1, 2018
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Mine came in extremely curly,and brown with gray ends Very grateful to have a full head of healthy hair! A year later!

February 6, 2020

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