Comments on: Chemo Side Effect: Loss of Eyelashes—Tips & Tricks to Get You Through http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through The Beauty of Cancer Survival Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:56:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Britta http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-20244 Britta Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:16:12 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-20244 Hi Lona. Losing your hair, let alone your eyebrows, can be very hard while going through treatment and I totally understand how you feel. You can rest assured that they will grow back after treatments are over as well as the hair on your head. Here is a great post I did about hair growth after treatments http://blog.cincovidas.com/treatments-are-over-and-my-hair%E2%80%99s-coming-back-curly-will-it-stay-this-way I am not sure if you will be able to keep the lashes you have while undergoing chemo, it depends on your treatment and your body (mine did not fall out all the way) It's important that you detox after chemo, follow a great nutrition plan (to give you all essential vitamins to help hair growth) and take care of your health after treatment to promote the best healing environment for your hair, skin and nails. Please feel free to shoot me an email through our "Contact Us" page and I can provide you with some resources. Best, Britta Hi Lona. Losing your hair, let alone your eyebrows, can be very hard while going through treatment and I totally understand how you feel. You can rest assured that they will grow back after treatments are over as well as the hair on your head. Here is a great post I did about hair growth after treatments http://blog.cincovidas.com/treatments-are-over-and-my-hair%E2%80%99s-coming-back-curly-will-it-stay-this-way I am not sure if you will be able to keep the lashes you have while undergoing chemo, it depends on your treatment and your body (mine did not fall out all the way) It’s important that you detox after chemo, follow a great nutrition plan (to give you all essential vitamins to help hair growth) and take care of your health after treatment to promote the best healing environment for your hair, skin and nails. Please feel free to shoot me an email through our “Contact Us” page and I can provide you with some resources. Best, Britta

]]> By: Lona http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-20187 Lona Sun, 13 Jun 2010 01:48:24 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-20187 5 months after chemo and I am losing my eyebrows again. I just need reassurance that they will be back permanently someday. What are the chances that I will retain the eyelashes that are intact so far? No one ever told me I might lose them again! How about the hair one my head that I am so proud of...all one inch of it? Is that going to go to? Any insight would be helpful. Also, what do the oncologists say about this? 5 months after chemo and I am losing my eyebrows again. I just need reassurance that they will be back permanently someday. What are the chances that I will retain the eyelashes that are intact so far? No one ever told me I might lose them again! How about the hair one my head that I am so proud of…all one inch of it? Is that going to go to? Any insight would be helpful. Also, what do the oncologists say about this?

]]> By: Britta http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-19958 Britta Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:31:34 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-19958 Thank you for the great information Vicky. I appreciate your comments and positive outlook. You are right. Let's be thankful for dodgy eyelashes and grateful that we are still here on earth to complain about them :). Love and light and congratulations on your survivorship. - Britta Thank you for the great information Vicky. I appreciate your comments and positive outlook. You are right. Let’s be thankful for dodgy eyelashes and grateful that we are still here on earth to complain about them :) . Love and light and congratulations on your survivorship. – Britta

]]> By: Vicky http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-19916 Vicky Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:32:50 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-19916 I have just completed my last cycle of chemotherapy and I lost my eyelashes and eyebrows about 4 or 5 weeks ago. My eyebrows are growing back quite well and my lashes are getting quite long again now too. However, when this happened, I spent quite a lot of time researching it and found that several women had suffered repeated loss of their eyelashes or eyebrows following the completion of their treatment. There seemed to be a pattern of 3 monthly (ish) cycles. A few women reported that after a few times, their lashes and brows did stay. It seems that this is down to the fact that although the hairs do grow back, the follicles are of course still damaged and will take time to recover. Although there is regrowth, the follicles are not strong enough for the hairs to remain permanently and so they fall out again only to be replaced by another set. I assume that the amount of times this cycle happens depends on the patient and their particular treatment. What we need to remember is that we have survived cancer! I'd rather be here with dodgy eyelashes for the next year than not be here at all!! Good luck with everything!! I have just completed my last cycle of chemotherapy and I lost my eyelashes and eyebrows about 4 or 5 weeks ago.

My eyebrows are growing back quite well and my lashes are getting quite long again now too. However, when this happened, I spent quite a lot of time researching it and found that several women had suffered repeated loss of their eyelashes or eyebrows following the completion of their treatment. There seemed to be a pattern of 3 monthly (ish) cycles. A few women reported that after a few times, their lashes and brows did stay.

It seems that this is down to the fact that although the hairs do grow back, the follicles are of course still damaged and will take time to recover. Although there is regrowth, the follicles are not strong enough for the hairs to remain permanently and so they fall out again only to be replaced by another set. I assume that the amount of times this cycle happens depends on the patient and their particular treatment.

What we need to remember is that we have survived cancer! I’d rather be here with dodgy eyelashes for the next year than not be here at all!! Good luck with everything!!

]]> By: Britta http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-18439 Britta Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:18:54 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-18439 Hi Karyn, I'm so sorry to hear about this side effect after treatment has been over. I am very curious as to what your doctors said. Now that you are not in treatment, if is safer to use false lashes, perhaps that is a good alternative for you until the lashes grow back. Please keep me posted on this and I will look into it myself as well. - Britta Hi Karyn, I’m so sorry to hear about this side effect after treatment has been over. I am very curious as to what your doctors said. Now that you are not in treatment, if is safer to use false lashes, perhaps that is a good alternative for you until the lashes grow back. Please keep me posted on this and I will look into it myself as well. – Britta

]]> By: Karyn http://blog.cincovidas.com/chemo-side-effect-loss-of-eyelashes%e2%80%94tips-tricks-to-get-you-through/comment-page-1#comment-5480 Karyn Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:45:42 +0000 http://blog.cincovidas.com/?p=2789#comment-5480 I lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows about 5-6 weeks after chemotherapy was finished. I did not grow them back until radiation treatments were complete. Then, it took about 6 weeks to get a full set of lashes and eyebrows. Now I am going into the 6th month from completion of chemotherapy and I am again losing my eyebrows and lashes. I have a call into the oncologist to find out if there is a legitimate reason why this is happening again. I lost all my eyelashes and eyebrows about 5-6 weeks after chemotherapy was finished. I did not grow them back until radiation treatments were complete. Then, it took about 6 weeks to get a full set of lashes and eyebrows.

Now I am going into the 6th month from completion of chemotherapy and I am again losing my eyebrows and lashes. I have a call into the oncologist to find out if there is a legitimate reason why this is happening again.

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