luckofthedraw
October 11th, 2009, 10:51 AM
Hi all! I am a new member who found you yesterday, looking for some help with growing out hair. Up until April 30th of this year, I had BSL+ thick golden-red wavy hair. I was diagnosed with cancer in January, and had my first chemo in April. Once the hair starting coming out, I went to a barbershop and had myself "scalped".
I have now finished chemo, but have some concerns about how my hair is coming back. It's only about 3/4" long, but it's coming back dark brown (with some gray) and straight. Not that there is anything wrong with straight brown hair, but for someone who has always been known as a vivacious red-head, it doesn't "feel" like me. So how would you encourage hair to grow back the way it used to be???
Here's what I do now. I've discovered that a lot of people here do similar things, so I feel like I may have found some kindred souls.
Scalpwash: distilled water with a small amount of borax and liquid iodine. (This is also my body wash and hand sanitizer). I use it on my scalp once every week or so.
Conditioner: spray bottle filled with emu oil, EV coconut oil, EV olive oil, small amount of liquid germanium. I use this several times a day, every day.
I also take biotin.
I do have my hair that was cut off. Actually, I have several good lengths of hair that I have given to friends when they have been diagnosed. Locks Of Love rudely blew me off years ago when I attempted to donate to them, so I have given the hair to others for wigs.
I looked into having a wig made out of my own hair, but that cost is well into the thousands. *shock* That would explain why others have never used the hair I have given them for wigs. Extensions are a possibility, but my hair is still way too thin, and not quite long enough.
Now that winter is arriving, I just want my hair back. Due to diagnosis, I have to be very careful about what goes onto my body. So hair dye is out. Not that I've ever seen my color of hair in a dye any way....
So what would you do? Yes, I may eventually embrace the brown, but I'd rather just be normal (for me, at least).
I have now finished chemo, but have some concerns about how my hair is coming back. It's only about 3/4" long, but it's coming back dark brown (with some gray) and straight. Not that there is anything wrong with straight brown hair, but for someone who has always been known as a vivacious red-head, it doesn't "feel" like me. So how would you encourage hair to grow back the way it used to be???
Here's what I do now. I've discovered that a lot of people here do similar things, so I feel like I may have found some kindred souls.
Scalpwash: distilled water with a small amount of borax and liquid iodine. (This is also my body wash and hand sanitizer). I use it on my scalp once every week or so.
Conditioner: spray bottle filled with emu oil, EV coconut oil, EV olive oil, small amount of liquid germanium. I use this several times a day, every day.
I also take biotin.
I do have my hair that was cut off. Actually, I have several good lengths of hair that I have given to friends when they have been diagnosed. Locks Of Love rudely blew me off years ago when I attempted to donate to them, so I have given the hair to others for wigs.
I looked into having a wig made out of my own hair, but that cost is well into the thousands. *shock* That would explain why others have never used the hair I have given them for wigs. Extensions are a possibility, but my hair is still way too thin, and not quite long enough.
Now that winter is arriving, I just want my hair back. Due to diagnosis, I have to be very careful about what goes onto my body. So hair dye is out. Not that I've ever seen my color of hair in a dye any way....
So what would you do? Yes, I may eventually embrace the brown, but I'd rather just be normal (for me, at least).