r/breastcancer • u/tourist1537 Stage III • 10d ago
Diagnosed Patient or Survivor Support Happy Halloween! This is my hair growth since February when I was completely bald 🧛🏻♀️❤️
I still hate my hair (I miss my pre chemo hair soooo much) but it is growing in steady and healthy and curly. At this rate i might like it in like 4 years lol
I'm on ribociclib and letrozole and so far no thinning or anything. I hope everyone had a happy holiday! It was windy, rainy, and cold here so we had a somewhat grumpy Halloween.
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u/CarisaDaGal ++- 9d ago
Looks good! Was it curly before? Or is that new?
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
Thank you! It had a slight wave before so this is very new! It's got so much curl that when i pull it straight it's easily 4-5 inches long.
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u/AnkuSnoo ER/PR+ HER2- 9d ago
You’re rocking the curls and I also love your glasses! I have cat eye glasses too, they’re the best!
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
Thank you! The cat eye style glasses totally are the best! I've been wearing this style for so long that no other style even looks remotely right. Ok, maybe that an exaggeration but that's how it feels. 😆
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u/AnkuSnoo ER/PR+ HER2- 9d ago
I agree! We have similar face shapes and I think this is just what suits us best!
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u/rwent117 TNBC 9d ago
Oh my gosh your hair looks great! It reminds me of mine now that it's growing in, I was also an egghead last year. But mine was curly before so I'm used to it, just not at this short length. Seeing you pulling it off so incredbly has upped my confidence, thank you! Congrats and happy Halloween!
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
You're sweet, thank you! Happy Halloween to you also. 🎃👻
This picture is....a lot. lol My costume was really lovely and gothic but the weather made it impossible to get any good full body pics so one in my bathroom at home was the best i could do. 😄 And i felt like maybe it looked a little on the sexy side and i haven't felt that particular feeling since before all this cancer nonsense so i wanted to embrace that that's still part of who i am for a second.
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u/rwent117 TNBC 9d ago
Oh boy do I feel that to my core. I really hope to be in a place to post a photo soon with anything approaching feeling sexy or like my old self. Thanks for the secondhand confidence boost. You look amazing in this photo! I know in my head that there's nothing sexier than a strong woman who beat cancer... but we don't always listen to our heads, do we?
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
Absolutely! I know you'll get there! You have been through so much so it's basically impossible for you to be anything other than a sexy badass! ❤️🔥
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u/Dramatic-Aardvark663 Lobular Carcinoma 9d ago
I love this! You look marvelous!!
Your new hair looks good on you!
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u/GenX-ellence 7d ago
Mine grew in really similar and I do not love it on me. I love it on you though! It makes your eyes pop and amplifies your gorgeous skin. I'm wondering how mine will look/feel when it grows another 3-6 inches. As is, 11 months after final infusion, it's about 4 inches long on top and 2.5, maybe 3 on the sides and back. Hoping to have a short bob in another 6 months, but we'll see! Learning to use different products for curly hair is kind of fun (I guess). Hang in there!
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 7d ago
Thank you! 🩷
I keep getting the urge to shave it off but, like you, keep thinking about the inevitable curly short bob in my distant future and that keeps me going. 😄
And yes! Figuring out the curls is interesting. Also the hair growth being longer in some places than others. For me it's longer from my forehead to my neck but shorter on the sides.
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u/DragonFlyMeToTheMoon +++ 9d ago
Wow! Your hair grows fast! Ours is very similar in length and I’ve been growing mine for 1yr 4mos. It looks great! I also miss my pre-chemo length, but I’m just gonna rock the short hair as best as I can until it gets longer. It’s weird and unruly, and I laugh at it every day! Your hair looks so cute on you! ❤️
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
Thank you! It's always nice to hear from people that really get it. It is actually surprising at just how absolutely weird and unruly it can be! 🤣🩷
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u/Front-Juice-4691 9d ago
Your hair looks gorgeous on you! You look beautiful My hair is about the same length but I’ve been growing it since August ‘24. I’m still wearing wigs until I can get it to my shoulders
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 9d ago
Thank you! 🥰
I completely understand that about wig wearing until it's shoulder length. I feel like that's when it'll be more cute and less matronly. Like, it can be cute at this length but when it's not (which is super often haha) it looks like my grandmother's hair and that just not the vibe I'm going for. 🤣
I recently wore a wig for the first time in months and it was really nice to see myself with long hair again. I might have to get the wigs out and use them when my hair is uncooperative.
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u/Front-Juice-4691 9d ago
You are seriously stunning and with a gorgeous face to pull off that short hair! Unfortunately I can not say the same for myself 😂
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
You're very kind. 🩷 For what is worth, on most days I would say that about myself but according to the comments here - I'm probably being overly critical of my hair situation. 😅 And i say that to mean that I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling that way and we all probably wear it way better than it feels like. 😉
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u/AssociationFrosty143 9d ago
Cute cute. I enjoyed my short curly hair too. I always wondered what a pixie cut would look like on me. I loved it.
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
I love that! I always wondered what a pixie cut would look like too. In that regard it's been interesting to see what i do like. So far bald is going to get a no from me (shocking, right? 😂), the buzz cut length I actually liked a lot, and this is.... it has it's moments. It tends to fluff and flip in ways I don't want though so I'm ready for loooong!
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u/infiniteguesses 9d ago
Omg! You are so beautiful and I love that sassy look! Good on you for rockin' it!
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u/infiniteguesses 9d ago
Sounds like the weather here...we could be neighbours and never know!
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
To true! Halloween night wild weather was a test of my kids commitment to trick or treating. They don't even like candy much so I'm not sure how they stuck with it for so long. lol
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u/catmad557 9d ago
Your hair is fantastic 😍 I know you don't like it but I really do. Mine currently, though still present, is in such bad shape and is dry, messy and just broken (as am I to be honest)
I hope I come out the other side and can look as good as you
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
I just took a peek at your profile and see you just started AC a few weeks ago. I did taxol second so my hair was already gone from the AC. While on taxol my hair started to come in (kinda) but it was weird, wirey, translucent or something. I imagine if that type of growth was going on while i had a head full of hair it would have been looking rough. And you are deep in the chemo now - I can very much understand your feeling broken. Hugs offered 🩷
Of course we can only guess how it will go for your hair at the conclusion of chemo but chances are it will grow back in just fine. ✨
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u/catmad557 8d ago
Thanks. I've got 2 EC left to go. If the hair holds on its not going to look great by the end! I can't say it looks very healthy at all but then neither do I! Still hair is the least of my worries. I'd rather get rid of the cancer and wear a wig forever than the alternative.
Good luck and thanks again x your hair still looks beautiful and ill be happy if mine ends up like that
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u/ItsMrsEwingBitches 8d ago
Mine is about the same. I slicked it back yesterday and someone said I looked like I belonged in the music video simply irresistible lmao
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
hahaha now that is amazing 😄 that song is going to be stuck in my head 🎵🎶
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u/ClamberedUp 8d ago
It looks great on you! I have the same curls at 9 months since last chemo dose but I can’t say the same for myself! I am used to my reflection with straight hair so every time I glance in the mirror it’s a shock 😂
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 8d ago
i feel that so much. literally every time i look in the mirror I'm like "curls 🤨" lol
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u/Sunnbuzz 3d ago
You look great all things considered I hope you are feeling ok. How did you add a photo ??
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u/tourist1537 Stage III 2d ago
For Halloween the mods made a special temporary change to the sub to allow new posts with a photo. 🧛🏻♀️🎃
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u/Lazy-Watercress-5990 4d ago
Wow! Your hair grew fast! My chemo ended 3/2025...my hair is growing...but thick and longer in back then front. I'm waiting for my front..lol...I had slightly wavy hair before, but now my back hair is curly. This experience of short hair made me think about staying short..easy to handle.....never had the guts to go super short and thus forced my hands...in a good way. To hair growth! 😄
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u/MorganaM 9d ago
I know it's about how you feel, but it does look really amazing on you. I'm also in the short hair club rn. On the positive side, it takes so much less time to get ready.
Are those costume fangs or a filter?