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Hair Loss From Radiation?

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Glen Allen, VA

Hi All! I am in my second week of radiation and have noticed that I have lost some of my eyebrows. I did not lose them during chemo, but I am now. Is this delayed chemo or can radiation be doing this? If anyone has experienced this, I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Have a great one!

August 20, 2014
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A MyBCTeam Member

It is delayed chemo. I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes in my "free month" when I had finished chemo but not yet started radiation. I am now in my 5th week of radiation and my eyebrows are almost totally back and I started using Latisse 4 weeks ago and my eyelashes are almost totally normal. (They are actually thicker than they used to be but are still growing out to te right length.)

January 8, 2015
A MyBCTeam Member

@DebbieWard- oh I feel your pain. I too thought that once chemo finished (almost 4 months ago) that the hair loss part was over and done with. Then a month after chemo ended, the eyebrows started to go. In the last months, I have noticed that my eyebrows are starting to grow back, but I barely have eyelashes. Sheesh! Can't a girl get a break?

September 3, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

I thought at this point I had lost everything I could lose - boobs, appetite, stamina, hair, feeling in my fingers and feet! But 6 weeks post chemo, I was not expecting this! I am ready to get things back so I can find my new normal! Thanks, Ladies!

August 21, 2014
A MyBCTeam Member

Had last CHENO 2\16. LOST EYE LASHES but still have my eyebrows but i wont b surprised if i start to loose them RADIATION starting soon MARCH

February 25, 2021
A MyBCTeam Member

Probably be delayed chemo. My brows and lashes thinned during chemo but now they are all but gone and last chemo was 7/21/14. Strange how it took only two weeks into chemo to lose the hair on my head and about two weeks post last chemo to lose brows and lashes.

August 21, 2014

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