Some time in December, my hair started growing back. I'm still mostly bald but you can definitely see dark hair coming in on my head and a lot of gray stubble on my chin.
To my amazement, this didn't start until over two months after my last infusion! The first stuff we noticed was very wispy, white or light gray hair on the side of my head above my ears. Then the gray stubble started on my chin. I have heard various things from people about post-chemo hair growth, some saying it will grow in curly and others saying it will grow in gray. I hadn't noticed if anything came in curly, but I was starting to wonder if I had lost my dark brown hair.
Thankfully, it looks like I haven't. My chin (which was already salt-and-pepper before I got sick) isn't showing any signs of dark hair, but what's coming in on my head is more dark than gray. My beard is not growing very fast on the sides of my face, making me wonder if it's going to come back in dark but, somehow, the dark hair is taking longer?
Anyway, I'm happy to see my hair coming back. It's still probably going to be another month or so before I have enough that I'll need to trim it, but time will tell.
On a related note, I've been rather impatient with my inability to (physically) do much now that I'm done (for now) with chemo. My wife pointed out that my incredibly slow hair growth is a good indicator of how long it's taking the rest my body to heal. It's been helpful for me to see things from that perspective.
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