[FrancesParticipant]

After several months of chemo, my hair colouring is starting to look patchy. One of the nurses told me that as long as I use a temporary colourant – without bleach – rather than a permanent dye, I should be able to colour it. Has anyone any advice on this? I’m not really glad to be grey.

[MicheleParticipant]

Hi Frances

My hairdresser didn’t want to dye my hair until all the chemo and drugs were out of my system.
I tolerated being grey for over a year but felt so ancient that I took the plunge and had a semi-permanent colour put on earlier this year.

I now have a root touch-up every 3 months or so and can honestly say it did me the world of good both emotionally and with my appearance. Feel and look 10 years younger!

[rebeccaRParticipant]

Hi, no-one ever told me not to dye my hair whilst on chemo so I continued as normal with lots of highlights throughout and it was ok – my hair was in very bad condition throughout the chemo but seemed to look ok with regular trims and….. anything about hair is not in the slightest bit trivial – 7 months post SCT with strange, alien unruly hair of a total opposite colour to my own takes up so much of my thoughts – much more than MM now!

Rebecca

[FrancesParticipant]

Thank you, Michelle and Rebecca. I think I shall sneak into the chemist and find a very gentle temporary colorant shampoo. My hair is very brittle and absorbent at the best of times, so I shan’t need to leave it on very long. Important to try and look good while all this rubbish is going on!

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