While recovering from surgery, the crown and back of my hair have broken off. Is there something that you can put in your hair to make it grow back? The rest of my hair is fine, but a part of it is basically gone. Is there anything to take orally or something to put on the hair?
2006-10-21 06:24:13 · 14 answers · asked by black mamba 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
I don't have cancer or anything like that. My hair broke out from lying on it, not taking care of it like I normally do, and my body wasn't accustomed to medications. I am fine now, and am looking for a way to get it healthy again. The hair started to fall out in the comb as I began to really comb it again. There are no bald spots. Its just less than one inch long in some places.
2006-10-22 06:56:04 · update #1
Don't try rogaine. Try using Shea butter and Kelechi Hair oil in your hair. If you don't want to wear your real hair for a while that's understandable. You could always use wigs during the day time and take them off when you get home. Keep doing this until your hair gains a couple of inches or fills in the crown and back. Make sure to take good care of your hair trimming 1/4-1/2 inch every 7 weeks, and deep conditioning or use leave-in conditioner. Also, occassional hot oil treatments and scalp massages (stimulates nerves, muscles and blood vessels of scalp) are beneficial.
2006-10-21 06:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer depends on the treatment: chemotherapy, whole brain radiation, or tamoxifen.
If you had chemotherapy, here's a typical timetable:
* Two to three weeks after chemotherapy ends: soft fuzz
* One month after: real hair starts to grow at its normal rate
* Two months after: an inch of hair
How long it takes to grow back a full head of hair (and pubic hair, lashes, and brows if you lost them too) varies from person to person.
Generally, the hair most likely to fall out is the hair that tends to grow back the fastest. The hair on the top of your head grows faster than your eyebrows or eyelashes.
Your new hair may be just like your old hair, or it may be thicker and curlier, or straighter, than your original hair. And your hair might grow back a different color. Women who dyed and processed their hair might not remember what their hair was like originally and may be surprised by the new natural color and texture. Eventually, your hair usually goes back to the way it used to be after the effect of chemotherapy on the hair follicle wears off.
If you lost your hair after whole brain radiation for brain metastases, it may take four to six months before even an inch of growth appears. Your new hair will probably be thinner than it was, and you may have a small bald spot on the top of your head. So you may want to hold on to the wig or other headgear you'd bought for special occasions.
If your hair started thinning from tamoxifen treatment, the loss usually levels off after the first year. But the thinning may last as long as you take the drug, which might be as long as five years. You can use Rogaine (chemical name: minoxidil) for tamoxifen-induced hair loss. It's safe and effective, but a messy daily chore—and it's expensive.
Very, very rarely, permanent baldness occurs after many years of strong chemotherapy: Hair follicles get “burned out” and shut down, so there is no new growth. Remember, this situation is extremely rare. If you are one of the very, very few women who remain bald, you may mourn your hair for quite a while. But you can become an expert on what to do to make yourself feel attractive, and help other women deal with their new loss.
2006-10-21 13:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want hair to grow faster, you have to take supplements that work on your body chemistry to support hair's growth and strength at its genesis.....once it has grown out, it is just dead keratin
Try GNC, they make a supplement called "Nourishair" in formulas for men and women..they are HUGE pills and you have to take 2 daily. There is also a "Hair skin and nails" formula from Andrew Lessman that you can google, that has great ingredients and is easier to swallow, made by ProCaps labs. You can also take large doses of Biotin, sometimes called Vitamin H, take no less than 2500 micrograms daily to support healthy hair growth.
It may take 6 to 8 weeks to see results.
2006-10-22 12:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I had a surgery a few years ago on the right side of my head. A friend's mom bought me a bagful of spinach and told me that it would help my hair grow. (Seriously! I'm not lying here.)
To this day, I'm not sure how much it's helped- or if it's even helped- but you could always try eating spinach. :-)
2006-10-21 13:30:50 · answer #4 · answered by ATWolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do not cut ur hair and smear sour cream on heavily for 10 minutes and it will grow back
2006-10-21 13:30:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By rumbing it smoothly and somtimes let it sit in for a while .......... ooh yeah, go 2 the hair salon too!
2006-10-21 13:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by girly_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE BEST THiNG TO DO iS TO GO TO A DERMATOLOGiST OR A DOCTER WHO SPECiALiZES iN HAiR.
2006-10-21 13:29:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to hear about that...how about trying Rogane?
2006-10-21 13:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by {{birthday girlie}} 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use beef marrow creams to help strengthen the roots
2006-10-21 13:31:51 · answer #9 · answered by OceanJade 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hair and nail vitamins
2006-10-21 14:30:53 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋