When cancer patients loose their hair, does it ever grow back?

Question

I see little kids that have or had cancer, and are bold, and I wonder, are they like that the rest of their lives

Answer 1

It grows back, usually a different texture or color for awhile. It will go back to the original hair that they had eventually.

Answer 2

when cancer patients lose their hair because of chemotherapy which has more or less the same effect on normal fast dividing cells and cancer cells ( normal cells will start dividing once again soon when chemo's effect wears away whereas cancer cells once stopped will not recover and destroyed from the system if sensitive to that chemotherapy ) 100 % it is expected to get back to previous hair growth approximately 6 - 8 weks after the last chemo.

also any general illness can affect hair growth like a typhoid infection and similarly the person's cancer status also has an influence on hair loss which is expected to get better with treatment.

when a person with cancer loses hair because of radiotherapy especially a large dose ( usually divided in several doses given once a day for 4 - 6 weeks) then, unfortunately further hair growth is unpredictable ie. may come back as before, may come back but thin and sparse or may not come back at all.

If you can please tell me what cancer it is and what treatment is involved , I will be able to give you a better answer.

Answer 3

It grows back within a few weeks or months after chemotherapy stops.

Basically, chemotherapy operates on the idea that cancer cells grow. The only other cell in the human body that grows . . happens to be the hair follicles . . so, chemotherapy stops cells from growing .. it will stop cancer cells and hair cells. That's why people lose their hair.
But, the hair loss is temporary.

Some chemotherapy does not make your hair fall out. Much depends upon the chemotherapy dose, how long the treatment lasts, and each individuals reaction to the chemo.

Answer 4

Unless you have had years and years of treatments, your hair typically will grow back. How fast depends on the type of treatments you've had, and for how long. It can take weeks or months. Here's a good link about cancer-related hair loss:

http://www.breastcancer.org/hsn_grows_back.html

Answer 5

Cancer patients loose their hair from the chemotherapy. If they stop chemotherapy their hair grows back.

Answer 6

Yes unless there is damage to the hair follicles. It may be a little thinner but eventually it will grow back

Answer 7

Usually children lose their hair because of radiation and/or chemotherapy. It does usaully grow back when this therapy stops.

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Answer 8

Yes it does, typically beginning once the chemotherapy treatments are done. I have never known of a case where it DIDN'T grow back.

Answer 9

Mine grew back it got darker and thicker stayed that way for 17 years now its slowly falling out but that is not from the chemo.

Answer 10

yes their hair will grow back.My bf lost his 2 weeks after 1st treatment.and it started coming back after the treatments were over,Sometimes the hair will come back a different color and texture and it might be curley or straight.