Chemo curl ... Is it permanent ?

Six months post chemo and my hair has grown back wavy , when I've always had really straight hair . 

Keeping it short for at least a year with the thought that this will make it strong. Great to read all your posts on this , I've also heard things can go back to your pre chemo hair a year after treatment.

Guess it's just another waiting game , so pleased my hair has grown back , often thought I would like to try out short hair now it has been enforced I've had lots of genuine comments that it suits me 

AND the best thing is it's so easy just wash and go ! ! Xxx 

I resembled a badger, I got my hair coloured, and it was curly before, now it has a mind of its own, I finished chemo in Nov, my biggest shock was leg hair which I had never had, I'm like a gorilla lol xx

My hair came back curly to start, I kept it short because I didn't like it, I had always had straight hair and I couldn't manage it. By keeping it short, that is having it cut every few weeks, it cut off the damaged hair from the chemo and gradually it became straight again ... Well still has a kink but not noticeable. Hope that helps 

I'm really glad to find this thread, mainly so I know what to tell people. I'm still at the stage of catching up with a lot of people who I haven't seen since before my chemo, some of whom don't even know I had cancer. The difference between my old long, thick, blonde (dyed) hair and my new short, grey curls, is quite a talking point. I don't mind, but everyone is very curious about whether it's going to stay curly. Like some of you, I think I will be a convert to short hair. It's so easy! 

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I'm really glad to find this thread, mainly so I know what to tell people. I'm still at the stage of catching up with a lot of people who I haven't seen since before my chemo, some of whom don't even know I had cancer. The difference between my old long, thick, blonde (dyed) hair and p short, grey curls, is quite a talking point. I don't mind, but everyone is very curious about whether it's going to stay curly. Like some of you, I think I will be a convert to short hair. It's so easy! 

Hi I'm 4 months after chemo, my hairs growing back, I'm loving my new short grey (curly) look, my hair was my pride + joy, I don't miss washing+styling it or the hair products, it's saving me a fortune, I'm loving the new me. Xx

My hair grew back curly but is now straight. I can't remember ay what point this happened though as my chemo finished nearly four years ago. It is however frizzy...so blooming frizzy! I am so thankful for my straighteners which I use to smooth it.

I finished chemo in Dec, 2018. My hair came back super curly also. 

Hi

i loved when my hair was curly , got the fluffy bit trimmed every 4 weeks but now back to straight with a hint of a curl . 

Love 

Ruby Rose  

Fascinating thread!

Interestingly, though I haven’t had chemo, but am on Letrozole, my hair thinned (possibly due to the Letrozole, possibly due to the inherent shock of bc and 2 major operations within 30 hours, plus a sentinel node removal a few weeks before that)  

When my hair thickened up again, guess what? It’s curlier! It was always quite wavy but it’s curling, and so I’m celebrating by having my silvery hair short, but in longer layers and just celebrating the curl! 

A good friend had very straight hair pre bc, had a curly result post chemo, it’s still pretty wavy many years on.

Our daughter had different chemo (for lymphoma) and her hair grew back thick and wavy like mine the second time she lost it totally, it reverted to her ‘norm’ about a year later. The third time she lost it, it grew back slower but more normal for her. 

Hugs xxx

I lost my dark brown shoulder length bobbed hair 2 weeks ago. I'm in my 50's and it had never been dyed my whole life (there were a few greys underneath but not noticeable). My younger friends and I were always joking that they had been dying their hair for years...I'll never hear the end of it when mine grows in grey and curly!