Hi. I just wondered when people died their hair for the first time following the end of cold capping/chemo?
I haven't had chemo, am waiting for radiotherapy-but was at the hairdressers last week and she said that sometimes after cancer treatments, hair colours don't always take.
I get a wella semi permanent colour, and it is pretty gentle, free of amonia and lots of the nasty chemicals ( altho no dye is completely natural)
Daughter was probably a year after hair first started growing back. She was keen to do it earlier but hairdresser said hair wasn't yet ready. I suppose it was about 3 or 4 inches long (it's very thick but slow growing) when hairdresser said it was fine. Daughter had it done in the salon, her hairdresser researched and found a suitable post-chemo brand. Very pleased with result.
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