My wife takes Ibrance and letrozole, and her hair is thinning.

Hi Jim

I'm Daisy53 one of the Community Champions on this site.  I'm sorry to hear that your wife had breast cancer but glad to hear that she is coping with her treatments.  While I don't have any recommendations for you I noticed that you haven't had answers yet so I thought I'd reply to you to move you to the top of the discussion.  Hopefully someone will be along shortly with some advice for you.

Best wishes

Daisy53

Where I used to live there was an upmarket hairdresser who a couple of people in your wife’s position swore by. The cut and the products seemed important. If you have a local online group you could ask they might come up with somewhere near you. Even the breast support nurse might advise.

My hair was amazingly thick post chemotherapy, I think because it all grew in at the same time. It’s now a lot thinner than it was before I started all this cancer treatment. I take letrozole and abemaciclib, so that’s what’s doing it. At present i manage by having fairly short layers, which provide a thicker look.

Thank you.

Thank you

Thank you Daisy53 

Thank you….

Hi Jim.  I take ribociclib and exemastane for secondary breast cancer and my hair has got noticeably thinner this is getting me down too.  I know it is a small thing if it keeps the cancer at bay but it does make me feel down sometimes.  I have started using baby shampoo and conditioner and only wash my hair once a week and try not to use heat products on it very often.  I am hoping that this helps.  Please give your wife my best wishes and tell her she is not alone.

Lee x