I haven't asked my doctor yet, but when can I color again after chemo- I am so gray it's horrendous!!
    ThanksLadies!!
                Joan B

46yrs old , MN.Great Hubby and 2 teenagers!
DX 06/23/08
IDC 1.8cm Node negative
ER/PR pos Her2 neg
Lumpectomy 07/02 Oncotype 22
Taxotere/carboplatin started July 29th
Rads to follow.

Hi Joan,

My hair is just started growing in and I was wondering the same thing....

Hug,
Elaine

 A person's greatness is the power to stand alone;to be able to make her own choice; in action,to write anew her own law; to choose her own sacrifices; run her own dangers; win her own freedom; venture her own destruction; to choose her own happiness 
 

I'm not sure my hairdresser could even color the peach fuzz I have right now...I'm jealous
Dana

age 49 (HB, CA)
IDC & DCIS R/breast, ER/PR+ HER2-, no nodes!
BiLat Mast. 2-1-08 w/immediate reconstruction
4 rounds A/C, done 6/11/08
Strong Family Hist.
carepages: doodlebuggy
Nothing is more important than this day.

 
  I want to color mine but I'm afraid of looking like an orang q-tip!! LOL  I had red hair, now it's a funky mix of grey and dark reddish, I don't like it, but will deal for now.  Once it gets more lenght I'm coloring IT!!!!

Jessica

My doctor told me to wait at least 3 months before I did anything. My hair has been growing for about 2 1/2 months now, very ugly gray with a hint of brown, maybe almost an inch long.
I am getting impatient,so I just keep wearing the wig.

Dx 11-2-07 @ 49yrs
lumpectomey 12-12-07
mastecomey 12-19-07
started TAC 1-17-07 finished May 1
ct scan clear
bone scan 12-20-07 clear

I had dark blonde hair and lightened it with a color before losing it all with chemo.  When it came back in it first was light then went dark.  I decided to blonde it up myself and went to a box with a color I thought would be good.  Well, my hair was not like the old hair!  It was very resistant to the bleach and turned it a horrible orange!  I had to try again and this time it was way to bleached out.  I went to Sally's beauty supply and got help there.  I had to find a toner and go back and put color in again.  Now I know I have very resistant hair.  I have to do it in two steps.  Bleach then color.  My advice is if you are going darker you're probably pretty safe but if at all possible, go get some professional help.  My hair stylist, whom I met at the wig place for cancer patients, said it can take a year or so to get all the chemicals out of your hair so be careful.  Good luck, Steph

48 yo gal from Texas!
ILC
Stage 2A, grade 3
node neg. triple neg.
Lumpectomy 6/6/07 2.7cm tumor
chemo AC x 4 every 2wks begin 7/16/07
followed by 12 weekly treatments Taxol
6wks rads starting 1/14/08 Done 3/1/08!

I would think it is personal preference, but always best to ask the doctor if you are not sure. I ended chemo in April and got my first trim/ shaping in December. We added highlights then. It was really a fun experience...it was like the icing on the cake.
 
Jill

Jill
age 41
dx at age 30
IDC stage II, ER/PR+
Chemo, rads, Tamoxifen
Thyroid cancer 2008

i didnt ask and probably should have...but i let my kiddos color a blonde mohawk in mine just to help them out with things:)  you cant see it now thank goodness but it definately helped them move along with everything!

I was told to wait at least a year. I am embracing my grey and just staying natural. I am almost 1 1/2 yr out from chemo.
Just enjoy life! You will be coloring in no time!
Susan McD

IDC dx 11/21/06 at 42
Chemo Finished 4/4/07
Er+ Her2+
Lumpectomy 5/1/07
Rads FINISHED! 7/26/07
Herceptin-FINISHED 2/13/08 
Boarding the Tamtrain next!
"Even when the rain falls,
Even when the floods start risin,
Even when

Joan,
 
I colored mine as soon as I felt I had enough to color.  Mine came back dark brown and grey around the edges.  It was horrible as I've never been a brunette, ever.  It was about 3 months after I finished chemo.  I have not been to the hairdresser yet.  I just used a box for now.

Sara, dx 6/07 @ 39 yo
BRCA neg ER+ PR+ Her2+++
lumpectomy 7/31/07
Stage IIA grade 2 1+/32 nodes
4 AC; 12 Taxol+Herceptin-DONE!
31 rounds of Rads-DONE!
Herceptin thru 11/08 - DONE!
Tamox & Lupron shots