Question:
When I lost my hair, it came back curly.
Before I had my surgery my hair was straight and thin. I lost most of my hair my 3rd month post op now after a year my head is full of curly hair. I always wanted curly hair so I wouldn't have to perm it. I love it but it is weird. What causes this? Will it go back straight and thin? — [Deactivated Member] (posted on November 30, 2004)
November 30, 2004
Exact same problem here. Used to have long straight hair albeit somewhat
fine. After the WLS hair loss, I have all new wavy hair that is
unmanageable. Truly don't know what to do with it so I'm looking foward to
your responses. It sticks out on it's own unless I blow dry it after every
shampoo. Definitely a new problem to deal with when you've lived 52 years
with straight hair! LOL
— Vicki S.
November 30, 2004
I've always had curly hair and hated it. After WLS, I had NO hair loss.
However my hair is now curlier than ever. In fact it is unmanageable so I
just shave my hair off about 1/2 inch from the scalp. I'm 3.5 years out and
the curls won't go away. And hair straigtener only makes it curl more. So I
expect I'll be a skin head the rest of my life. ;)
— Danmark
November 30, 2004
I had the same situation happen. Lost alot of my thick straight hair.
Came in curly, but only on each side of the back of my head, with a patch
of still straight down the middle!
— suzcar51
November 30, 2004
i like to say mine came back in with "natural stick-out". It
waves out on the sides of my face and i don't like it one bit. But the
back is really pretty and wavy except in my double crown area. it waves to
one side.
— Delores S.
November 30, 2004
Curly and grey! And don't get me started on the hair on the rest of my
body...Good luck and enjoy saving money with perms.
— becky53916
November 30, 2004
Mine too, was just straight with a slight wave. Now it's curly. How odd!
What is a mystery to me is the hair folicle at birth determines if hair
will be curly or straight.
— Karen Renee
November 30, 2004
mine too! have always had straight fine hair and now i look like i've had
a permanent and rather resemble a poodle- strange at age 52! does anyone
know if this is permanent or will we go back to straight?
6/2/03
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— Jannie N.
November 30, 2004
I'm pre-op so I think this post is great! I hope I'll get curly hair. How
about the grey....did it go away?? I guess you can't get everything. lol
— Loretta D.
November 30, 2004
I had surgery almost 2 years ago. I had cut my hair which was always wavy
right before surgery. I had always worn it long to give it weight
otherwise the wave went this way and that way. After it fell out and grew
back in, it was crazy so I started to straighten it. I've been
straightening it for a year, and what a pain!!! Finally I went to a new
stylist who said why didn't I just let it go curly? She cut it in layers
to bring out the curls and I put Curls Rock by TIGI and a few spritzes of
TIGI Uptight heat activated curl enhancer, turn my head over, blow dry with
a diffuser and scrunch. It take 5 minutes. I throw my head up with a head
full of curls that lasts all day. I've gotten so many compliments on it,
and its MY natural curl! Once you get a good cut for it and learn what
products/styling suits it best, it's GREAT. I fought my natural wave all
my life and never thought I'd love curls but I do.
— susanje
November 30, 2004
How our hair can change is so wierd. I've always had very fine, thin,
straight hair and lost a good bit of it from about five months out then I
started using Nioxin products and taking a double does of Biotin. Now I
have thicker hair than I've ever had, it's coming back in curly, and where
it was going really grey before, it's coming back in dark. I was almost
totally grey on top and now it's coming in BLACK! I'm tickled, not
complaining at all, it's just wierd. I also have long, strong fingernails
now and I wore artificial nails for years because my nails were weak and
would break easily.
— scbabe
December 1, 2004
I can only hope that mine will have some body to it. Pre-op, board
straight, wouldn't even hold a perm more than a couple of weeks, crossing
my fingers!!!!
— chelle_0608
December 1, 2004
I'm jealous of you curlie heads! Had straight thin hair as a pre-op, still
have straight thin hair as a post-op...and yes, I do have to get
perms..enjoy it!!
— Cindy R.
December 2, 2004
I tried to figure this one out too. Mine also came back in curly. I like
it because I can flat iron it and wear it straight (although it fights it)
or I can diffuse it and wear it curly. I like having the different
options. The follicle is what determines how straight or curly the hair
is. Straight hair comes out of a round follicle, and curly hair grows out
of an oval follicle. I have pictured it as when you take a pair of
scissors to gift ribbon, and run pressure along it, it curls. I am
thinking..and it is just a guess.. that the oval follicle puts that kind of
pressure on the hair shaft and causes it to curl. Maybe something about
the way if fell out caused the follicle to shrink and become oval? I'm
just full of theories...
— Cheri M.
January 19, 2006
I am curious about this too and hope I get more curl after surgery. If I
have to lose hair I'd like a benefit from it. I am going to look at the
curls after hair loss issue on a chemotherapy site because I do know that
after chemo hair loss it is common to get curly. It would be a place to get
an answer.
— Betz
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