Just wanted to say that there are OTHER places you lose hair when you undergo chemotherapy other than your head — I have no eyelashes or arm hair. Leg hair has been reduced, but it put up a helluva fight.
And the unmentionables have hair in some places but not others. It makes no sense to me.
I’d say it’s blood flow but there’s not that much flow in your eyelids, is there?
This is why I don’t like biology.
@feloneouscat I ended up learning about this when my niece was going through chemo. It's the rapidly growing cells that get weakened. Since you said the leg hair has reduced slower, that makes me think it grows slower. That really makes me wonder how fast eyelashes are growing!
But arm hair should be the same, right? My forearms have hair and I also have pit hair.
It’s like a free for all! IT’S ANARCHY!!!
@feloneouscat There has to be some field of study on why hair grows at different speeds. I'll probably end up looking it up next time I can't sleep. 😄
This does make me think my grandfather just didn't tell us what hair he was losing. He'd just shrug and say, "Been bald for years. There's nothin' to lose."