Yes, the hair changes are very visible. I lost a lot of hair when I was on Interferon and it grew back with a different texture. I'd always had straight hair and when it grew back it was wavy and thicker in the back. But the hair that I lost in front never grew back to its former thickness and its ends are frizzy. There are also changes in my eyelashes: my eyelashes used to grow straight out from the lid; now the lashes on my left eye curl upward, as if I'd used an eyelash curler there. But the right eyelid's lashes are still straight. I give a lot of credit for the thick re-growth and the health of my hair to the vitamin supplements I've been taking since I began taking Gleevec, including calcium/vitamin D and flaxseed oil. But the wavy quality is just like the regrowth after having chemotherapy. If you know someone who has been on standard chemotherapy, his or her hair also grows back curly, or changed in some way. Vivi
On Oct 20, 3:19 pm, ANGELYN ESDERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My hair was once described by a hairdresser as "glassy". It was absolutely > straight and shiny, and determined to remain straight. > After 7 years on Gleevec, I now have curly hair. Having kept the same > hairdresser, she has noticed this change. With lupus I lost tons of hair, but > it came back as the lupus was controlled. A doctor friend also suggested I > take a Biotin supplement each day. My nails and hair are as healthy now as > they ever were. > Where the curls came from, I cannot imagine. Certainly not hereditary. > Angie > (In cytogenic remission since 2001) > > Sooooo, my > question is this, has anyone of you noticed a change in your hair, > too? > Suzieq --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
