EOT Hair Loss?

Julianne,

my daughter has experienced sporadic hair loss throughout LTM thus far.  She is especially sensitive to the chemo in this way -- she had no hair at all from Induction through the beginning of LTM.  Our drs says it is not uncommon for children to experience some hair loss in LTM, especially at times when the hair is growing more quickly (ie hot weather).  I wouldn't worry about it.  I know a number of other children aside from my daughter who also experienced this in LTM.

HTH

Ann

Julianne, this is totally unscientific, but Joey lost his hair in patches once during LTM and someone here asked if we had had his hair cut prior to his monthly vincristine. Apparently, vincristine can interfere with the hair growth cycle which can make it fall out. I hope that makes sense...

Margaret

Julianne,

My daughter was six when diagnosed with Leukemia ALL.  Her hair was completely out for the first year.  A few months into LTM she started growing it back and then BAM it fell out again.  It did this about four times during the course of LTM.  She just finished treatment on July 8th and shortly after it fell out again.  This is just how are kids react to the chemotherapy and the doctors say it has no bearing on thier treatment.  It was very difficult on my daughter being a girl and getting made fun of in first, second and now third grade.  She was diagnosed at the end of kindergarten so none of those classmates saw her sick as she was home schooled for the end of kindergarten and part of first grade.

It sucks that it is the EOT and his hair comes out again now.  The doctors say that happens to lots of kids.  BTW, CONGRATS on EOT......

Pam

I have heard this so many times....even children who avoided alot of hair loss during treatment, they made it to LTM and their hair fell out...Who knows why it happens, just wanted

to let you know that I have heard about this many many times.

Ruth

Julianne,

My daughter continued to loose hair throughout the LTM. In fact, by the last month, her hair were so thin that we could easily see the bald head. It was specially hard on her, but she braved it through. The good news is that now that she is in OT, she is getting her hair back nice and thick. Hope that helps.

My son is 7 years old and at the end of LTM(OT on Nov. 3rd).  He has very thin hair and I can see his scalp.  So we're going through the same thing and it is perfectly normal.  This is the third time he has lost his hair, can't wait till OT!