It has been nearly 3 weeks since my last chemo. My eyelashes and eyebrows have started falling out. After losing my hair on my head the first week of chemo, I am surprised to lose my eyelashes and eyebrows three weeks after chemo. Certainly I had not read about this until it happened but if you look up "cancer eyelashes falling out" on a search engine then you will see many women experience the same phenomena.
Fortunately I have previous experience with putting on false eyelashes and it is my back up along with drawing in my eyebrows and wearing a wig. However, right now, I think I'll just draw in my eyeliner with mascara and forget about the eyelashes. I bought a wig with long bangs and it hides the problems. People don't seem to notice my eyelashes are gone when I wear mascara. People don't seem to care as well because they are remarking on my weight loss - 55 pounds. It changed my face so much that it is the first thing they notice. Do I really care what they notice? No, I care that I get better and feel normal.
It is more than eyelashes falling out, too. My thumb nail fell off today. I see that all my fingernails will eventually fall off. The thumb hurts so bad right now and it started to bleed. I put a band aide on it. Much better. You can see the day the chemo ended on my nails. A large dent is in the nail between chemo and no chemo. After the dent there is a nail that is on top of my regular nail. It looks like an artificial nail glued to my nail. It has air under it in some places. That's how the thumbnail fell off, the air space just got larger and larger. Finally a bump making lunch took the nail off. Ouch! Is there anyone out there who experienced the same?
Fortunately I have previous experience with putting on false eyelashes and it is my back up along with drawing in my eyebrows and wearing a wig. However, right now, I think I'll just draw in my eyeliner with mascara and forget about the eyelashes. I bought a wig with long bangs and it hides the problems. People don't seem to notice my eyelashes are gone when I wear mascara. People don't seem to care as well because they are remarking on my weight loss - 55 pounds. It changed my face so much that it is the first thing they notice. Do I really care what they notice? No, I care that I get better and feel normal.
It is more than eyelashes falling out, too. My thumb nail fell off today. I see that all my fingernails will eventually fall off. The thumb hurts so bad right now and it started to bleed. I put a band aide on it. Much better. You can see the day the chemo ended on my nails. A large dent is in the nail between chemo and no chemo. After the dent there is a nail that is on top of my regular nail. It looks like an artificial nail glued to my nail. It has air under it in some places. That's how the thumbnail fell off, the air space just got larger and larger. Finally a bump making lunch took the nail off. Ouch! Is there anyone out there who experienced the same?
