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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / June 2004Radiation and hair loss
Hubby compleated 42 IMRT treatments about 6 weeks ago. Suddenly he has lost nearly all of his abdominal and pubic hair. Is this normal? Nothing I have heard mentioned this. I would assume it's a side effect that everyone gets, but am curious. At least he has a sense of humor about it! Damn, You made me drop my drawers and take a look!!! Nope, all there. I hadn't heard of that but my wife says she's heard of it happening in some cases. Looks like hubby is one of the unlucky ones. Rather minor side affect considering everything he's going through though. Had to look at that last sentence very closely - spelling though after through was tough. Hope everything else is OK. Larry > Hubby compleated 42 IMRT treatments about 6 weeks ago. Suddenly he has > lost nearly all of his abdominal and pubic hair. Is this normal? > Nothing I have heard mentioned this. I would assume it's a side effect > that everyone gets, but am curious. At least he has a sense of humor > about it! I lost all of my stomach and lower belly hair and most of the hair on my arms after 30 radiation treatments and got a real dandy case of jock itch. Before I started my treatments I got a very good pamphlet with all the side effects listed that many of you are now surprisingly finding out, so we all go through the same problems it seems. Lewis Hender I had 35 and no hair loss or 'tanning' whatsoever.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > I lost all of my stomach and lower belly hair and most of the hair on my > arms after 30 radiation treatments and got a real dandy case of jock > itch. Before I started my treatments I got a very good pamphlet with all > the side effects listed that many of you are now surprisingly finding > out, so we all go through the same problems it seems. > Lewis Hender >Damn, >You made me drop my drawers and take a look!!! Nope, all there. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Had to look at that last sentence very closely - spelling though after >through was tough. and we want to hope they were THOROUGH as well. )DA) >Hope everything else is OK. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> that everyone gets, but am curious. At least he has a sense of humor >> about it! Yep, my husband had it happen after his 25 EBRT treatments and right before his seeding. We joked about his new youthful appearance. He jumped in the shower one day and when he jumped out it was naked! (Except for a single "eyebrow" over the area.) To be honest I think he lost it over a couple of days, he just didn't realize it was thinning. On the bright side it grew back. Someone else on this group lost a stripe right down the middle - like a wide part. It's pretty normal and it will grow back - just give it a week or two. Bev > Hubby compleated 42 IMRT treatments about 6 weeks ago. Suddenly he has > lost nearly all of his abdominal and pubic hair. Is this normal? > Nothing I have heard mentioned this. I would assume it's a side effect > that everyone gets, but am curious. At least he has a sense of humor > about it! At least he finally had a side effect that gave us a chuckle! I told him that at least he wouldn't have to get a bikini wax now and all I got for that was a dirty look. Glad to hear it will grow back, though I am confident I can come up with some good one-liners before it does! Hi alioop9, I had 40 radiation treatments in the beginning of 2001. I found that some of my hair did stop growing and most of the rest turned darker or grayed. I was 39 at the time so I did notice this. Mine did grow back in the area it was not growing anymore. Many people have no loss of hair at all after radiation. Is he taking any other supplements or treatments at this time? Dwight > Hubby compleated 42 IMRT treatments about 6 weeks ago. Suddenly he has > lost nearly all of his abdominal and pubic hair. Is this normal? > Nothing I have heard mentioned this. I would assume it's a side effect > that everyone gets, but am curious. At least he has a sense of humor > about it! He takes stuff for his joints and lots of things for pain and depression for his other ailments. This has been the worst of all things I was prepared (or not) for. I wish I could find other groups for his other problems that were as supportive and informative as this one. IMHO, this is the best and most caring group I have found for this particular problem. Wish there were groups out there for the rest. |
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