My hair appears to be thinning with Tarceva. Has anyone else experienced this?
- Posted:
- 11 Sep 2011 by rdhearne
- Topics:
- tarceva, non-small cell lung cancer
Answers (1)
smellymelly11 Sep 2011
Yes. In the begining it wasn't as issue, but after about 6 months my hair has thinned quite a bit. From what I can tell, the hair has not fallen out, but rather has broken off. This has left areas of very short hair underneath my "normal hair." I of coarse, like the thick hair that I grew up with, but after loosing all of my hair with the first round of chemo; I will appreciate what I have. The good news for me was that after the initial thinning of the hair, it seemed to stop and remain in that condition with no more loss.
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