Hair growing back...different!?

[fruitandveggies 456]

Hi all! So my hair is finally starting to grow back after months of it getting very thin. I'm a natural mousey brunette but have dyed black for years. I was putting my makeup on today and noticed my growing-in roots are legit RED now! I've never had red hair (naturally). Has this happened to any of you? It's so weird!

[Newme17 3,444]

That is way cool actually, unless you've been eating tons of carrots and beets! Haha (no science behind that for all I know). Although it's too soon for me to chime in with experience, I'm afraid mine will come in gray!!!! Lol

[shedo82773 1,236]

Hi, I didn't notice any different color but mine came in so much curlier!! I have always had lots of body in my hair. My SIL even ask me if I had gotten a perm. LOL But it is mostly in the back. Funny how EVERYTHING seems to change as we become more healthy!!!

[chasingpolaris321 214]

My hair was very straight and grew back curly! So weird!

[fruitandveggies 456]

Thanks for your answers guys! I was really hoping I wouldn't turn curly, I love my pin straight hair--it doesn't seem to be doing that. But that's also such a weird thing--texture change! I have only heard of that after chemo. I've tried Googling hair color change and can't find anything. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with me!

[FluffyChix 17,409]

Mine came in curly after chemo. Had not heard it could change color or texture after regrowth from WLS though! How wild and fun!

[biginjapan 647]

My mother had pin-straight hair before having kids; after all her pregnancy-related Hair loss, what came back was darker and curlier that what she had had before (sandy brown hair to very dark, very curly brown-black hair). My hair is still falling out, but I think (I hope!) I've got some new growth coming in - if it is, then it appears to be the same as before. I was worried, because I thought the same thing that happened to my mother would happen to me!

[Newme17 3,444]

6 hours ago, FluffyChix said:

Mine came in curly after chemo. Had not heard it could change color or texture after regrowth from WLS though! How wild and fun!

My mom is on her third round of chemo. She's got pin straight hair too, but it never grew back in curly at all. My mil had wavy hair, and after her chemo, it came in looking like Shirley temple curls! Now I'm curious about wls regrowth. I would hope mine comes in WAY LESS curly. Lol. Guess it's different for everyone.

[LillieDuFran 127]

• I've lost mine twice with chemo, and once because we have hereditary alopecia. Mine came back in very very curly, and of course, the color was different. Lighter than my black (it's now naturally white in the front, salt & pepper in back).
• Not looking forward to Hair loss again, but this time I've got some extensions, and it is heartening to know it sounds like it grows back!

[fruitandveggies 456]

Really fascinated that this happens! I went to cosmetology school as a teen, so we learned all about hair shaft size and shape, follicular health, etc. But I have no clue how or why this happens, it's such a mystery to me!

I really hope mine grows back a bit thicker, it was already silk fine to begin with. I'm showing a ton of scalp now. But hey, at least it's a cool looking red at the scalp! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[FluffyChix 17,409]

After chemo mine did also change color in addition to coming back curly. It came back very very gray. Like silver gray. It's so weird though, cuz now, a little over 6 years after the fact, it's back to being brown mixed with gray--but still not full-on salt/pepper. It's now much straighter but it still has curly body that it never had pre-treatment. I wonder if this will happen again to me after WLS? (things that make you go hmmmmm?)

[Torriluv87 300]

My regrowth seems finer, and a slightly looser curl in spots where it was a much tighter girl. I'm black, with multiple different curl patterns. I noticed i lost A LOT of hair around my front and edges and the hair that was a tighter texture on my edges grew back looser and softer. So weird. Thank God for gel lol.

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