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When hair begins to grow back after chemotherapy<\/a>, it will probably be slightly different in texture or colour to start with. Some people report having \u2018chemo curls\u2019, where the new hair is curlier than it was before chemo. This might be because the shape of the hair follicle can alter during treatment, and become twisted.<\/p>\n Over time, once the hair has grown a few centimetres, most people find that their hair starts to take on a familiar texture. For most people, their hair will fully recover within 12 months.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Alice Thompson, Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Dr Nish Manek Published: Tuesday, 08 February 2022 at 12:00 am When hair begins to grow back after chemotherapy, it will probably be slightly different in texture or colour to start with. Some people report having \u2018chemo curls\u2019, where the new hair is curlier than it was before chemo. This might be because the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":5847,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/02\/why-does-chemo-cause-your-hair-to-grow-back-differently.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Dr Nish Manek Published: Tuesday, 08 February 2022 at 12:00 am When hair begins to grow back after chemotherapy, it will probably be slightly different in texture or colour to start with. Some people report having \u2018chemo curls\u2019, where the new hair is curlier than it was before chemo. This might be because the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/5846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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