"OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Robin lost all his facial hair including his moustache except for a tiny area where he had a mouth hole in his mask.it was so funny because he looked like Adolph Hitler with a goatee beard.
The good news was that two months post Tx his moustache grew back,but none of the rest did.Also he lost all the pigment from his hair both on his head and in his moustache.at one time he was ginger but his facial hair changed to a mousey colour.I think regrowth depends on the intensity of the Tx.
liz
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007 Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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