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    I’ve been looking back at pictures of my hair growth from the past four months and am so thankful my hair is growing! One of my fears while going through chemo was that my hair would not grow back.      Several people have asked me if cold capping “worked”. I think that all depends on how you define “worked”. If you define it as not losing your hair, then it did not work for me. If you define it as your hair growing back in fairly quickly and thick, it did work. I’m so thankful for the hair on my head and do think the painful experience of cold capping was worth it for me. Hair growth post-chemo is different for everyone but here is what it has looked like for me: 8 weeks post-chemo: Enough hair for a buzzcut! And eyebrows and eyelashes starting to grow back! 13 weeks post-chemo: Enough hair for little frizz and spikes! 15 weeks post-chemo: Hair that you can move your fingers through! 16 weeks post-chemo: Enough hair to create a part. Now combing my hair to assist with shape.