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I should add that the radiated area is not completely void of hair. Hair has grown back in the area which leads me to a little bit of hope. It's just so little of an amount that it doesn't cover anything up or even combable. But the fact that it is growing is what gives me hope. Thanks for the honest replies so far. I'm not looking for a sugar coated answer. I need the straight dope.

I'm 30 and had a malignant tumor on the top of my head... just where my hairline began. Before I had no baldness. Well to rid my body of the cancer one of the treatments was radiating the tumor and about a 2 inch diameter out from it. The radiation has apparently killed the hair there as I have a bald spot there now. It's been 2 years. The cancer is gone (which is the most important thing), however the hair never has grown back where my head was radiated. I would describe myself as the number 2 on that scale. No sign of balding anywhere else.. my hair grew back everywhere else. I'm healthy again but I still wear a hat to hide my shame of being bald. My question is: do HT's work on areas that have been radiated? It's been 2 years and it hasn't grown back on its own so I'm thinking of a HT, but am worried that because of the radiation, it will not work. Any help is appreciated.

I'm 30 and had a malignant tumor on the top of my head... just where my hairline began. Before I had no baldness. Well to rid my body of the cancer one of the treatments was radiating the tumor and about a 2 inch diameter out from it. The radiation has apparently killed the hair there as I have a bald spot there now. It's been 2 years. The cancer is gone (which is the most important thing), however the hair never has grown back where my head was radiated. I would describe myself as the number 2 on that scale. No sign of balding anywhere else.. my hair grew back everywhere else. I'm healthy again but I still wear a hat to hide my shame of being bald. My question is: do HT's work on areas that have been radiated? It's been 2 years and it hasn't grown back on its own so I'm thinking of a HT, but am worried that because of the radiation, it will not work. Any help is appreciated.