Sarah Beeny shares sweet snaps of her son helping to dye her newly grown hair platinum blonde

Sarah Beeny revealed her new platinum hair was dyed by her son as she continues to be treated for breast cancer.

The mother-of-four, 51, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, shaved her hair after clumps fell out when she began chemotherapy.

Now it has started growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation.  

One image showed her son grinning as he applied the dye to her locks while another revealed the product she was using.

Meanwhile, a third image showed her new cropped locks from the back as she used a laptop. 

Process: Sarah Beeny revealed her new locks were dyed by her son as she continues to be treated for breast cancer

Process: Sarah Beeny revealed her new locks were dyed by her son as she continues to be treated for breast cancer

New look: Now it has started growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation

New look: Now it has started growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation

New look: Now it has started growing back, Sarah took to Instagram to post a series of snaps of the process of her hair transformation

She wrote: ‘Thanks for all your lovely lovely comments to my last post – Sadly my hair natural hair not platinum blond…..!!!!’

It came after Sarah first posted about her new style on Thursday, fooling her followers by telling them her tresses had grown back blonde. 

She couldn’t contain her smile as she looked over her shoulder to the camera showcasing her short natural locks. 

Sarah looked stunning donning a radiant palette of makeup and opted for a black high necked jumper. 

The star penned: ‘Look my hair has grown back all platinum!!!!! Xxxx #naturalblond!’

 Earlier this month, Sarah honoured a brain tumour research charity as she lit a candle with her son.

Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer in August last year and lost her mother to the disease when she was was ten years old.

She began chemotherapy treatment last year but recently revealed her last session was cancelled after her white blood cell count was too low and her liver levels were too high.

Something new: The presenter also shared a snap of her cropped locks from the back

Something new: The presenter also shared a snap of her cropped locks from the back

Something new: The presenter also shared a snap of her cropped locks from the back 

Confession: She wrote: 'Thanks for all your lovely lovely comments to my last post - Sadly my hair natural hair not platinum blond¿..!!!!'

Confession: She wrote: 'Thanks for all your lovely lovely comments to my last post - Sadly my hair natural hair not platinum blond¿..!!!!'

Confession: She wrote: ‘Thanks for all your lovely lovely comments to my last post – Sadly my hair natural hair not platinum blond…..!!!!’

Before: The presenter and property expert, 51, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, shaved her hair last year after clumps fell out when she began therapy (pictured in 2012)

Before: The presenter and property expert, 51, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, shaved her hair last year after clumps fell out when she began therapy (pictured in 2012)

Before: The presenter and property expert, 51, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August, shaved her hair last year after clumps fell out when she began therapy (pictured in 2012)

Tribute: Earlier this month, Sarah honoured a brain tumour research charity as she lit a candle with her son

Tribute: Earlier this month, Sarah honoured a brain tumour research charity as she lit a candle with her son

Tribute: Earlier this month, Sarah honoured a brain tumour research charity as she lit a candle with her son

Sharing the clip to Instagram, she wrote: #shinealight for @braintumourrsch thanks for the amazing work you do!! Xx ps @nickyjohnston stunning candle you made, thanks so much Xx’

Sarah could be seen alongside her son in a faintly lit room with a candle in the middle of the table.

She said in the video: ‘We’re lighting a candle for Brain Tumour Research.’

Sarah then instructs her son to light the candle, with a blow torch.

Jokingly, she adds after, ‘perhaps we should use a match next time.’

Sarah was recently pictured in hospital getting further treatment for her breast cancer, and received special ‘tattoos’ as part of the procedure.

She was given treatment at both the Royal Marsden and Yeovil hospitals – and posed for the camera as she showed off some of the markings she was given before receiving her latest procedure.

She jokingly scowled as she pointed to her new ink markings on her breasts ahead of treatment.

Her sons proudly posted a picture of their brave mum on their Instagram and joked that she now had some new tattoos.

Posting on their page for their indie band The Entitled Sons, they wrote: ‘Mum finally got some tattoos!

‘Thank you so much to @royalmarsdennhs and @yeovil_hospital_nhs for taking such amazingly brilliant care of her. #tatoo #mum.’

Sarah revealed recently she would undergo radiation and a mastectomy this year.

She has been keeping fans up to date via Instagram as she continues to work from home as she continues treatment for breast cancer. 

Treatment: Sarah revealed in 2022 that she received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump, which led to a biopsy. She also lost her mother to the disease when she was was ten years old

Treatment: Sarah revealed in 2022 that she received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump, which led to a biopsy. She also lost her mother to the disease when she was was ten years old

Treatment: Sarah revealed in 2022 that she received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump, which led to a biopsy. She also lost her mother to the disease when she was was ten years old

Tough: Sarah began chemotherapy treatment last year but recently revealed her last session was cancelled after her white blood cell count was too low and her liver levels were too high

Tough: Sarah began chemotherapy treatment last year but recently revealed her last session was cancelled after her white blood cell count was too low and her liver levels were too high

Tough: Sarah began chemotherapy treatment last year but recently revealed her last session was cancelled after her white blood cell count was too low and her liver levels were too high

Family: Sarah has children Charlie, 16, Billy, 18, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband of 19 years Graham Swift

Family: Sarah has children Charlie, 16, Billy, 18, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband of 19 years Graham Swift

Family: Sarah has children Charlie, 16, Billy, 18, Rafferty, 14, and Laurie, 12, with her husband of 19 years Graham Swift 

Last month, she announced that she had finished chemotherapy by sharing a picture of her sons’ CD cover.

Sarah wrote: ‘Not sure what is making the sun shine the most – 2 days into steroids (happy pills!!!) – no more chemo or @the_entitled_sons releasing their best song yet…

‘YES Friday IS a good day xx #finishedchemo #HEAVENKNOWS @nickyjohnston (sic)’.

Back in the summer of 2022, Sarah revealed that she received the cancer diagnosis after finding a lump, which led to a biopsy.

She was told the cancer had not spread and ‘there is an 80 per cent chance of a cure’.

The star’s mother had breast cancer which spread to her brain and she died aged 39, when Sarah was ten.

Sarah admitted that she had ‘a little bit of a breakdown’ in the consultation room, but explained to the nurse: ‘You don’t understand. I have waited 40 years to hear those words. I knew I was going to hear it one day.’

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and affects more than two MILLION women a year

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. Each year in the UK there are more than 55,000 new cases, and the disease claims the lives of 11,500 women. In the US, it strikes 266,000 each year and kills 40,000. But what causes it and how can it be treated?

What is breast cancer?

Breast cancer develops from a cancerous cell which develops in the lining of a duct or lobule in one of the breasts.

When the breast cancer has spread into surrounding breast tissue it is called an ‘invasive’ breast cancer. Some people are diagnosed with ‘carcinoma in situ’, where no cancer cells have grown beyond the duct or lobule.

Most cases develop in women over the age of 50 but younger women are sometimes affected. Breast cancer can develop in men, though this is rare.

Staging means how big the cancer is and whether it has spread. Stage 1 is the earliest stage and stage 4 means the cancer has spread to another part of the body.

The cancerous cells are graded from low, which means a slow growth, to high, which is fast-growing. High-grade cancers are more likely to come back after they have first been treated.

What causes breast cancer?

A cancerous tumour starts from one abnormal cell. The exact reason why a cell becomes cancerous is unclear. It is thought that something damages or alters certain genes in the cell. This makes the cell abnormal and multiply ‘out of control’.

Although breast cancer can develop for no apparent reason, there are some risk factors that can increase the chance of developing breast cancer, such as genetics.

What are the symptoms of breast cancer?

The usual first symptom is a painless lump in the breast, although most breast lumps are not cancerous and are fluid filled cysts, which are benign. 

The first place that breast cancer usually spreads to is the lymph nodes in the armpit. If this occurs you will develop a swelling or lump in an armpit.

How is breast cancer diagnosed?

  • Initial assessment: A doctor examines the breasts and armpits. They may do tests such as a mammography, a special x-ray of the breast tissue which can indicate the possibility of tumours.
  • Biopsy: A biopsy is when a small sample of tissue is removed from a part of the body. The sample is then examined under a microscope to look for abnormal cells. The sample can confirm or rule out cancer.

If you are confirmed to have breast cancer, further tests may be needed to assess if it has spread. For example, blood tests, an ultrasound scan of the liver or a chest X-ray.

How is breast cancer treated?

Treatment options which may be considered include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone treatment. Often a combination of two or more of these treatments are used.

  • Surgery: Breast-conserving surgery or the removal of the affected breast depending on the size of the tumour.
  • Radiotherapy: A treatment which uses high energy beams of radiation focused on cancerous tissue. This kills cancer cells, or stops cancer cells from multiplying. It is mainly used in addition to surgery.
  • Chemotherapy: A treatment of cancer by using anti-cancer drugs which kill cancer cells, or stop them from multiplying.
  • Hormone treatments: Some types of breast cancer are affected by the ‘female’ hormone oestrogen, which can stimulate the cancer cells to divide and multiply. Treatments which reduce the level of these hormones, or prevent them from working, are commonly used in people with breast cancer.

How successful is treatment?

The outlook is best in those who are diagnosed when the cancer is still small, and has not spread. Surgical removal of a tumour in an early stage may then give a good chance of cure.

The routine mammography offered to women between the ages of 50 and 70 means more breast cancers are being diagnosed and treated at an early stage.

For more information visit breastcancernow.org or call its free helpline on 0808 800 6000

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