Chemotherapy Cold Cap Reduces Hair Loss

ths-admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:35:45 +0000

Chemotherapy-induced Hair Loss and Hair Thinning ..87% of patients who used the “Cold Cap” during chemotherapy, saved their hair from falling out.. Hair loss has always been considered an inevitable part of fighting cancer. Every year, The American Hair Loss Association receives countless e-mails from women across the world diagnosed with cancer who claim to be just as terrified of chemotherapy-induced hair loss as they are of their cancer itself. Sadly, many women are willing to consider alternative unproven treatments, just to avoid losing their hair to chemotherapy. While most patients and physicians accept the inevitability of hair loss as being a part of successful cancer treatment, having the ability to avoid chemo-induced hair loss (anogen effluvium) would make the treatment process considerably more palatable, allowing patients to concentrate more on healing as opposed to what they look like during treatment. Now there is hope. According to a study in the European Journal of Cancer, 87% of patients who used the “Cold Cap” during chemotherapy, saved their hair from falling out. Another study published in the Annals of Oncology looked at several different methods of hair retention and found scalp cooling to be the most effective. The Penguin Cold Cap is kept at 22 degrees below zero and placed on the head before, during, and after receiving a treatment. It essentially freezes the hair follicles which prevents the chemo from being absorbed. Shirley Billigmeir is one cancer survivor who knows first hand just how effective the cold Cap can be [...]

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Hair thinning from taking cancer drugs

ths-admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:15:13 +0000

Hair thinning and hair loss from reactions to cancer drugs (chemotherapy). [ad#Ad-plus-sense]Having spent 8 months attending my wife’s chemo sessions it was interesting to watch how people (including her) dealt with the various degrees of hair loss. This post is about thinning or reversible hair loss caused by the drugs used to flush out those cancer cells that might be lurking, how to cope with the thinning hair, and when it may recover. Hair thinning, or temporary loss from cancer drugs Some drugs known to cause hair thinning or loss When your thinning hair grows back strong What steps you can take to help Covering up your thinning hair or loss of hair Using cold caps to reduce hair loss) A few patient stories and tips Hair thinning or loss from cancer drugs I think most people associate severe hair thinning or loss as one of the side effects of being treated for cancer. These drugs may cause: Mild thinning of your hair Partial hair loss, or hair loss in patches Complete hair loss (alopecia) It is generally chemotherapy used as a cancer treatment that is likely to cause hair loss – as complete hair loss is very unusual with other types of treatment. If you are lucky(?) like my wife you may only suffer from an increased hair loss that showed as a very mild hair thinning. Other people lose their hair almost overnight. The oncologist can usually tell you with some certainty beforehand the likelihood of the degree [...]

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Chemotherapy Cold Cap Reduces Hair Loss

Hair thinning from taking cancer drugs