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Chemotherapy meant to cure cancer has one casualty on the side for many undergoing it – the hair. There are ways to counter it and if you are undergoing chemotherapy, there’s a good chance that hair loss can be treated or at least minimized. But when you have cancer, hair loss is often the last of your problems.
To Overcome Hair Loss Caused by Chemotherapy
Understand The Effects Of Chemotherapy On You Hair
Chemotherapy drugs contain active substances that circulate throughout the body to kill cancer cells. In the process, they damage hair follicles causing hair loss. It often depends on the kind of drug used so that hair loss can be seen only in the pubic area, underarms, eyebrows or eyelashes, leg hairs, etc, not just the head. While with some drugs, only head hair is lost without affecting those in the rest of the body.
• Read about chemotherapy or get your doctor to explain it for you and its most serious side effect which is hair loss. Visit the comprehensive website of the American Cancer Society as it as a dedicated page explaining why hair loss cannot be prevented in chemotherapy as well as the options to help you cope with its often distressing side effect.
• You can visit a few website with information on chemotherapy-
Coping With Hair Loss
• Chemotherapy patients who lose their hair often use a wig which can be covered by insurance if they’re part of the doctor’s prescription. You should get a wig before the onset of hair loss so that the wig shop can provide a better match with you hair texture, type and color. Matching can be difficult later on when in the middle of chemotherapy as there may be little hair left to get a precise match.
• It may be a good to shave your head clean from the start rather than having to go through each day looking at an increasingly thinning hair in the mirror and letting what’s left of your hair dangle. It can be an ugly site alright. A cleanly shaven head will look more presentable and allow you to fit any hair piece of your choice more easily.
• Since chemotherapy can last for months, consider buying at least two levels of hair prosthetics, one with a lower length of hair that can look like you’ve had a fresh haircut. Or you may opt to get a differently styled hair for special occasions.
• You may elect to use a turban or scarf to hide your balding hair instead of hair pieces.
• If you are one of the lucky few whose chemotherapy does not necessarily kill off the follicles, it is best that you take gentler care of your hair when bathing, brushing or combing. While the chemotherapy drugs may not be that strong, it still could weaken your hair follicles so that you could lose more hair handling it in your usual manner.
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