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Cold cap therapy
Just wondering who has used the PAXMAN scalp cooling system to reduce hair loss with chemo, and how successful it was or wasn’t? I’m on weekly paclitaxol treatments, and have decided to give this cool...
Hi @Chris
I have just done 4 AC cycles with Paxman cold capping (and following the rules re hair washing, silk pillow slips etc) and I still have hair! Enough for people who don’t know me to not know. My hair is much thinner, but I’m happy with what I have.
I have just done 4 AC cycles with Paxman cold capping (and following the rules re hair washing, silk pillow slips etc) and I still have hair! Enough for people who don’t know me to not know. My hair is much thinner, but I’m happy with what I have.
@Abbydog was awesome with advice and support when I was starting out (and has continued to be. She rocks!)
I start paclitaxel (for 12 weekly rounds) this week and will continue to cold cap. The team have been wonderful about it with the head of the infusion ward encouraging me each time and reminding me that even if my hair doesn’t do so well, what they also know is that the new hair grows in without the chemo crinkle and generally faster and thicker for those who cold cap.
So for me, with a really hard core chemo routine, I’m saying “success”!