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Ice cap or no ice cap? personal experiences?
Hi All, I was newly diagnosed mid December, have had surgery and am recovering well. I am due to start 12 weeks of weekly chemotherapy using paclitaxel. I will also be receiving Herceptin 3 weekly fo...
Hi @looeeze
I'm using the cold cap currently on TC chemo - I would recommend going to the Paxman (brand of cold cap) website to understand a bit more about how to fit the cap. Unfortunately I didn't do this before my first chemo as didn't know the brand name and definitely had the wrong size cap on. It's hard to absolutely know - but I'm rocking a bald patch now and suspect it's because the cap was too small. I squeezed the small sized cap on thinking if it was super tight it would be the best fit, but this isn't actually the case. In my second session I used a large sized inner cap, and a medium sized over cap and this fit better. I've lost hair pretty evenly everywhere else but the crown is where it is most visible. I will persevere as am hoping more loss doesn't continue, as I can sort of conceal the thinning by arranging by hair - and have hair that is visible under hats etc.
Best of luck but definitely take your time on getting the fit right and try out a few options - the nurses sometimes aren't so helpful and I wish I'd known how the cap should fit better first time round. xx
I'm using the cold cap currently on TC chemo - I would recommend going to the Paxman (brand of cold cap) website to understand a bit more about how to fit the cap. Unfortunately I didn't do this before my first chemo as didn't know the brand name and definitely had the wrong size cap on. It's hard to absolutely know - but I'm rocking a bald patch now and suspect it's because the cap was too small. I squeezed the small sized cap on thinking if it was super tight it would be the best fit, but this isn't actually the case. In my second session I used a large sized inner cap, and a medium sized over cap and this fit better. I've lost hair pretty evenly everywhere else but the crown is where it is most visible. I will persevere as am hoping more loss doesn't continue, as I can sort of conceal the thinning by arranging by hair - and have hair that is visible under hats etc.
Best of luck but definitely take your time on getting the fit right and try out a few options - the nurses sometimes aren't so helpful and I wish I'd known how the cap should fit better first time round. xx