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Keeping my hair thru Chemo
Hi all,
I've just started chemo again for Breast Cancer. This is the second time I've done it; I also had breast cancer back in 2002.
Then, I lost all my long hair, which I actually found to be ...
While I sympathise with the wish to keep your hair and also your fingernails during chemo it is a choice I would never make myself.. My oncologist warned that if you choose to use the cold-caps and cold-gloves, you increase your risk of a recurrence in those areas. The reason they work is that cold shuts down the blood supply to your scalp with the coldcap, and to the surface of your hands with the gloves. You keep your hair or your nails by not giving those parts of you the full intensive chemotherapy. treatment. Skin cancer is one of the forms metastatic spread of breast cancer can take. If you are fine with the risk that you may later get skin cancer there because of this, then that may be a good choice for you.. But please be aware of the possible costs..
best wishes
Jessica