My Scalp Cooling/Cold Caps experience
Below is a summary of my experience of the last 12 weeks with Cold Caps/Scalp Cooling
When my oncologist suggested that I needed chemo, his very next words were ”we can retain your hair via cold ca...
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Hi LittleNell65,
Yes, there isnt alot of info around re Scalp cooling but it was offered to me and l just said yes. Plus it was on the public system so l didnt have to pay, even better at a lovely private hospital. They were amazing.
It's worth giving it go, it's a long day usually 9-4 pm by time they get you all finished. Some people can take it, others can't and your not guaranteed you wont lose hair in patches. So l only had side effects on my 4 treatment with nausea and headaches but it was my last so l put up with it. They start you off with some meds and then wet your hair, put conditioner thru your hair, then a rubber cap like a tip cap and then the material cap which they need to fit as tight as possible with a chin strap. The cap has a tube running from that going into a machine that looks like a portable air conditioner that then cools the hair follicles and gets pretty cold sometimes people describe it like a bad ice cream headache though it didn't bother me and l read, ate, etc thru it.
I noticed l started losing hair but not to badly. It mainly broke off around the nape of my neck and sporadic in different areas. I did lose my eyelashes and eyebrows.
It's still growing now and I've just had my first color and started to use the hairdryer.
Another great Shampoo/Conditioner is De Lorenzo Tricho Sensitive and around $40 on Ebay for both.
Goodluck with everything and please let me know if l can help any further.
Lissie X
Yes, there isnt alot of info around re Scalp cooling but it was offered to me and l just said yes. Plus it was on the public system so l didnt have to pay, even better at a lovely private hospital. They were amazing.
It's worth giving it go, it's a long day usually 9-4 pm by time they get you all finished. Some people can take it, others can't and your not guaranteed you wont lose hair in patches. So l only had side effects on my 4 treatment with nausea and headaches but it was my last so l put up with it. They start you off with some meds and then wet your hair, put conditioner thru your hair, then a rubber cap like a tip cap and then the material cap which they need to fit as tight as possible with a chin strap. The cap has a tube running from that going into a machine that looks like a portable air conditioner that then cools the hair follicles and gets pretty cold sometimes people describe it like a bad ice cream headache though it didn't bother me and l read, ate, etc thru it.
I noticed l started losing hair but not to badly. It mainly broke off around the nape of my neck and sporadic in different areas. I did lose my eyelashes and eyebrows.
It's still growing now and I've just had my first color and started to use the hairdryer.
Another great Shampoo/Conditioner is De Lorenzo Tricho Sensitive and around $40 on Ebay for both.
Goodluck with everything and please let me know if l can help any further.
Lissie X