Reflux and shampoo for Cold Cap Chemo
I was diagnosed with early stage breast cancer with lumpectomy in October but I'm having four treatments of cold cap chemo AC and was wondering whether the Nioxin shampoo was a good one to use while g...
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Hey @Lissie,
Thanks for the tag @Emie.
Absolutely its worth it. Make sure you shove that thing down in the middle every so often to keep good contact with your scalp. Yes, don't freak out when it starts to shed. It keeps it's normal shedding routine plus a bit more. I would say I lost about 2o% over the entire time but it was all even so the only person to notice was me.
I was very naughty and the thought of only washing my hair once a week in 35 degree QLD heat was less than appealing.
I washed it every day (sometimes twice if I had been working outside) from mid length down (can't fall out from the middle right?) and did a two second flick of conditioner under running water so it washed straight off over my head. Up to you if you want to take the risk with that.
As far as other symptoms go I was ok with the first three, a bit queezy and light headed every now and then but the worst part was the super sonic hot flushes and chemo mouth. Nothing that really stopped me from doing anything though
The fourth round was a lot harder for me and took about 10 days or so to get back to ok.
I went on to paclitaxel then which was sooooooo much easier.
The below photo I have just taken. I thought it might give an idea of the actual amount that shed. So this is 18months post chemo. I actually didn't realise how much had gone until it started to grow back at lightning speed.
Thanks for the tag @Emie.
Absolutely its worth it. Make sure you shove that thing down in the middle every so often to keep good contact with your scalp. Yes, don't freak out when it starts to shed. It keeps it's normal shedding routine plus a bit more. I would say I lost about 2o% over the entire time but it was all even so the only person to notice was me.
I was very naughty and the thought of only washing my hair once a week in 35 degree QLD heat was less than appealing.
I washed it every day (sometimes twice if I had been working outside) from mid length down (can't fall out from the middle right?) and did a two second flick of conditioner under running water so it washed straight off over my head. Up to you if you want to take the risk with that.
As far as other symptoms go I was ok with the first three, a bit queezy and light headed every now and then but the worst part was the super sonic hot flushes and chemo mouth. Nothing that really stopped me from doing anything though
The fourth round was a lot harder for me and took about 10 days or so to get back to ok.
I went on to paclitaxel then which was sooooooo much easier.
The below photo I have just taken. I thought it might give an idea of the actual amount that shed. So this is 18months post chemo. I actually didn't realise how much had gone until it started to grow back at lightning speed.