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Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had any success in keeping most of their hair with a "cold cap"? I am going to be having 3 rounds of FEC and 3 rounds of docetaxel through a portacath so it may be u...
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My onc nurses said the cold cap was very painful to wear and not in their experience particularly successful. The cold gloves and the mouthful of ice was hard enough.
I had 6 rounds, and my nails survived but they are now INCREDIBLY brittle. There is a line about 1/4 inch down on the nailbed which is darker and they seem to be just breaking off to that. I am glad the ice stopped them from falling off altogether !
I got used to the no hair quite quickly and it is growing back now - much more slowly than it falls out let me tell you !! I didn't lose eyebrows and lashes but everwhere else. I too felt glad that the drugs were doing the job they are meant to.
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