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 useless anyway. Also if anyone has had this chemo regime I would be interested in any advice or tips that you found helpful.
Tks Karen
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.
magicmum
magicmum
No-one medical ever mentioned the Cold Cap, which I found interesting. But my sister-in-law is a nurse and she Iknew some-one who had used one, and that was my first info I got. I am 2 days from FEC no 3 and did lose my hair by the handfuls, then felt off enough on the 2nd day of no2. I just said "Shave it off!" I see they give you cold gloves for Taxotere - for your nails, so I am wondering why they dont bother with your head! A cold head for 3 hours wouldnt be fun. As an ex hairdresser and a lover of my hair, I found it a bit confronting right til last minute. But as others had gone through it before me, I eventually just accepted it would happen and didnt follow up with the cold cap! So I will be keen to read what others say!! XX Bel
