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Chemotherapy and Hair
Loss
How does chemotherapy affect your hair?
Table to risk of hair loss with
different chemotherapy drugs
When your hair grows back after chemotherapy?
How
to prevention of hair loss when you have a
chemotherapy?
How does chemotherapy affect your hair?
Chemotherapy often causes hair loss otherwise known as Alopecia. This is because the cells in the hair follicles grow fast and chemotherapy damages fast growing cells. Hair loss is not permanent and it will grow back once your treatment has ended.
Not all drugs cause hair loss - Some just
cause thinning and
others cause dramatic hair loss
including the body hair and eye brows.
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Furthermore,
different people have different tolerances to the
drugs. Occasionally, some people loose their hair
when it is not expected and sometimes in other cases
no hair loss occurs when it is expected.
Hair loss can start any time from after the first few days after chemotherapy to within a few weeks. However, your hair will grow back once treatment is complete although to start with your hair will grow back very fine, very like a babies hair. Your clinic nurse can arrange for you to have a wig before your treatment starts . After three to six months you should have regained a full head of hair although it may be slightly different to before your treatment in terms of colour and texture.
When your hair grows back after chemotherapy?
If your hair falls out because of chemotherapy, it will grow back once you have finished your treatment. This may take several months and your hair is likely to be softer. It may come back a different colour, and may be more curly than before. It will probably grow back at the same rate as it grew before chemotherapy. By 4 - 6 months you should have a 'good head of hair'.
