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Minimize Hair Loss during Chemotherapy

Cancer patients are given great chances to at treat their illness when chemotherapy was introduced. It seems like it is one of the best options that every person who is suffering from this type of sickness has. However, there are different side effects that a patient will be experiencing while undergoing chemotherapy.

Hair loss is one of the problems or side effects that you will be experiencing when you are under chemotherapy. This is one thing that affects both men and women. This is one depressing thing for most women. This hair loss is not only being experienced on the head but can also be possible to the body hair.


The hair loss problem that can be brought by chemotherapy is something that you cannot avoid. However, there are different things that you can try in order to make sure that you will be lessening or slowing down the loss. Here are the different things that you can do:
  • Consult your doctor for the problem. Before doing anything about your hair loss, you have to consult your doctor and ask for advice. This is very important when you want to avoid other side effects when you decide to treat the hair loss caused by chemotherapy. You have to know if you have other sickness such as heart diseases that may place you in danger when you are going to take medication for your hair loss problem.
  • Undergo Hair Loss Therapies. There are different hair loss therapies that are available for patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. Your doctor can help you with this. However, there are no guarantees that you will get a positive result from the therapy that you will be undergoing.
  • Go for Scalp Hypothermia. This is another method that you can try when you are looking for the best ways to reduce hair loss. Wearing a frozen cap gel or placing a pack of ice on the head is the idea of this type of treatment. This is going to be done in order to chill the scalp and to prevent the chemo from going straight to the hair follicle. This is going to be the best ways for you to make sure that you are going to at least reduce the amount of hair that will be lost the process of chemotherapy. This method is a bit uncomfortable because of the freezing effect of the cap gel but the positive result of this type of treatment is something that is undeniable.
  • Medication. For those who have tried the two processes above but did not succeed, the final treatment that they can have is medication. There are different types of drugs that are created in order to help reduce hair loss during chemotherapy. However, you also have to make sure that you are choosing the right one by determining the effectiveness of such products to the other people who has used it before. You can always check from the different reviews available over the web or you can also ask your doctor about the effect. With this type of treatment, it is very important to know your condition, the dosage and the effect on the body because some medicines may cause rapid heart rate or other problems related to the heart. 
  •  When it comes to treating hair loss caused by chemotherapy, you have to make sure that you are aware about your condition and your doctor is supporting you. This condition that you are experiencing is not really considered a normal hair loss that people experience because of genetic factors. With this type of condition, you need to be more careful with the medication that you will be undergoing in order for you not to make your condition worse. For people who want to try an effective product that is already proven effective, you have to check the web in order for you to know where to buy Stivarga. This is one of the effective drugs that you will need for your medication. You can also have Pomalyst. However, you have to ask about your doctor’s approval and you should also be clear about the Pomalyst price. Aside from knowing the different medicines available for your condition, you also have to check your budget.
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