Hair Fall After Chemotherapy

By Author: Dr. A Shah
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Chemotherapy session is nothing else but the strong medication that is required for treating cancer. An individual who receives chemotherapy faces hair problems like hair fall. Hair problems may start after few days of receiving chemotherapy session that is variable in type and dosage. The powerful medication that is used in chemotherapy session hampers the rapid growth of cancer cells by destroying it.

Hair is among the rapid and fastest growing cells in the body so as a result it is directly affected with chemotherapy session leading to hair fall. Hair fall occurs after ten to fourteen days of beginning of treatment and may continue to fall till a month post discontinuing chemotherapy session.

Hair problems that occurs during chemotherapy session is not permanent and may regain its growth within period of 4- 6 weeks. Every month hair may grow as big as quarter inch. The positive part about hair fall due to chemotherapy session is that hair can be recovered within six months to 1 year time after discontinuing the treatment thereafter scalp may be filled with the hair completely. There may be a slight change in ...
... the quality and texture of hair. This is a temporary phenomenon and gets rectified to its original form within few days.

Losing hair during chemotherapy is both physically and mentally traumatic but till date there is no process designed to avoid this damage taking place.

By now we are aware that hair problems occurring due to chemotherapy cannot be stopped but with the help of cryotherapy the after effects of chemotherapy on hair can be reduced.

Cryotherapy is nothing but a method used to reduce the blood circulation of scalp by placing an ice pack on the scalp at the time of chemotherapy. The effect of medicine will decrease on scalp as its blood supply becomes less by effect of ice pack and therefore reducing damage to hair.

Radiation may also tend to affect the uncontrollable cell growth but unlike chemotherapy it will impact only those areas which come in its direct focus so unless head receives radiation scalp remains unaffected.

Scarring baldness caused due to radiation is lifelong and cannot be rectified.

Trichologist will help a cancer patient to opt for the care of the scalp required after the treatment. This will aid in restoring the hair lost during cancer treatment.

To conclude the article it is not only hair the cancer patient is looking forward to regain but also the support and love from family and friends to live a happy and healthy life.

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