2006-10-01 01:15:39 · 10 answers · asked by DOLORES D 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Chemotherapy not only damages rapidly dividing cells such as cancer cells, but also healthy cells, such as hair follicles. Chemotherapy-related damage to hair follicles leads to hair loss, also called alopecia. Hair loss typically begins two or three weeks after the first chemotherapy treatment.
In addition to hair on your head, you may lose eyebrows, eyelashes, facial hair, pubic hair, underarm hair, and leg hair. The amount of hair you lose depends on the type of chemotherapy drug you take.
Remember, hair loss associated with chemotherapy is almost always temporary. The hair will grow back!
In the meantime, here are a few tips to help you cope with the temporary loss:
Cut your hair before it falls out. The experience of losing hair is sometimes worse than dealing with it once it's gone. If you expect to lose all or a lot of your hair, cutting it first may be easier.
Plan ahead. Shop for a wig before your hair is gone, especially if you wish to match your natural color. Or take this opportunity to try a different color.
Try hats or head scarves; these are good alternatives or a complement to a wig.
Remember to cover your head or use sunscreen on your scalp. Skin that has been covered with hair may be particularly sensitive to the sun's UV rays.
2006-10-01 01:31:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
When cancer patients take treatment, they undergo Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy drugs travel throughout the body to kill cancer cells. Some of these drugs damage hair follicles, and this causes the hair to fall out.
2006-10-01 01:21:24 · answer #2 · answered by Indu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's so new, that nobody on ya has been treated with it...Your 3 solutions, forget lol. 2 half of years ago I was treated with ordinary radiation remedy and i want I had identified about this one. It sounds so much better with less injury to healthful tissues. My radiation clearly affected my entire brain, but for a small component. Go with it! Write down any questions that come to intellect so that you is not going to put out of your mind while you get there. I do not know concerning the ports, as my chemo used to be in pill type. With a bit of luck any person here will chime in on that query. Excellent luck! You are gonna be fine! No longer truesnap's though!
2016-08-09 15:31:13 · answer #3 · answered by blea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cytotoxic drugs used in chemotherapy attack and destroy the weakest cells first, these being the hair follicles..All chemotherapy drugs do not have the same effect , some people have falling hair, some thinning and some alopecia(bald patches)
2006-10-01 01:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by doclakewrite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many, but not all, types of chemotherapy drugs cause the hair to fall out.
2006-10-01 07:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by tessasmomy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caner cells are fast growing cells. Chemotherapy kills fast growing cells. Sadly, hair is also fast growing cells. The chemotherapy drugs can't tell the difference.
2006-10-02 15:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by Frank I am 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this site is a complete inf. about Hair loos, and drugs that cause it. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT NO MATTER THE HAIR YOU LOOSE, IF THE DRUGS OR MEDICINE, CAN CONTROL YOUR CANCER WHO CARES ABOUT THE HAIR.
http://tirgan.com/hairloss.htm
2006-10-01 01:37:29 · answer #7 · answered by pelancha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chemotherapy kills the hair follicles
2006-10-01 01:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It because of the chemotherapy - high doses of radiation to kill the cancer
There are alternatives to chemo - Checkout www.curezone.org
2006-10-01 01:20:19 · answer #9 · answered by vincegill 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
all of the poisen that they are putting in your system
2006-10-03 05:41:56 · answer #10 · answered by sparky121366 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋