Is there a chemotherapy treatment with no hair loss side effects.?

Question

To prevent metastasis to the breasts, after ovary removal due to cancer.

Answer 1

There are chemotherapy drugs that don't cause hair loss, and some that cause hair thinning but not hair loss, but patients will be prescribed a regime appropriate for their particular cancer. The chemo combination prescribed for you may or may not be one that causes hair loss, but that will not be the basis on which your doctors select it.

I know it sounds hard to do, but try not to worry about hair loss. It isn't pleasant but it soon grows back I promise. Your health is more important.

Some people have some success with the cold cap, but many find it too uncomfortable or painful, and some hair is usually lost.

Answer 2

Yes, of course. Not all chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss that is only one side effect for some chemo drugs. So, it will depend on which type of chemotherapy protocol is recommended whether you lose hair or not.

My son has had two different protocols in which he never lost any hair at all. He is on a trial at the moment that has no side effects associated with it and has all his hair and no nausea.

People commonly only hear about the worst chemo treatments and side effects. There are many different kinds and combinations depending on the stage of cancer, location, type, and the patients overall health and response to treatments.

Answer 3

Chemotherapy drugs are powerful medications that attack rapidly growing cancer cells. Unfortunately, these drugs also attack other rapidly growing cells in your body — including those in your hair roots. Chemotherapy may cause hair loss all over your body — not just on your scalp. Sometimes your eyelash, eyebrow, armpit, pubic and other body hair also fall out. Some chemotherapy drugs are more likely than others to cause hair loss, and different doses can cause anything from a mere thinning to complete baldness. Fortunately, most of the time hair loss from chemotherapy is temporary. You can expect to regrow a full head of hair six months to a year after you stop treatment, though your hair may temporarily be a different shade or texture.
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Answer 4

The chemo treatment is based on the cancer, stage and over all health of the person. There are many treatments now with out hair loss.

I was amazed at the number of people receiving chemo and still had a full head of hair or just a little thinning.

Answer 5

Chemotherapy and hair loss: Can hair loss be prevented?

I do not think hair loss can be avoided after Chemotherapy. To be very frank in most of Chemos hair is bound to fall.

No treatment exists that can guarantee your hair won't fall out during or after chemotherapy. The best way for you to deal with impending hair loss is to plan ahead and focus on making yourself comfortable with your appearance before, during and after your cancer treatment.

Several treatments have been investigated as possible ways to prevent hair loss, but none has been absolutely effective, including:

- Scalp hypothermia (cryotherapy). During your chemotherapy, ice packs or similar devices are placed on your head to slow blood flow to your scalp. This way, chemotherapy drugs are less likely to have an effect on your scalp. In general, scalp hypothermia works somewhat in 50 percent to 80 percent of people going through chemotherapy who try it. However, the procedure also causes a small risk of cancer recurring in your scalp, as this area doesn't receive the same dose of chemotherapy as the rest of your body. Most people who try this procedure find it to be uncomfortable and very cold.

- Minoxidil (Rogaine). Applying minoxidil — a drug approved for pattern hair loss in men and women — to your scalp before and during chemotherapy isn't likely to prevent your hair loss, although some research shows it may speed up your hair regrowth. In one small study, women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer applied minoxidil twice daily throughout their treatment and for four months afterward. Though their hair eventually all fell out, it took longer for the women who applied minoxidil to lose all their hair than it did for the women who didn't use it, and their hair started to grow back earlier.

So we have to understand one thing very clearly, that is, cure for the disease is more important than hair.. so we should not worry for hair loss.-

Answer 6

sad to say, nope. But the technology now, will reduce hair loss side effects.

Answer 7

There is not one that I know of..

Answer 8

NO