Chemotherapy Hair Loss

Your might not consider the importance of your hairs in your day to day life until you start losing it. And if you are suffering from cancer and are going through chemo treatment losing your hairs is quite obvious. Hair loss is one of the side effects that are suffered by both men and women during the chemotherapy treatment. Your hair loss totally depends on the type and dose of drugs you are consuming for the treatment of your disease. But you need to maintain an attitude to have a healthy body even if you lose hairs during your treatment but for this you really require the support of your family and friends.

Chemo drugs are very strong medications that destroy the rapidly producing cancer cells. But on the other hand it also acts on the other fast growing cells in the body including the one which are in your hair roots. Chemotherapy may lead to total hair loss of your body. At times your eyebrows, armpit, eyelashes, pubic and other body hairs may also fall out. Some chemo drugs may also lead to complete baldness. So you need to talk to your respective doctor or nurse to know about your medication and what you need to expect while carrying on your medication. But most of the time hair loss from chemo treatment is temporary and you can expect re growth of your hairs after the few months you stop your medication. Though for the time being your hairs will be of different shape and texture.
You can notice this side effect (hair loss) 10 to 15 days after you start with your medication. It could fall out either very rapidly or in clumps. You will found your hairs falling down in shower drains, hair brush, and on the pillows you use at night for sleeping. Not even a single treatment can give you surety that hair won’t fall during or after the chemo treatment. Several treatments have been taken in to consideration that may prevent hair loss but none of them has proven very effective. So make your mind set that hair loss will be there if you are going through this treatment.


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