cold cap

[Julie2]

Anybody tried cold cap while on chemo not to loose the hair? Does it really work to keep the hair?

Thanks,
Julie

[Ellie F]

Hi Julie
Tried a cold cap whilst having taxotere after my bc recurred. Whilst it didn't stop my hair loss completely( I kept about 40% but it was very patchy),what it did mean was that once I had finished it grew back really well just as before.My eyebrows and eyelashes have not recovered so I am pleased I did this for my hair as maybe that wouldn't have recovered without the cold cap.
Hope this helps
Ellie

[BarbA]

Hi Julie. I used a cold cap almost twenty eight years ago during chemo following non-HER2 breast cancer. My hair got so thin on CMF plus Vincristine chemo that I eventually gave up on the cap. It lengthened my time doing chemo by a half hour and I was already the last appointment of the day (I had worked that day, teaching kindergarten), was tired and ready to get it done as quickly as possible. I ended up wearing wigs anyway. It seemed worth a shot to me, but I think it didn't do much. Hope that if you are going to do it, it works for you!

[alicem]

You can find more info on the cold cap here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40718154/ns/health-womens_health/t/cold-caps-may-help-cancer-patients-keep-their-hair/

http://www.dignitana.com/scalp_cooling/scalp_cooling_with_the_dignicap.php

Here is the blog by Heather Millar, the woman in the first article:

http://leftbreast.wordpress.com/?s=dignicap