In the News – Cold Cap for Hair Loss From Chemotherapy
Snippet from the article:
Medical science has made great strides recently in developing successful cancer treatments. But there hasn’t been a lot of progress in dealing with one of the most distressing side effects of cancer therapy – hair loss.
A clinical study is underway on a system that just may help patients keep their hair as they fight for their lives.
Read the full text — Cold Cap Therapy
I read this with interest, but I have no knowledge of it first hand. The article does say that the “cold” in “cold cap therapy” means that they are stored at -22 degrees Fahrenheit, which I’d imagine could be quite uncomfortable. There’s one quote in the text that was a little alarming to me, unless I’m just reading into it too much. The inventor of the therapy, a British scientist, said, “I’ve got husbands calling me saying thank you because their wives who have hair down to here are saying I won’t do chemo, I’d rather die than lose my hair.”
They’d rather die? Hopefully that’s just a figure of speech…
In Japan, where I live, some hairloss loss clinics use liquid nitrogen to stimulate the scalp to regrow hair. What they do is they spray the hair and scalp with a mist of liquid nitrogen.
Don’t really know how effective it is though.
Mike
LAZERFISH
I used the Penguin Cold Caps through my chemo and I kept my hair !!! The caps are not uncomfortable and if anything, the extra activity of having the Cold Caps took my mind off having chemo ! I actually refussed to have chemo until my daughter who is a nurse discovered the Penguin Cold Caps. I am so happy we found the Inventor in the UK or I may not be here now. There may be fakes around that say their caps will work but I would stick to the proven ones – the Penguin Cold Caps. Research them at http://www.msc-worldwide.com where there is a video and more testimonials.
Joyce Duffy
Ft. Lauderdale Florida
Cancer Survivor !!!