Cold capping works if you do it correctly! Remember, it isn’t supposed to keep ALL of your hair. It protects the follicles so they grow back faster. About half of women (depending on the chemo drugs) still need to wear a wig or hair topper but you won’t go completely bald. I did ACT and lost a significant amount of hair but never wore a wig. I did use fake pony tails and buns when I went back to work. I finished chemo 14 months ago yesterday and have a full head of regular hair.
I used the mitts and socks for Taxol. It was not comfortable but not terrible. You can take small breaks if it’s too much. I didn’t get neuropathy at all.
I've mentioned this before. I was 79, now almost 82, at the time I had chemo. I bought scarves, got a wig. I hated all of it. My hair started coming back within 4 months and it was the nicest hair I had ever had, except maybe when I was around 6 years old. I wouldn't bother with the cold cap.
I used the cold mittens and socks religiously with taxol treatments and still ended up with some neuropathy in fingers and toes. They reduced my dosage for treatment #7, seemed to improve then came back and reduced again in #10 and then we stopped taxol after #11. I have seen improvement but still have some in my fingers. Hoping it goes away. My oncologist told me that the cold cap had significantly lower success rate with the Cytoxan and Adriamycin. Just finished my last treatment and completely bald but I have grown to accept it as just part of the process in beating this cancer.
Good luck in your treatment.
This was just starting to be discussed and tried when I had TAC, but my oncology nurse said my hair was coming out and there was no stopping it. I believed her, and sure enough, less than two weeks later there was not a single hair on my body. I laugh about it now. I hope you all can come to find the humor as well.
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Cold capping works if you do it correctly! Remember, it isn’t supposed to keep ALL of your hair. It protects the follicles so they grow back faster. About half of women (depending on the chemo drugs) still need to wear a wig or hair topper but you won’t go completely bald. I did ACT and lost a significant amount of hair but never wore a wig. I did use fake pony tails and buns when I went back to work. I finished chemo 14 months ago yesterday and have a full head of regular hair.
I used the mitts and socks for Taxol. It was not comfortable but not terrible. You can take small breaks if it’s too much. I didn’t get neuropathy at all.
I've mentioned this before. I was 79, now almost 82, at the time I had chemo. I bought scarves, got a wig. I hated all of it. My hair started coming back within 4 months and it was the nicest hair I had ever had, except maybe when I was around 6 years old. I wouldn't bother with the cold cap.
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3 ReactionsI used the cold mittens and socks religiously with taxol treatments and still ended up with some neuropathy in fingers and toes. They reduced my dosage for treatment #7, seemed to improve then came back and reduced again in #10 and then we stopped taxol after #11. I have seen improvement but still have some in my fingers. Hoping it goes away. My oncologist told me that the cold cap had significantly lower success rate with the Cytoxan and Adriamycin. Just finished my last treatment and completely bald but I have grown to accept it as just part of the process in beating this cancer.
Good luck in your treatment.
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2 ReactionsThis was just starting to be discussed and tried when I had TAC, but my oncology nurse said my hair was coming out and there was no stopping it. I believed her, and sure enough, less than two weeks later there was not a single hair on my body. I laugh about it now. I hope you all can come to find the humor as well.