Preparing to Lose Your Hair from Chemotherapy
Thursday January 15, 2009
Chemotherapy induced hair loss can be emotionally devastating! You never really realize how much your hair means to you until you start to lose it.
If you are about to start a chemotherapy drug known to cause hair loss, you should try your best to prepare for losing your hair before it begins to happen. There are several ways someone can prepare, and preparing early does really help to cope with this side effect of treatment.
Tips for Preparing for Hair Loss During Chemotherapy
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Chemotherapy can be such a frightening word. We think of images we have seen on television and in movies - hairloss, weightloss, and basically devoting life to treatment. However this is not always the case! New side effect medications can make chemotherapy easier on the patient. Learn more about chemotherapy in "Chemotherapy 101 - The Basics of Chemotherapy".
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If you are about to start a chemotherapy drug known to cause hair loss, you should try your best to prepare for losing your hair before it begins to happen. There are several ways someone can prepare, and preparing early does really help to cope with this side effect of treatment.
More About Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy can be such a frightening word. We think of images we have seen on television and in movies - hairloss, weightloss, and basically devoting life to treatment. However this is not always the case! New side effect medications can make chemotherapy easier on the patient. Learn more about chemotherapy in "Chemotherapy 101 - The Basics of Chemotherapy".
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