Sadly, hair loss is a near certain consequence of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy.<\/p>\n
This can be a bewildering and stressful time for patients, as they struggle to cope with a life-threatening illness and a debilitating and often aggressive chemotherapy treatment programme. Add to this a rapid shedding of hair and the corresponding loss of your sense of identity, and the situation is terrifying.<\/p>\n
Knowing the facts can sometimes help to allay some of the panic you may feel during your chemotherapy course, even if it\u2019s just about hair loss. The following are a few commonly asked questions about chemotherapy and hair loss, and a brief answer for each:<\/p>\n
Q: When in my treatment will my hair start to fall out?<\/strong><\/p>\n A<\/strong>: This varies from patient to patient, but it most commonly starts to happen after the second treatment.<\/p>\n Q: Is there anything I need to do at this time?<\/strong><\/p>\n A<\/strong>: The best thing you can do is to take care of your scalp, washing regularly to make yourself feel more comfortable and to provide optimum conditions for regrowth.<\/p>\n Q: How can I cover or cope with my hair loss?<\/strong><\/p>\n A<\/strong>: Whilst you wait for your hair to regrow after you finish your treatment, it is recommended to seek a temporary solution such as human hair wigs to cover your hair loss in the interim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sadly, hair loss is a near certain consequence of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This can be a bewildering and stressful …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1686,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741\/revisions\/1686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}