Monday Morning Makeover/Cancer Patient Hair Loss
By: Import User
Updated: October 23, 2007
YOU MIGHT NOT THINK OF YOUR HAIR'S IMPORTANCE IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE UNTIL YOU FACE LOSING IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE CANCER AND ARE ABOUT TO UNDERGO CHEMOTHERAPY, THE CHANCE OF LOSING YOUR HAIR IS VERY REAL.
WE TALKED WITH A SAINT JOHN'S ONCOLOGIST TO FIND OUT WHY THIS HAPPENS.
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS ARE POWERFUL MEDICATIONS THAT ATTACK RAPIDLY GROWING CANCER CELLS. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DRUGS ALSO ATTACK OTHER RAPIDLY GROWING CELLS IN YOUR BODY - INCLUDING THOSE IN YOUR HAIR ROOTS.
CHEMOTHERAPY MAY CAUSE HAIR LOSS ALL OVER YOUR BODY - NOT JUST ON YOUR SCALP. DOCTORS SAY HAIR USUALLY BEGINS FALLING OUT 10 TO 14 DAYS AFTER YOU START TREATMENT.
IT COULD FALL OUT VERY QUICKLY IN CLUMPS OR GRADUALLY. AND PATIENTS MAY NOTICE THEIR SKIN IS ALSO FEELING THE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT.
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS ARE POWERFUL MEDICATIONS THAT ATTACK RAPIDLY GROWING CANCER CELLS. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DRUGS ALSO ATTACK OTHER RAPIDLY GROWING CELLS IN YOUR BODY - INCLUDING THOSE IN YOUR HAIR ROOTS.
CHEMOTHERAPY MAY CAUSE HAIR LOSS ALL OVER YOUR BODY - NOT JUST ON YOUR SCALP. DOCTORS SAY HAIR USUALLY BEGINS FALLING OUT 10 TO 14 DAYS AFTER YOU START TREATMENT.
IT COULD FALL OUT VERY QUICKLY IN CLUMPS OR GRADUALLY. AND PATIENTS MAY NOTICE THEIR SKIN IS ALSO FEELING THE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT.
