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Hair Loss Condition: Cancer-Related Hair Loss
Hair Loss Due to Cancer is Almost Always Temporary
DID YOU KNOW? A woman’s fear over losing her hair can top the fear of losing her life to cancer?
Emmy-award-winning TV hairstylist and cosmetologist and herself a cancer-survivor, Jan Ping, found this out first-hand when she began working with cancer patients in the American Cancer Society’s “Look Good Feel Better” program. “It’s so personal how people feel about their hair,” says Ping. It might help to understand how your scalp is changing and how to choose a wig for your total hair loss condition. What you probably don’t realize is that technology has caught up with the hair replacement industry and a local hair replacement specialist can custom-design a nonsurgical hair system for you that breathes like your own skin and is capable of giving you a more natural, healthier appearance. These devices can replace all of your hair and allow you to sleep, shower and perform your normal daily activities, which can go a long way toward helping you to feel a lot better.
What can I expect from hair loss due to cancer?
According to hair loss treatment experts, your scalp can become very sensitive as hair fallout occurs. You may notice hair loss in clumps and you may notice the texture of what hair you have left changing, becoming thin and fuzzy. Stylists and hair loss professionals are ready to help you deal with hair loss issues as they arise.
1. Ask for privacy: When you go to see your stylist for help with your hair loss, ask the receptionist for a private area when you make the appointment over the phone, especially if you are very self-conscious. Most stylists will do everything they can to accommodate your feelings – and if they won’t, switch salons!
2. Tell all: Tell your stylist or hair loss professional all about your hair loss issues, why it is happening, what medications you are on and anything else that could be important. This way you can work together to make an appropriate plan to deal with your hair loss as seamlessly as possible.
3. Get lots of trims: You’ll need to come every few weeks to keep hair trimmed up until it all falls out. Salon owner Ouidad, a cancer survivor and hairstylist, says that trimming shorter also allows you to clearly see the shape of your head and scalp so it is not so shocking once hair is totally gone.
4. Shave it all off: At some point, you may just want to ask your stylist to crop it all off. But don’t crop it too short, cautions Carol Galland, founder of Headcovers.com and cancer-survivor herself, “If you don’t shave it completely and leave stubble, it feels like needles sticking your head when you rest it on a pillow!” Also, watch out for shavers and scissors — don’t be afraid to double-check with your stylist that they have been properly sterilized, because infection is an issue when your immune system may be compromised by chemotherapy, caution doctors and stylists alike.
5. Have a fit: A wig-fitting that is. “And do it before hair falls out and your original style is lost”, advises Diahna Husbands, owner of Diahna Lynn Hair Studio in Maryland. “Also if you do this early enough in the game, you’ll come in with hair and leave with new hair that looks the same so there is no awkward transition,” says Husbands.
According to Warren Vaheeswaran, co-founder of Landmark Hair Replacement of London, a London-based hair loss treatment clinic, “It is a fact that a patient who achieves and maintains a healthy image while recovering from the trauma of chemotherapy will benefit tremendously from it. It actually helps the healing process.”
Cancer-related hair loss: The bottom line
Look for people who make you feel good, who want to help you look and feel better … avoid negativity. Actually,” says Husbands, “It may seem terrible at first, but I’ve seen women turn it into a fun thing and order a few different wigs for different looks — they see it as a way to express personality and I agree.”
About the Author
Naomi Mannino is a freelance writer who writes about health, beauty, and fashion. She is a contributing writer for HairLossDotCom and writes about hair loss treatments and hair loss conditions such as alopecia areata.For more information please visit:http://www.hairloss.com/home/
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