Best head coverings for Chemo Hair Loss for breast cancer patients. Help in choosing best wigs, hats, caps, scarves for your comfort & style.

Chemotherapy can cause hair loss, thinning, and scalp sensitivity. Using headwear can help protect the scalp. Check out 12 best headwear for chemo patients.

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Discover helpful information and tips when dealing with hair loss due to chemotherapy. Learn the signs and how to prepare for your own journey.

Here's a full recap of my experience using cold capping (aka scalp cooling) to minimize hair loss throughout chemotherapy.

When I got diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 2008, I was hospitalized four to five days for three months in a row. The hair started falling out. It was during the second hospital visit and I was in the bathroom awkwardly gazing at my bald head when I got a brainstorm.... I leaned out of the bathroom door and…

Today’s blog is based on a lovely chat with Associate Professor André La Gerche, a cardiologist, exercise specialist and my colleague at the Baker Institute – if you haven’t started your chemo yet, you can join his clinical trial on breast cancer and exercise here. His top 2 tips to exercise during chemo are: 1. Plan an exercise regime and if needed look for help from an exercise practitioner –know you will face some challenges but it is possible to exercise during chemo. 2. Be realistic…

The night before my diagnosis, I remember crying a lot. I didn’t cry that night because I was afraid of being diagnosed cancer, nor because I thought I could die. I was devastated about the thought of losing my hair. I know it may sound silly for those who haven’t gone through a cancer/chemo diagnosis, but it is not. Our hair symbolises much more than ‘just hair’, and is fundamental for self-stem and feeling ‘normal’ and healthy. My fears were confirmed on the following day, when the doctor…

Sometimes things just suck. There’s no other way of saying it. They just suck.

Should a chemo patient shave the hair off and if so, when? I hope the photo of me below with my disappearing hair doesn’t scare anyone away. It was actually taken a few weeks ago when I had&n…