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Breast cancer - has anyone used cold cap?

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I was diagnosed with breast cancer end of January I have had 3 operation, my tumour grade 3  was sent off for a oncotype test it has come back high risk, I am going to start chemo shortly and rather stressed about losing my hair, has any one used the cold cap does it work, can any who has had it give me any advice please. 

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    Hi I used this and there's a Facebook group called the Paxman scalp cooling group which has loads of hints and tips and also losss of good stuff on the Paxman website . Good luck you can do this! It works really well for loads of people and also it's much easier to tolerate than you think 

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    Hi I used this and there's a Facebook group called the Paxman scalp cooling group which has loads of hints and tips and also losss of good stuff on the Paxman website . Good luck you can do this! It works really well for loads of people and also it's much easier to tolerate than you think 

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