Hair Loss Paxlitaxel

Hello, 

I am using the cold cap with an eighteen week stint on low dose Paxlitaxel. I have just had session three and am noticing some shedding if I put my fingers in my hair. I wash it only once a week and could cope if I only kept fifty per cent of my hair (then I could cut it into a short style or wear the thinning strands up).

 Does anyone have any advice? I don't want to give up on the cold cap if there's any chance. I noticed Victoria Derbyshire kept about forty percent of her hair as featured in her BBC blog, but chose to wear a wig for her TV work. I thought the hair she was left with was nice, although very visably thinned - would do me. 

Thank you. 

Ceyenne

  • Hi,

    I had different chemo to you (EC anr Docetaxel) but i cold capped and kept 80-90% of my hair. I mainly lost it around the edge where the hat wasnt on snug and on the top, and those that didnt know i was having treatment never noticed.

    I washed my hair twice a week with as cold water as i could manage.

    Another lady that had the cap also lost about 80% but again you would never have noticed.

    Its certainly doable x