I just want to add my agreement to Ajw's positive post. The cold cap is also working for me much better than expected. I'm about to have my 4th cycle of EC for breast cancer and have shed about 30% of my hair. It is also fine but I have lots of it so I have no patches as yet. I also had it cropped into a pixie cut (which I love!) early on. I still have three more months of chemo ahead of me so who knows what will happen but I've been glad to have three months of keeping my hair when I was warned that I would not. Luckily the cold cap doesn't bother me at all and it gets a lot better after for the first 10-15 mins. I also wet my hair and put conditioner on it before getting the cap fitted. It's also worth being a bit fussy about the fitting - it's important that the cap is really snug and fits around the hairline. So size down if you think it's too loose. The first thing I am going to do when this is all over is raise money for more cold caps at my hospital because even at the large and famous cancer centre where I am being treated there is always a queue for an available cold cap and sometimes they break down. I also only wash my hair once a week (Aveeno Skin Relief Soothing Shampoo is great) and use a silk pillow. Who knows why the cap works for some and not others? There's not much research into this and I'm not going to beat myself up if the cold cap stops working for me further down the line, at least I gave it a go.