Hi Dolphinsea, I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis and wish you strength and healing. I’ve got skin cancer so no direct insight for you, but wanted to pass on that my daughter in law was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer a few years ago at a young age, and chose to cold cap.

It was offered at her hospital and I don’t know what the difference will be for you if you buy your own, but wanted to pass on that the cold capping did (mostly) work for her.

Her hair got patchy around her forehead/hairline and she covered this with a headband, but overall she kept enough hair to look ‘normal’ - to me anyway, to her it probably wasn’t perfect but it was one less thing to feel bad about what with surgery, radiation, chemo, drugs, trying to keep her own life going etc. So if you want to try this I’d say ‘go for it’.

Her initial diagnosis was 2021 and although she still has regular follow-up and has to take medication, her hair is back to normal.

Hi Dolphinsea,  good luck with your treatment.  The cold cap machine is called a Paxman and they are not available to buy, too expensive.