Weekly taxol + coldcapping

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Just wanted to hear of other peoples experiences regarding the weekly taxol, coldcapping and hairloss.

I’ve just gone through 4x EC and cold capped throughout, I’d say I’ve still got a lot of my hair still which I’m happy about but I’m going to be starting 8-12 weekly taxols and also coldcapping. Would love to know how their hair held up throughout them all? Is it meant to be easier or worse on the hair than EC?

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Hi, my oncologist said that some people experience regrowth on paclitaxel, which sounds encouraging.

Good luck with your next stage of treatment :crossed_fingers:t2::pray:t2:

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I’ve had 7 weekly Paclitaxel and still got most of my hair although it’s short now. I’m losing more now but that is probably as the machine broke when in the cooling period 3 weeks ago on Friday.

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I am on docetaxel and have only had two doses so far, three weeks apart. I cold capped for both and so far my hair is thinning but I don’t think it is noticeable to others. I asked a close friend and she said no, not at all noticeable. I did start with quite a lot of hair.

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Hello there
I did dose dense TC & cold capped

I would say I lost about a third of my hair mainly through thinning (bald patch around ears and on my sleeping side but i can hide it)

My hair is still shedding PFC but all bald patches have hair filling in. :raised_hands:t2:
Good luck

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I’m having 12 weeks of paclitaxol and just had round 6. I lost about half on EC and now just shedding daily and it’s constantly on my clothes but not losing large clumps when I shower which I was having on EC. I’m now starting to lose some of my eyelashes but still have a full head of hair.

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Thank you everyone. It mostly sounds positive compared to the heavier dose dense chemos. Fingers crossed my hair survives through the weekly taxols

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Forgot to ask but how are you feeling on your 6-7th week of taxol? I’ve just had my second round but my first of taxol was nervously expecting some awful SE like I did on EC but I actually feel okay. I’m just bracing myself for a the later weeks of the this chemo drug and just feeling like it will suddenly hit me.