DID ANYONE START COLD CAP ON SECOND CHEMO (to help with hair regrowth after chemo)??

[angelblue]

Hi Trixie

Sorry for late reply. I've not been on the forum for a little while. Been down in the dumps and fretting about things. But starting to feel better now. I didn't go ahead with the cold cap. My hair lasted until just before chemo 3. Its been shaved for almost 3 weeks now but I have a fair covering slowly growing through. I'm guessing this may still go with remaining 3 chemos.

Chemo-wise I'm on 6 x FEC. Other than slight nausea at the beginning, constipation for first few days (made better by Laxidol) and fatigue I'm doing ok. My neutrophils keep being too low though and keep having chemo postponed by a week. Started Filgrastrim injections after chemo 2. They did raise neutrophils slightly but not enough to stop chemo being postponed. Side effects wise I seem to have done ok with those as well. Had some back ache and palpitations with first lot.

What chemo are you on and hows it going? xx

[Unicorngirlmummy]

Hello, I had AC chemo at the end of 2016 and lost all of my hair. I had a recurrence in 2017 which meant further chemo, I couldn’t bare the thought of losing my hair again so I used the cold cap, I had docetaxol and carboplatin almost 11 months after finishing the AC chemo. I kept most of my hair using the cold cap, I probably lost about 30% of the hair. A year later looking at the regrowth I honestly don’t think the hair grows any quicker than if you don’t cold cap. Possibly because I had a recurrence going on my hair grew slower, but the thick chunks of new hair I have don’t look any longer than when I was when I didn’t use the cold cap. I still lost eyelashes and eyebrows. Xx

[Trixielady]

Hi angleblue, I've read a lot about the cold cap but had decided against it due to migraines but I'd also read that some ladies had still lost a lot of there hair, so would be pleased to hear your findings, and if possible more information on your chemo and how your managing as I'm about to start within the next 3 weeks xx

[Anna_BCC]

Hi angleblue

Thank you for sharing this with us.  Please do post any information you are able to find for others to share. This sounds like an unusual situation, but others will be interested, I am sure.

Best wishes
Anna
Digital Community Officer

[angelblue]

Hi

I'm not expecting much of a response to this as I've been trawling forums and the interweb in general and can't find anyone who has done this...but here goes...

I'm on 6 x FEC. Had first on 11th dec. Didn't use cold cap as I was too distressed in general. Since then I've done more research and read  that using cold cap can help your hair grow back faster after chemo. I haven't had any hair loss as yet but I know thats to come even if I were to start using cold cap on 2nd chemo (31st Dec). But I just wondered if anyone out there had started using cold cap on second chemo and felt that their hair had grown back quicker after chemo?  

I've also emailed Paxman cold caps to ask for their thoughts...so if anyone is interested I can let you know response