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2. This helmet could help stop hair loss during cancer treatment

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   For cancer patients, the hair loss that may come with treatment can be hard to deal with. An estimated 65% of people undergoing chemotherapy experience it as a side effect — because the drugs ...

3. Cancer patients benefiting from hair-loss treatment - AOL

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   People receiving chemotherapy are now able to use scalp-cooling hats to help reduce hair loss. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

4. How an icy therapy helped SLO breast cancer survivor ... - AOL

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   Cold caps or scalp cooling systems are tight-fitting hats that cancer patients can wear during chemotherapy infusions to reduce the effects of hair loss from the treatment.

5. Hypothermia cap - Wikipedia

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   A hypothermia cap (also referred to as cold cap or cooling cap) is a therapeutic device used to cool the human scalp.Its most prominent medical applications are in preventing or reducing alopecia in chemotherapy, and for preventing cerebral palsy in babies born with neonatal encephalopathy caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

6. Anagen effluvium - Wikipedia

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   Another method that has shown success is inducing scalp hypothermia (by keeping ice over the scalp) to a scalp temperature of fewer than 24°C during chemotherapy with daunorubicin, doxorubicin, paclitaxel, vincristine, vinblastine, mechlorethamine, actinomycin D, and epirubicin. [5]

7. Management of hair loss - Wikipedia

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   Bicalutamide is another option for the treatment of female pattern hair loss. [37] [38] [39] It has a far lower risk of liver toxicity than flutamide and is said to have an excellent safety profile. [38] [39] [40] However, bicalutamide retains a small risk of liver toxicity and for this reason periodic liver monitoring is recommended during ...