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2. 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).

3. Headgear - Wikipedia

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   Turbans for women are a popular choice during chemotherapy treatment as an alternative to wigs, hats, headscarves and headbands. Sikh women also wear turbans as a religious practice. Turbans for women made in natural fabrics are both comfortable and functional.

4. List of headgear - Wikipedia

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   Bowler, also coke hat, billycock, boxer, bun hat, derby; Busby; Bycocket – a hat with a wide brim that is turned up in the back and pointed in the front; Cabbage-tree hat – a hat woven from leaves of the cabbage tree; Capotain (and women) – a tall conical hat, 17th century, usually black – also, copotain, copatain; Caubeen – Irish hat

5. EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Fischer opens up about new short hair ... - AOL

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   She underwent surgery and 12 rounds of chemotherapy, plus radiation, and is now cancer free. Fischer wore her hair short in her interview with Hoda, who is a breast cancer survivor herself.

6. Knots of Love - Wikipedia

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   The caps come in from volunteers all over the country. The caps are collected, checked, sorted, logged, tagged, bagged, decorated with a red bow (or with a flag for veterans) boxed, and shipped off to the 590+ cancer treatment centers across the USA. [1] Former President Bill Clinton named Knots of Love his charity of choice in 2009. [7]

7. Hair loss - Wikipedia

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   Hypothermia caps may be used to prevent hair loss during some kinds of chemotherapy, specifically, when taxanes or anthracyclines are administered. [38] It is not recommended to be used when cancer is present in the skin of the scalp or for lymphoma or leukemia. [39] There are generally only minor side effects from scalp cooling given during ...