PLS HELP--do these CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS cause hair loss-thx a lot?

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most of the timePLS HELP--do these CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS cause hair loss-thx a lot?
It's not the drugs hun, it's your genetics that decide that. You never really know if your going to lose your hair until you start taking them.
Yes,chemotherapy cause hair loss.I would say not to use chemicals on your hair.Why don't you go for some home remedies. Egg whites, lemon juice, oil massages, reducing stress and diet changes can reduce hair fall and make it healthier. You can find more cheap, effective and natural home remedies for hair loss as well as for healthy hair at http://www.wellnesstalk.org/hairfall.htm鈥?/a>
Unfortunately they do
Yes.

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Is there a certain kind of chemotherapy treatment that doesn't cause hair loss? If so, what is it called?

Some of the chemo drugs or combinations of the chemo drugs will cause hair loss. Your Dr will tell you when or if hair loss is a side effect of a specific treatment.


Also, it depends on your own body and how you react. My Mom was told on 3 different occasions that the chemo drugs she was receiving would cause hair loss and even full baldness. She never did lose all her hair. It thinned, but didn't all come out.


So again, some chemo drugs or their combinations cause hair loss, but not all.Is there a certain kind of chemotherapy treatment that doesn't cause hair loss? If so, what is it called?
It all depends on the chemo. I took Intron A (interferon alpha 2b) for melanoma. My hair thinned, but did not fall completely out (My hair was and is waist length). Some people insisted I wasn't on chemo because I wasn't bald!!!! Um, chemotheraphy is NOT radioactive.***To the person who said I was lucky due to my hair being long and growing slowly---NOBODY on intron A goes bald. Nobody. I was on 63000000 IUs 5x a week for a month, and then 11 months of maintenance. Intron A has a different mechanism.....it works on your immune system, not by attacking fast growing cells (like most traditional chemos).Is there a certain kind of chemotherapy treatment that doesn't cause hair loss? If so, what is it called?
I take Aromasin, which is a pill form of chemotherapy. It does not cause hair loss. Tamoxifan is another pill form of chemo.





The reason I was able to take a pill form of chemo is because the cancer was caught early.
For breast cancer, CMF chemotherapy only a small chance of causing hair loss. AC chemo guarantees hair loss. But a doctor has to make choices based on what will kill the cancer, not what will maintain one's hair...
All chemotherapy has the potential to cause hair loss.





However, some people don't lose their hair as a result, but it's not many people.
There are many different types of chemotherapy.





Different people are given different drugs, either singly or in combination to suit the type and location of the cancer they are fighting.





Some are almost guaranteed to cause total hair loss, some rarely cause hair loss or only slight hair loss.





The amount of hair loss a particular drug or conmination will cause is not a deciding factor in which treatment will be used.





When the best treatment for a particular cancer is chosen, the patient will be advised of the likely side effects, including hair loss, however the alternate (spread of unchecked cancerand probable death) puts all those side effects into perspective and makes them tollerable!
it depends on the type of cancer you or your loved one has.





my brother in law has brain cancer and he is taking a chemo in a form of a pill called Temador which does not cause any hair loss.





good luck and keep strong..
yah umm almost all of them do.
Many chemotherapy regimes cause hair loss or hair thinning; some don't. I lost all my hair, my late sister in law didn't lose any. See this link for details of risk of hair loss with different chemotherapy drugs





http://www.cancernet.co.uk/hairloss.htm
it depends on the person. My next door neighbor never had any hair loss or got sick during chemo.
Yes there are many such treatments that does not cause hair loss. For more details visit http://hair.health2all.info
Even if a chemo drug did tend to not cause hair loss it would have to be an effective drug against the person's specific type of cancer. If you are concerned for yourself, then I would have to tell you that you need to concentrate on treating your disease and that your hair will grow back.





I can tell you from personal experience that I would rather have my wife with no hair than a ';good looking corpse';. Sadly, neither she nor I got to make the decision; the disease did it for her.





Good luck.
it depends a lot on your system, chemotheropy drugs are designed to attack fast growing cells in the body, and the cells that grow your hair can be among the fastest growing in the body. They are working on some new smart drugs that they get to target specific fast growing cells instead of a blanketing all of them, but they are still in trial stages. The person above with waist length hair was lucky since their hairgrowth had slowed due to the length. but again as they said it depends on the dosage amounts and frequency as well.
all chemo treatments, make that most if not all, chemo treatments cause you to loose all your hair because its attacking the skin at some point on yuor body and it looses it mass..





Cancer Survivor since 2000
Yes there is. I was treated at Galvistn hospital in TX. I was stage 4 NH Lymphomia. I did not get sick or loose my hair. The treatment was 3 months but the cancer came back in a year. I was treated 10 years ago for the same thing it was hell I was sick and lost my hair, the treatment waslasted a year. The cancer was gone for 9 years I would go with the hair loss any day to have 9 good years vs the one year with the easy one.
Non-existent. Chemo is the chemical injection of radioactive substance into youre body that will kill cancer cells quicker than you. There's not multiple kinds. It sucks and I feel for you, just remember that you're playing for keeps and in the end, you will be better.
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How to avoid hair loss caused by chemotherapy?

treated with FECHow to avoid hair loss caused by chemotherapy?
1) Vitamin A - an anti-oxidant which promotes healthy production of sebum in the scalp;





2) Vitamin E stimulates circulation. Good blood circulation in the scalp is important in keeping hair follicles productive. The 'B' vitamins contribute to melanin, which gives hair its healthy color and also stimulates blood circulation;





3) massage is also beneficial. Massage stimulates circulation. As already noted, good circulation in the scalp keeps hair follicles active. Experts suggest a few minutes of daily head massage by hand. Circulation through massage may be improved by using a few drops of lavender or bay essential oil in an almond or sesame oil base with massage;





4) Try rubbing your scalp with garlic juice, Onion Juice or Ginger Juice(you can either of one out of three, Do not mix any of two or three);





5) also you should use some herbal treatment.in that case Provillus is a good product that helps prevent hair loss and it is an FDA approved product. I think it is very important!





It worked and still works for me!





I do not know if any pharmacies carry Provillus but I do know that you should purchase it directly from the manufacturer and read more about the product here http://www.provillus.com/?aid=749165





good luck!





not only my and my husband`s own personal experienceHow to avoid hair loss caused by chemotherapy?
I had FEC too.





I don't know where you are; in the UK the 'cold cap' is often offered, but I understand that in the US it isn't widely used used or recommended. That's because the reduced circulation, which keeps the chemo from the scalp, might also keep it from any cancer cells that may have found their way to the skull.





I'm in the UK, and I decided against using one, and was glad I had when I saw a woman crying with the pain and discomfort of the cold cap she was wearing.





Using a cold cap adds a great deal of time to your chemo session - you have to wear it for a while both before and after receiving chemo. And, as I've said, it's uncomfortable and even painful.





Which might all be worth it if it kept your lovely head of hair the same as it was, but it usually doesn't. Most people I've known who've used it have lost some of their hair - up to half in some cases. And hair that remained was usually in such poor condition that they cut their hair really short anyway.





I'm sure some people have had a better experience, and I'm glad for them, but that's been the experience of people I've talked to in cancer support networks.





Most people who've been through chemo will know about association sickness, which you can continue to get months and even years after chemo; I know people who've used the cold cap who've had association sickness and headaches standing in front of an open freezer or giving kids ice lollies. One woman even said she got it when she saw a cyclist wearing a helmet - which resembles the cold cap.





All in all, not worth it in my opinion.





http://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/pl鈥?/a>





You will lose hair with FEC; but it grows back, often starting before chemo ends.
If you have chemo, the least of your worries will be your hair. My cousin's experience with those drugs like viscitrine were much worse than simply hair loss. She had constant nausea, dramatic weight loss, a lot of joint pain and much weakness, and of course, a compromised immune system. She had/has leukemia. She wore a hat for months, but I don't think that was anywhere as bad as how depressed she got. She couldn't walk much at all, was so skinny her bones stuck out, was so pale, in so much pain, I can't imagine what she went through. But now she's doing very well. Her hair came back in, and now it's so pretty, very curly and fine. She had long, thick brown hair before chemo. I don't think there is any way to avoid the hair loss. But it grows back. She was so happy when it came back in. For a while she even lost her eye lashes and eyebrows. I think she tried out wigs but I never saw her wear one. She liked hats. With cancer, your life can be on the line. But that doesn't mean you won't recover. She's a much stronger individual now, and the cancer is pretty much in remission. She's still on maintenance chemo, but it is nowhere nearly so intense as the first rounds she had. She had a particularly hard time with the side effects, including no appetite at all.


But she's doing so much better now. It's amazing to see her, like a new person.
There is some kind of ice pack cap that I have seen some women wear during chemo. It doesn't always work tho and causes the patient extreme discomfort and pain.





I lost all my hair due to chemo, it never really bothered me..I was more intent on killing cancer cells rather than worry about my hair. It grew back just fine after chemo was finished.
You can use a herbal treatment to avoid the hair loss by the chemotherapy for cancer treatment.





check out Zulvera shampoo ..It is a 100% herbal shampoo that helps in preventing hair loss.





http://www.herbalhairshampoo.com/
You can't to my knowledge. I am a 5 year breast cancer survivor. I wore turbans and really cute wigs during my chemo. My hair grew back. It is no big deal.

Do all cancer medication cause hair loss or is it just chemotherapy drugs?

chemotherapy acts not only on cancer cells but on all rapidly dividing cells of body---bone marrow cells,cells lining thegut and mouth,hair follicle etc.


supression of cell division in hair follicles causes hair loss.


anticancer drugs like--hormones,hormone like drugs[taxanes,aromatase inhibitors] and biologic therapy[herceptin]


are free from this side effect.Do all cancer medication cause hair loss or is it just chemotherapy drugs?
Not all chemotherapies cause hair loss; however, some always cause hair loss. Chemotherapies that are toxic to rapidly dividing cells are the most likely to cause hair loss. The hair follicle is composed of rapidly dividing cells, and therefore, is often affected as a side effect of chemotherapy. The hair loss can be on the head, chest, arms, legs, pelvic region and face.Do all cancer medication cause hair loss or is it just chemotherapy drugs?
Well, folks, not all chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss..at least not complete hair loss.


My chemo regimen made my hair thin and dry and frizzy


My friend's chemo for gallbladder cancer caused her to lightly thin but nothing noticeable
Radiation therapy causes hair loss. Some chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss. But one cancer survivor I know has had 29 radiation treatments to his head and over 150 separate chemotherapy treatments (four different types of chemo) and has a full and beautiful head of hair.
chemotherpy posions your body to a point of very nearly death.. this kills you hair :( (although your hair is alredy dead :S) but i dnt think all cancer mediactation does
Not all cancer drugs cause hair loss. I'm on chemo for uterine cancer and also a drug called Lupron to stop my menstrual cycle. The chemo didn't even cause my hair to thin...but the Lupron sure did!

Does radiology cause HAIR-LOSS like chemotherapy?

yes, radiotherapy can cause hair loss, but its not like chemotherapy.





radiotherapy only causes hair loss in the areas where the radiation enters and leaves the body





chemotherapy can cause you to lose your hair from all over the body regardless of where the cancer is affecting youDoes radiology cause HAIR-LOSS like chemotherapy?
Yes, sometimes you lose body hair - near wherever the site is that is getting zapped.





What is more of a problem is 'burns', and I was horrified to hear of a friend being treated at Charing Cross Hospital - one of the top London hospitals - being told that they couldn't help him with these.





As someone who writes about skin conditions, I would suggest a very pure Aloe Vera gel. Rub this on the site getting radiotherapy four times a day - and I didn't have any burns. (I was advised to do this by hospital treating me)





If you go to www.after-cancer.com there is more information about this.





Verite RDoes radiology cause HAIR-LOSS like chemotherapy?
Radiotherapy would cause hair loss where exposed. If your skull is exposed, scalp hair would fall. Just plain xrays would not cause hair loss.
Radiotherapy only causes loss of hair to the area the radiation is exposed to.

Does Cancer in general cause hair loss or is it the chemotherapy?

Some types of chemotherapy cause hair loss. There are many different types of chemotherapy. The older chemo drugs almost always cause hair loss because they target fast growing cells . . and hair cells are fast growing. The idea behind chemo was to stop the rapid growth of the cancer cell . . but unfortunately one of the side effects was to also kill healthy hair cells and some healthy cells inside the intestine (which is what causes the nausea). So it is the older chemo that causes hair loss. Cancer does not cause hair loss.





The newer chemotherapy drugs are based on targeting the cancer cell only . . and there is no associated hair loss with the newer drugs. In some cases there is a change in pigmentation with the result that hair turns white or gray (Sutent causes hair to turn white).





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_th鈥?/a>


http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts鈥?/a>





Unlike the older more toxic drugs, targeted therapy drugs are used to 'control' the cancer and often can be taken as a daily pill at home.Does Cancer in general cause hair loss or is it the chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy. Actually many people ( myself included ) have or had incorrectly associated the disease itself with hair loss and anemia, that probably contributes to public dread over cancer. You will notice the same hair loss phenomenon in homicide cases where the victim has been intentionally poisoned by a colleague over a protracted period.Does Cancer in general cause hair loss or is it the chemotherapy?
it's the chemotherapy. it contains chemicals


that not only kills the cancerous cells but also


many other cells (like the ones that make hair)
Cancer doesn't cause hair loss.





Many chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss, but not all. Some just cause hair thinning, and some don't cause hair loss at all.
Chemotherapy drugs
The hair loss is cause by the chemotherapy.
It's the chemo

Are cancer patients informed about some kinds of chemotherapy that may cause permanent hair loss?

Cancer patients are uniformed about a lot of things. I am a vocal opponent of the pharmaceutical industry and all of western medicine and it's establishments. I believe in natural medicine, homeopathy, and organic sustainable agriculture for a healthier body, society, and planet.





The cure for cancer has been around for a long time, and the corrupt pharmaceutical industry has spent trillions making sure that you never hear of it, or when you do, that you don't believe it. Don't believe them, they have a trillion dollar a year industry to protect, and there is no profit in natural healing that can not be patented. The American Cancer Society are the perpetrators of cancer, and here is the answer...





http://www.gerson.org/





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmaRU_QGNxwAre cancer patients informed about some kinds of chemotherapy that may cause permanent hair loss?
Hey Elder_mo... I'm not selling anything. I'm just a guy who is sick of watching my family and friends drops like flies from cancer while they do ';treatments'; that are far more dangerous than the cancer they are trying to combat.

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Are cancer patients informed about some kinds of chemotherapy that may cause permanent hair loss?
Honestly, radiation and toxins are the cause of cancer, and they try to pass it off as a treatment. Then we wonder why the cancer spreads so quickly? Treating cancer with radiation and chemo is like treating a broken arm with a baseball bat. It defies all common sense and logic.

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The facts surround Max Gerson's life, accomplishments, murder, and suppression of his ideas, are just that, facts... The Gerson therapy renews all of the bodies systems in an effort to achieve homeostasis, or or perfectly balanced and functional body.

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Max Gerson cured 200 cancer patients with this therapy and wrote a book about the 50 worst cases, all of which were given 3-6 months to live. They all recovered and never relapsed. He brought his proof before congress and was run out of town and murdered.

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Detoxification and dealing with deficiency are two of the major goals. It gives the body the upper hand in ridding itself of cancer cells and repairing damaged cells, organs, and body systems.

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The medical establishment claims they have no proof, but like everything else they do, the exact opposite is true. Gerson has documented countless full recoveries, while the establishment hides behind a smokescreen.

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They claim some ridiculous high success rate for a particular kind of cancer but only track patients for 5 years. Once they hit the 5 year mark they are deemed a full recovery and that statistic is written in stone. Then the cancer comes back with aggression and kills them.

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These are the same tactics they claim that Gerson uses but that is not true. Recovered Gerson patients never relapse. I've not heard of one, ever. Not only do Gerson patients recover, sometimes very quickly within weeks, but they also report being in the best health of their lives.

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These are all well documented facts but all it takes is for the establishment to say no, it isn't true, and for people like Elder Mo to dismiss the possibility without any investigation. ';Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.';

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Cancer has become epidemic, conventional treatments aren't working, and meanwhile the medical establishment makes vast profits from this failure. Maybe it's time for people to start asking why do we let them get away with this?

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Patients are informed of all side effects of the medicines they take. As to permanent hair loss. All patients react differently to chemo and radiation treatments. Some people lose their hair, some times it just thins out, some people never lose their hair.





As to the joker who thinks that there is a cure hidden by the pharmicutical companies. I watched that video, and I see people on here all the time pushing homeopathic remidies for cancer and everything else. Now, while I am not knocking them, because I do use home remidies and natural products as a complimentary to the chemo. Go peddle your ';snake oil'; else where.
Yes, patients should be given both verbal and written information regarding their treatment. In fact I find the people who are receiving chemo to be very knowlegdable about the side effects and the management of the side effects.
Cancer patients AND every other patient should be informed about any/all side effects of all medications and treatments they are given

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