can any cheo drug keep you from losing hair?

[solie1]

can any chemo drugs for chemo drugs for ovarian cancer without losing your hair?

[Lafnatitall]

When I lost my hair on the first round of chemo...I too had a difficult time.  (This second time around has been a bit harder.)  It wasn't until later as I got used to it that I felt like it was a 'badge of courage'.  I thought I had definitely 'prepared' myself for it...taking charge by cutting my hair short and then shaving it myself...but how does one really prepare for something like that?  Time...and a sense of humor, heals our emotional losses.  And with this dreadful disease, there are many losses!  Just remember, don't go out with your bald head and small hoop earrings...everyone will think of you performing a great Mr. Clean impersonation!

Rhonda

[betjean10]

I agree with Tybear... Don't let anyone make you feel bad for worrying about losing you hair. I have not been diagnosed with cancer, but right now I am in the middle of all the tests. I have been thinking about everything from hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.. When I think of chemo and losing my hair.. I'm devastated. If it turns out the worst I have decided I am going to shave my head before I have to start chemo and donate my hair.. ( Right now I have very long healthy hair)

[silver&gold]

Hi,
When I had chemo I wore an ice cap , this made hair loss gradual and I found this easier to adjust to . I am from the UK and don,t know if they do this  everywhere but its in all of our cancer centres over here so I imagine it would be in other countries too.

Best wishes Angie

[Tybear]

Hair loss was very traumatic for me and I didn't appreciate it when people made me feel like **** for having a hard time with it. The worst thing people could say to me was "it grows back". I knew it would grow back...but I was the one who had to look in the mirror every single day and be reminded that I had cancer, not the people who were telling me "it's just hair".
It's hard, but it does get better - just give it time.
Please don't trivialize someones feelings...everyone deals with things differently and every ovarian cancer journey is a personal one.

[SimplyStar]

Hair loss should be the least of your worries.  Fight any cancer with all your strength,  vanity is not virtue in this case, getting free of the cancer is.  Leslee was just as beautiful without the hair as she was before, inside beauty always shines through.

[froglady555]

When your life is at stake, hair loss hardly matters.  Mine was straight and now I have a head full of curls!!!  You can get through this!!!

Liz

[Mags711]

I was devastated by the 'idea' of losing my hair, but realized that it was one of the few things I had control over - so I took control.  I choose when to first trim then shave my head.  And when it was all said and done, it wasn't nearly the 'trauma' I had imagined.  

I agree wholeheartedly with survivor_susie - it is a wonderful sign of courage.  And it does grow back - sometimes better than it was before the hair loss.
Maggie

[Tybear]

I'm on low dose cyclophosphamide and Avastin and didn't lose my hair...I also did a clinical trial where I didn't lose my hair - PXD101.

I understand your worry...but in the end, you'll do what you have to do, hairloss or not.

Take care,
Becky

[survivor_susie]

Know what?  You'll find that being bald is not an embarrassment at all; it's a sign of courage.  
Don't worry about it.  It does grow back.

[StillFighting]

yes, if the dosage is small enough.

[solie1]

are there any chemo drugs for reducing hair loss for chemo therapy? audrey