Why does chemotherapy make your hair fall out?
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Mary Mary quite contrary
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essentially because Chemo involves the administration of controlled doses of poisons to the body in order to attack specific tissues and organs. the loss of hair is the side effect of the toxicity of the treatment.
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Chemo = poisons. There are many other side effects of chemo but that is one because you're cutting off the nutrients and poisoning all proteins that go out for your hair, nails and skin etc.
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Short answer: Because chemo stops cell division. Ceasing cell division, doesn't allow the cancer to grow. Unfortunately, the ceasing of cell division affects the hair cells as well, so as a result, hair stops growing...
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