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<h4 class="dechead">On One Hand: Chemotherapy Often Causes Hair Loss
Chemotherapy is a type of drug that stops rapidly dividing cells, like cancer cells, from multiplying. However, chemotherapy also affects healthy cells, often including hair. Hair loss (alopecia) can occur any time between the end of the first chemotherapy cycle to after the second cycle. Hair loss can also occur in a person's eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair.
On the Other: Not All Chemotherapy Causes Hair Loss
Not all chemotherapy regimes cause hair loss. It depends on the combination of drugs, the length of the regime and other factors. Additionally, some treatments that cause hair loss may not cause all of your hair to fall out.
Bottom Line
If you or a loved one will undergo chemotherapy treatment, ask your doctor before treatment begins whether hair loss is an expected side effect. If hair loss is expected, you can make the process easier by cutting your hair short and sleeping on a satin pillowcase. If you plan on wearing a wig, select one while you still have hair so that the stylist can effectively match the wig.
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