Does cancer have to be chemotherapy to lose hair?

Updated on healthy 2024-04-06
5 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Hello, hair loss generally starts two to three weeks after starting chemotherapy, and some patients may start to lose hair after two or three chemotherapy treatments;

    The degree of hair loss will also vary, and it may become more severe as the chemotherapy progresses.

    However, hair loss caused by chemotherapy does not need to be special**, because hair loss caused by chemotherapy generally recovers slowly about three months or half a year after the end of chemotherapy.

    It is advisable to eat more foods that are good for hair growth. Such as: nuts, vegetables, poultry, fish.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Chemotherapy hair loss is a common occurrence, but it does not always happen, and the degree of hair loss varies depending on the drug used. Some medications do not affect the hair, some drugs cause the hair to fall out completely, while others only lose the hair slightly, making the hair thinner.

    Before chemotherapy begins, cut your hair and avoid combing too hard when combing. Use a gentle shampoo to protect your hair from the sun. You can also reduce the effect of chemotherapy drugs on your hair by wearing an ice cap during chemotherapy.

    In addition, the effect of chemotherapy on hair loss is also very large, and it is best for family members to reassure the patient that after the patient has lost his hair (partial or total hair loss), the hair will grow back. In general, this growth is seen multiple times during the administration of chemotherapy.

    What should I do if I lose my hair after chemotherapy? Dietary supplementation is the least harmful way to reduce chemotherapy, and it can be implemented with three meals a day for both men and women. So how should you eat and supplement?

    Black food into the kidneys, black rice, black beans, black sesame, black fungus, black dates, kelp, black chicken, sea cucumber and other black foods, all have the effect of nourishing the kidney and benefiting yang, black hair, you may wish to eat more often. You can also often eat black sesame and lily porridge, which can benefit the essence and nourish yin and prevent hair loss after chemotherapy.

    Traditional Chinese medicine adjuvant chemotherapy for hair growth, and the *** of chemotherapy drugs can be relieved by traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine regulates the human body's system, strengthens the foundation, strengthens the body and dispels evil, balances yin and yang, improves the patient's immunity, enhances its tolerance to chemotherapy, protects the white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets in the human body from the invasion of chemotherapy drugs, and at the same time can repair the major organs damaged by chemotherapy, promote the liver and kidney and other human detoxification organs to discharge the toxins of chemotherapy drugs as soon as possible, reduce the risk of chemotherapy, and reduce hair loss.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Not everyone will lose their hair after chemotherapy, and it will also have an impact on the brand of chemotherapy drugs used

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Chemotherapy hair loss is a normal phenomenon, don't worry too much, wait for the results of chemotherapy, hair will grow back again, chemotherapy is very toxic, during chemotherapy can improve the *** during chemotherapy.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Not all chemotherapy drugs cause hair loss.

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