Hair loss post chemo

Hi Everyone.

im looking for some advice. I finished my sixth and last round of chemo four weeks ago. I used a cold cap and had some thinning but no major hair loss apart from around my parting. In the past two weeks my hair loss has been increasing and today during a shower I suffered the most hair loss I’ve experienced and now I have a visible bald patch. Does this mean my cold cap hasn’t worked the final time?

How long after using a cold cap did people find their hair stopped falling out? 

  • Hi I used cold cap and finished Chemo 12 weeks ago and this last 3 weeks have noticed loss of hair ! but I am still receiving treatment to stop cancer growing as mine is secondary cancer, did yours stop falling out just wondered? I did not have cold cap with my first lot of treatment I just lost my hair, but thought I d like to keep it this time

  • Thanks for the reply. My hair has been coming out very gradually over the course of the chemo but never felt more than what I would normally lose. This last week and especially today it’s coming out in much larger clumps.

    Good luck with the rest of your treatment. 

  • hi thanks for your reply and sorry to hear this hope it stops for you and for me, I had hardly any loss all through my treatment and I used straighteners and root cover spray but mild shampoo and conditioner just once a week, I m thinking mine thinning from treatment I m getting now and was going to use natural semi permanent colour tomorrow, I ve also started using root shampoo and conditioner to try to thicken I ll let you know how I get on !! An good luck again with the rest of your recovery. X