For most of us, synonymous with chemotherapy nausea, fatigue and especially the hair loss. And perhaps the last women’s perspective of the most feared. So much so that some (including me), easier to lose your breasts to look at her hair down!

If several protocols with the fall is inevitable, the product is less alopecia than others. If this is your case, the health care team will recommend wearing a helmet is cooled during injection. Has a vasoconstrictor and reduces blood flow to the scalp. Thus the amount of toxic products which occurs in the hair cells will be limited.

This shiny helmet will not prevent your hair fall but it may slow the fall that can not be ignored.

However, should follow some tips to maximize its effects:

* Brush hair gently with a soft brush
* Avoid brushing, smoothing, straightening and color scan or during a period of chemotherapy
* Avoid weaving or tying your hair too tightly
* If you have the courage and your hair long, cut short. They will go and actually under the ice cap and the shock they fall to less violence.
* Do not wash your hair too often (avoid the day of chemotherapy) and do it with a mild shampoo (not the baby fat for hair)
* Although the wet head before putting the helmet. Cause approximately 10 minutes before the start of infusion and continued 30 minutes after
* The changed every 1 / 4 hours so that the temperature remains constant. nurses may forget or not consider important. Do not hesitate to remind them.

But let’s be honest, this helmet is sometimes very difficult to bear: severe headache, sore eyes or throat …. other than cold alone is not fun. Remember to bring a towel to put around his neck and warm clothing to minimize this sensation.