Chemo Cold Cap Therapy Can Preserve Your Hair

LEWISVILLE, Texas - Nov. 10, 2014 - PRLog -- Lewisville, Texas, USA – Lewisville Flower Mound Oncology Group provides chemo cold cap therapy in order to protect a patient’s hair.


Battling cancer is hard enough without some of the side effects that can go along with the treatments. When some of those symptoms can be kept in check, the road ahead becomes much easier to travel. That’s why Lewisville Flower Mound Oncology Group is pleased to announce it offers patients access to chemo cold cap treatments. This revolutionary treatment can help some patients preserve their hair even as they are undergoing infusion treatments to shrink and eliminate cancer cells.

“One of the most important things for people facing cancer to do is to maintain a strong, positive attitude,” said one of the center’s oncology experts. “Unfortunately, life-saving treatments can present side effects that make maintaining focus on the positive difficult. One of those side effects that can have a big impact on attitude is the all-too-common loss of hair that goes along with chemotherapy. Cold cap treatment can reduce or eliminate this concern for many patients.”

As its name suggests, cold cap treatments involve using a special apparatus that chills the scalp in an effort to preserve hair even during treatments. The cap itself is dropped to a temperature of about negative 22 degrees. It is then worn on the head for a period before, during, and after infusion treatments.

Cold cap therapy works by restricting blood flow to the scalp. This, in turn, prevents chemotherapy drugs from reaching the hair follicles, where the drugs can actually damage the cells. When effective, cold cap therapy slows and may entirely prevent hair loss commonly associated with chemotherapy.

“This breakthrough therapy can be used in conjunction with other treatments to prevent or reduce chemotherapy side effects to help patient’s look and feel more like themselves as they are undergoing the process,” the oncologist explained. “While not effective in every single case, cold cap therapy is a major advancement that can make treatment more bearable for those concerned about hair loss.”

To find out more about cold cap therapy, check with the doctors at Lewisville Flower Mound Oncology. A professional oncologist is best suited to determine if this treatment is right on an individual basis.

About Lewisville Flower Mound-

The Lewisville Flower Mound Oncology Group is a division of Choice Cancer Care. From its state-of-the-art facility, the practice provides patients and their families’ access to cutting-edge care from practitioners who care about their patients as people.
For more information please visit- http://lewisvilleflowermoundoncology.com/